Criminal ornamentation : [travelling exhibition, Great Britain, 2018-2019]
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Shonibare Yinka (1962-) ; Barnett Pennina ;
- Editeurs : London Hayward Gallery Publishing ;
- Date d'édition : 2018
- ISBN : 978-1-85332-360-7, 1-85332-360-8
- Sujets : Art -- Catalogues d'exposition 1970-...., Shonibare, Yinka, Shonibare
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (79 p.), : Ill. en coul., couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : Royaume-Uni
Notes
Published on occasion of the Arts Council Collection exhibition 'Criminal Ornamentation: Yinka Shonibare MBE curates the Arts Council Collection. Held at Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester 21 September to 16 December 2018, Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 19 January to 16 March 2019, Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 5 April to 16 June 2019 and Southampton City Art Gallery, 27 June to 28 September 2019 ; Exposition itinérante : Attenborough Arts Centre, University of Leicester, 21 septembre - 16 décembre 2018 ; Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter, 19 janvier - 16 mars 2018 ; Longsinde Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 5 avril - 16 juin 2019 ; Southampton City Art Gallery, 27 juin - 28 septembre 2019 ; Bibliogr. en bas de pages
Résumé
La 4e de couv. indique : 'Celebrated British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE is renowned for his eye-popping use of colour and pattern in works that play with ideas of cultural appropriation. Shonibare has long been interested in exploring art historical and postcolonial themes whilst pushing the boundaries of accepted 'good taste'. This publication offers a unique insight into Shonibare's world-view. Provocatively riffing on Adolf Loos's highly influential anti-decoration lecture, 'Ornament and Crime' the artist selects works from the Arts Council Collection and other major collections that surprise us, dazzle us, and make us think. Ranging from sculpture and painting to fashion and design, these works tell a story of objects that refuse to be confined. With an introduction by Shonibare, a contextual essay by writer and curator Michelle Kuo, and short texts on textiles, craft, nature, and pattern, this publication offers a bold new perspective on how we look at art'