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Skipping Girl, from a series of 7 mannequins titled "Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play", 2009 (life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media)

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Shonibare, Yinka (b.1962) / British

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Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

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life-size fiberglass mannequin, Dutch wax printed cotton, mixed media

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2009 AD (C21st AD)

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127.6x73.7x109.2 cms

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This figure was initially created as part of a larger installation, Mother and Father Worked Hard So I Can Play, which suggested the unruly behaviors of a class of Victorian-era individuals made wealthy, perhaps, through the economic exploitation of Africa. Shonibare often makes use of Dutch wax fabric—associated with Africa but actually created in Europe, based upon Indonesian designs, and sold in West Africa beginning in the nineteenth century—as a symbol of the web of economic and racial interrelationships between Africa, Asia, and Europe. Figures such as this one reveal “authenticity” as an illusion and evoke the layers of historical connections between global cultures.

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© Brooklyn Museum / Gift of Edward A. Bragaline and purchase gift of William K. Jacobs, Jr., by exchange and Mary Smith Dorward Fund / Bridgeman Images

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