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    Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
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      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York. Photo by Stephen White

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

      © Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA)

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      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York. Photo by Stephen White

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London

      © Yinka Shonibare CBE (RA)

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

    • Scramble for Africa
      Installation view, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia, September 24, 2008–February 1, 2009
      2003
      14 life-size fiberglass mannequins, 14 chairs, table, and Dutch wax printed cotton
      Overall: 52 × 192 1/10 × 110 1/5 inches

      Commissioned by the Museum of African Art, Long Island City, New York

      Collection of The Pinnell Collection, Dallas

      Production still from the "Art in the Twenty-First Century" Season 5 episode, "Transformation," 2009

      © Art21, Inc.

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