YINKA SHONIBARE WIND SCULPTURE REVEALED At Norval Foundation, in a first for South Africa
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Yinka Shonibare CBE exhibition is now open at Norval Foundation, Cape Town’s hottest new art destination. Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE traces the works of the British-Nigerian artist best known for his monumental Wind Sculptures. These sculptures are displayed in spectacular locations worldwide, from Central Park in New York to Trafalgar Square in London and now at the inaugural Cape Town exhibition. A central piece of this exhibition is the monumental Wind Sculpture (SG)III, recently acquired by Norval Foundation, which will be permanently installed in the Sculpture Garden. “I am thrilled that Wind Sculpture (SG)
III has been acquired by Norval Foundation, bringing visibility to my work in Africa,” says Shonibare.”The principle of this acquisition will resonate far beyond the institution itself. I can’t tell you how proud I am.” This exhibition brings together a series of Yinka Shonibare CBE work including sculptures, photographs and a major installation, created between 2008 and 2018, all connected by the golden thread of Dutch Wax fabric. Trade Winds: Yinka Shonibare CBE takes as its starting point an appreciation for the fabric’s materiality and the conceptual as well as historical meanings associated with it. Another highlight of this exhibition is Shonibare’s African Library (2018), the most recent iteration
Right: Yinka Shonibare CBE, Wind Sculpture SG (III), 2018, Steel armature with hand painted fibreglass resin cast, 700 x 254 x 200 cm Above: Michele Mathison, Volition, 2017, Steel, 375 x 95 x 162cm 60
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