Before the opening - Yinka Shonibare MBE

Leisure Lady (with ocelots) all wrapped up

Even though the exhibition is already open, here are some more installation images from Yinka Shonibare MBE that I didn't get around to writing about before the exhibition opened.


Setting up the ice for Reverend on Ice

The Reverend being unpacked

Paul Spencer from the National Gallery of Victoria attaching the Reverend to the Ice

Textile conservator, Tracey Wedge, cleaning the fabric on The Age of Enlightenment - Jean le Rond d'Alembert to ensure it is spotless for the opening.

Photos by John McIver

credits:

Yinka Shonibare MBE
Leisure Lady (with ocelots) 2001
life-size figure and fibreglass ocelots, cotton (Dutch wax), leather, glass
Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels, Belgium, image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist

Yinka Shonibare MBE
Reverend on ice 2005
semi-opaque synthetic polymer resin, cotton (Dutch wax), wool, leather, wood, steel
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Purchased with the assistance of NGV Contemporary, 2006, image courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist. Photo: Christopher Burke

Yinka Shonibare MBE
The Age of Enlightenment - Jean le Rond d'Alembert 2008
life-sized fibreglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media
courtesy of the artist, James Cohan Gallery, New York and Stephen Friedman Gallery, London © the artist