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Yinka Shonibare CBE: Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern
The Base Greenham, Communications Road, Greenham Business Park, Greenham, Berkshire,
Base front entrance what3words: ///chitchat.defectors.mason RG19 6HN
Fri 31 Jan to Sunday 23 February
TIMEOpen Tuesday to Sunday
10am - 5pm
PRICE
Base Pass Holder £0*
Full price £8.25
Concessions £7.25
Group of 10+ £6.50
Students £5
Under-12s FREE
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About this Event
Yinka Shonibare CBE: Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern
This vibrant exhibition, on loan from Cristea Roberts Gallery London, showcases Shonibare’s evolving printmaking practice over the past seven years.
The globally celebrated artist whose work examines race, class, and constructions of cultural identity, explores the tangled relationships between Africa and Europe. Woodblock prints will be unveiled alongside earlier works featuring the motif of the all-American cowboy and symbols of the British empire. Turner Prize nominee Shonibare has exhibited in some of the most notable collections internationally – don’t miss your chance to see his work in West Berkshire this spring!
Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962)
Yinka Shonibare CBE was born in 1962 in London and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. He now lives and works in London. His work explores issues of race and class through the media of painting, sculpture, photography and film. Having described himself as a ‘post-colonial’ hybrid, Shonibare questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions.
Base Pass
*Purchase a Base Pass and enjoy unlimited gallery access for 12 months from £25. You can even gift a Base Pass to your friends and family - the perfect gift for the culture vulture in your life!
Songs and Stories in the Gallery: Sat 8 Feb & Thu 13 Feb
Relaxed day: Thu 6 Feb, 10am - 5pm
Yinka Shonibare CBE Family Day at The Base: Thu 20 Feb, 10am - 5pm
TRAVEL: Please note the usual entrance to the Business Park will be closed for the duration of this exhibition. Therefore, please enter via the roundabout by the Jaguar Land Rover site and follow the diversion signs - click here for more info
The globally celebrated artist whose work examines race, class, and constructions of cultural identity, explores the tangled relationships between Africa and Europe. Woodblock prints will be unveiled alongside earlier works featuring the motif of the all-American cowboy and symbols of the British empire. Turner Prize nominee Shonibare has exhibited in some of the most notable collections internationally – don’t miss your chance to see his work in West Berkshire this spring!
Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962)
Yinka Shonibare CBE was born in 1962 in London and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. He now lives and works in London. His work explores issues of race and class through the media of painting, sculpture, photography and film. Having described himself as a ‘post-colonial’ hybrid, Shonibare questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions.
Base Pass
*Purchase a Base Pass and enjoy unlimited gallery access for 12 months from £25. You can even gift a Base Pass to your friends and family - the perfect gift for the culture vulture in your life!
Songs and Stories in the Gallery: Sat 8 Feb & Thu 13 Feb
Relaxed day: Thu 6 Feb, 10am - 5pm
Yinka Shonibare CBE Family Day at The Base: Thu 20 Feb, 10am - 5pm
TRAVEL: Please note the usual entrance to the Business Park will be closed for the duration of this exhibition. Therefore, please enter via the roundabout by the Jaguar Land Rover site and follow the diversion signs - click here for more info