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Commissioned by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Yinka Shonibare creates a new sculptural installation based on themes developed in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. The work refers specifically to wars between the empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu focusing on the question of “egg-breaking†which in Swift’s time symbolised the long series of wars between Catholic France and Protestant England.
In addition to this new commission, Yinka Shonibare will exhibit a series of six new large-scale drawings.
Opening Times:
Tue-Thur:10.00am-6.00pm
Fri & Sat 10.00am-5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
CLOSED MONDAYS
For more information: http://www.hughlane.ie/
Yinka Shonibare, MBE
Thu 26 Feb 2009 until Sun 30 Aug 2009
Time: See Below
Commissioned by Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, Yinka Shonibare creates a new sculptural installation based on themes developed in Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. The work refers specifically to wars between the empires of Lilliput and Blefuscu focusing on the question of “egg-breaking†which in Swift’s time symbolised the long series of wars between Catholic France and Protestant England.
In addition to this new commission, Yinka Shonibare will exhibit a series of six new large-scale drawings.
Opening Times:
Tue-Thur:10.00am-6.00pm
Fri & Sat 10.00am-5.00pm
Sunday 11.00am-5.00pm
CLOSED MONDAYS
For more information: http://www.hughlane.ie/
Venue Information: Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art
More Information: http://eventful.com/dublin/events/yinka-shonibare-mbe-/E0-001-020072023-1
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