Looking Up, TM Yinka Shoni B are, MB E (Hardcover, Bilingual Editi)

The eyes of a contemporary artist accompany us in discovering the art treasures in the Nouveau Musee National de Monaco. Yinka Shonibare, MBE, an artist of Nigerian origins living in London, where he was born in 1962, likes to unite different worlds in a single space, because he himself is a product of the multi-culturalism that now pervades the modern world. His reflections on identity and memory blend these two cultures in an entirely new aesthetic idiom. When he began to use wax in the 1990s as the material with which he modelled figures from the middle classes of the Victorian era, whom he represented as headless mannequins, he created an artistic trademark that made his work instantly recognisable. Whether models, sculptures, photographs or videos, the artworks of Yinka Shonibare have been exhibited in rooms of the Nouveau Musee National de Monaco that are rarely open to the public, and which encourage us to explore this part of the Principality's artistic history. Monte Carlo has always been the centre of a lively performing arts scene, and there are several collections that reflect this fact: Visconti's 'maquettotheque' at the Monte Carlo opera, Eugene Frey's extraordinary and brightly coloured stage sets, the curious collection of transparent paintings that belonged to the Marquis du Perier du Mouriez, religious boxes from the Galea Collection made by Carmelite monks in Provence, and thousands of other artificialia unearthed in the storerooms. A costume preservation workshop, which will remain open throughout the exhibition, will enable visitors to discover one of the hidden faces of the museum. Text in French.

General

Imprint:	Five Continents Editions
Country of origin:	Italy
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2010
Authors:	Caroline
Dimensions:	216 x 214 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	176
Edition:	Bilingual Editi
ISBN-13:	978-88-7439-564-4
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > Art styles not limited by date > Art of indigenous peoples Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
LSN:	88-7439-564-7
Barcode:	9788874395644

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