Strauss & co - 1 December 2018, Cape Town

30 Zeitz MOCAA Benefit Art Auction 13 Yinka Shonibare BRITISH 1962- Twins II 2015 AP 2 of 2 from an edition of 10 signed, dated and numbered in the margin four colour silkscreen print with gold leaf on Somerset Tub sized 410gsm paper image size: 83,5 by 81,5cm sheet size: 104 by 100cm ZAR80 000 - 120 000 £4 500 - 6 600 $5 700 - 8 600 € 5 000 - 7 500 PROVENANCE Donated by the artist. Courtesy of Stephen Friedman Gallery, London; James Cohan Gallery, New York; Goodman Gallery, South Africa and Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore. Yinka Shonibare MBE works in a variety of mediums, drawing on his experiences of growing up between the UK and Nigeria. A signature feature in his work is the use of Indonesian inspired designs on fabric (known as batik), which were produced by the Dutch and later became signifiers of post-colonial identity in West Africa. This blurring of national or cultural signifiers is reflected in his colourful Twins (2015) series, in which silhouetted pairings of men and women, dressed in period costumes typical of the colonial era, are balanced against linear drawings of Ibeji wood carvings. In Yoruba culture, twins are believed to be magical. If one twin passes, a carving is commissioned to represent the deceased, which is then dressed and decorated to reflect one’s status. Yinka Shonibare MBE (b. 1962, UK) has exhibited work at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (UK: 2015); Smithsonian National Museum of African Art,Washington (USA: 2014); Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem (Netherlands: 2012); and Tate Britain, London (UK: 2012), amongst others.