Untitled (Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here) [Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 2002]

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Untitled (Yinka Shonibare, artist, lives here) [Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, 2002]

Artist Yinka Shonibare (British-Nigerian, born 1962)

Date2002

DimensionsOverall: 13 1/16 x 9 x 8 in. (331 x 228 x 203mm)

MediumWood, cloth, plastic, photomechanical reproduction reproduction

ClassificationSculpture

Credit LineGift of David W. Steadman in honor of the Norton Family

Object number

2002.34

Not on View

DescriptionA Victorian miniature house containing two floors furnished with various "doll house" pieces of furniture, household objects, and framed art reproductions. The house is constructed of wood, cloth, plastic, and several photomechanical reproductions of works of art, including Shonibare’s own "Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 14.00 hours" [C-type print, series of five, 1998] and his installation based on Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s painting of "The Swing." A Victorian miniature house containing two floors furnished with various "doll house" pieces of furniture, household objects, and framed art reproductions. The house is constructed of wood, cloth, plastic, and several photomechanical reproductions of works of art, including Shonibare’s own "Diary of a Victorian Dandy: 14.00 hours" [C-type print, series of five, 1998] and his installation based on Jean-Honoré Fragonard’s painting of "The Swing."

Exhibition History2002 Studio Museum, Harlem, USA, curated by Thelma Golden; 2002 Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel, curated bySuzanne Landau; 2001 Christmas tree project, Tate Britain, London; 2001 Britannia project, Tate Britain, London; 2001Be-muse, The British School in Rome, Rome, Italy, curated by Cristiana Perrella and Elena Di Majo; 2001 The AiveKellner; 2001 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; 2000 Effective, defective, creative, permanent video installation,Wellcome Wing, Science Museum, London; 2000Camden Arts Center, London; 2000 Affectionate Men, Victoria and Albert Museum, London; 2000 InIVA tour of Diary o a Victorian Dandy Project, Castle Museum, Nottingham, LaingArts Gallery, Newcastle, Tower Art Gallery, Eastbourne TMA New Works on Paper Dec. 2005 - Mar. 5, 2006 Prizes and awards 1999 Short listed Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize; 1998 Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award for Visual Artists; 1998 Royal Society of Arts, Art for Architecture Award; 1996 Art for Architecture Award, Royal Society of Arts; 1992 London Arts Board Artists Grant; 1992 Barclays Young Artists Award, Serpentine Gallery; 1991 Barclays Young Artists Award, Serpentine Gallery TMA New Works on Paper Dec. 2005 - Mar. 5, 2006Comparative ReferencesSee also: http://www.uel.ac.uk/aavaa/teachers/yinka.htm#about cf.: Pernilla Holmes, "The Empire’s New Clothes," Art News 101, no. 9 (October 2002): 118-21. cf.: Carol Parker, "Off with Their Heads!," Art Review (London, England). 53 (September 2002): 96-7. cf.: Janet Kaplan, "Yinka Shonebare," Art Journal. 61, no. 2 (Summer 2002): 82-3. cf.: John Picton, "Undressing Ethnicity," African Arts 34, no. 3 (Autumn 2001): 66-73, 93. cf.: Lori Waxman, "Yinka Shonibare," New Art Examiner 28, no. 3 (November 2000): 36-7. cf.: Eclectic Flavour (Syracuse, New York: Light Work, 1998). cf.: Yinka Shonibare: Double Dress (Jerusalem: Israel Museum, 2002). cf.: Yinka Shonibare (New York; Studio Museum in Harlem, 2002). cf.: Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection (London: Thames and Hudson, 1997).