Yinka Shonibare MBE’s Sculptural Explorations of Race, Class

Yinka Shonibare MBE blends fiberglass figures, Dutch wax-printed cotton fabric, metal, handpainted globes, and more to craft sculptures that explore race, economics, and other social issues. The artist’s mixing of textures, materials, and cultural iconography offers complexity past an initial scan. He was last featured on HiFructose.com.

“Working in painting, sculpture, photography, film and performance, Shonibare’s work examines race, class and the construction of cultural identity through sharp political commentary of the tangled interrelationship between Africa and Europe and their respective economic and political histories,” a statement says. “Having described himself as a postcolonial hybrid, Shonibare uses wry citations of Western art history and literature to question the validity of contemporary cultural and national identities.”

See more of the artist’s work below.

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figurative, Michael Reedy, Mixed Media

March 20, 2018

Michigan artist Michael Reedy is back with a new set of works, evolving his trademark blend of faithful anatomical figures and dreamlike abstraction. “Dear Future Self” is his new show at Helikon Gallery & Studios in Denver features mixed-media pieces on paper. The show runs through April 21 at the gallery.

Firelei Baez’s Stirring, New Meditations on Femininity

figurative, Firelei Baez, Mixed Media

December 15, 2017

Firelei Baez blends an array of techniques and materials to explore culture and femininity. Often using the figurative form as a base, she subverts the viewers’ expectations by implementing several textures, patterns, and materials. The artist says that her massive, meticulously crafted works on paper are "intrinsically indebted to a rigorous studio practice." Baez was last mentioned on HiFructose.com here.

The Surreal Sculptures and Paintings of Simphiwe Ndzube

painting, sculpture, Simphiwe Ndzube

October 7, 2017

"Bhabharosi" at Nicodim Gallery in Los Angeles is the first solo show from Simphiwe Ndzube outside Cape Town, South Africa, the artist's hometown. The strange, headless and limbless figures that travel throughout the paintings and sculptures of Ndzube have their own mythology. Read about the lore below:

Studio Visit: Behind the Scenes of Jaybo Monk’s Experimental New Works

Abstract Expressionism, Immigration, jaybo monk, oil painting, sculpture

July 6, 2015

Berlin-based French artist Jaybo Monk (covered here) creates visual collages where figures and their surroundings become one, a place that he calls "nowhere." He then mixes unexpected elements into this nonsensical space, an experimentation Jaybo also carries into his sculptural works. "I want to disobey in my paintings; disobey the symmetry, the techniques and the narratives system. I am interested in nonsense, the only space for me where freedom is real. I use tools like chance and mistakes to evaluate my craft. I flirt with the impossible. I need to go to places I`ve never been before." We visited with Jaybo in his Berlin studio, where he is now working on a new series inspired by immigration.

Yinka Shonibare MBE’s Sculptural Explorations of Race, Class

Michael Reedy’s Bold New Mixed-Media Works in ‘Dear Future Self’

Firelei Baez’s Stirring, New Meditations on Femininity

The Surreal Sculptures and Paintings of Simphiwe Ndzube

Studio Visit: Behind the Scenes of Jaybo Monk’s Experimental New Works

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