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Alexandra Dodd

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Alexandra Dodd

Dr Alexandra Dodd is an independent arts writer and editor whose work takes shape at the intersections between visual, literary and archival cultures.

Deliberate mongrelisation: Yinka Shonibare has put on a show that juxtaposes an electic mix of culture to celebrate the restitution of African artefacts and acknowledge our disconnect relationship with the past. Photo: Michael Hall
AFRICAN AESTHETICS

Shonibare celebrates Africa’s contribution to modernism

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare offers us a mongrelised vision for the future with his new hybrid forms

  • Alexandra Dodd
8 min read