Boy on Globe 4
Commissioned by the Whitworth for the COTTON: Global Threads exhibition Boy on Globe 4 (2011) is a life size, headless boy balanced precariously atop a suspended globe. The child is dressed in Victorian period costume fashioned from Dutch wax batik prints. Synonymous with Shonibare’s work, wax batik fabric is commonly used in African dress, but actually has a complex and culturally diverse history.
Diary of a Victorian Dandy
Flips the roles of the people. The people are in victorian clothes. The black man has the highest status.
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