This vibrant exhibition, on loan from Cristea Roberts Gallery London, showcases Shonibare’s evolving printmaking practice over the past seven years.

The globally celebrated artist whose work examines race, class, and constructions of cultural identity, explores the tangled relationships between Africa and Europe. Woodblock prints will be unveiled alongside earlier works featuring the motif of the all-American cowboy and symbols of the British empire. Turner Prize nominee Shonibare has exhibited in some of themost notable collections internationally – don’t miss your chance to see his work in West Berkshire this spring!

Two large pink illustrated faces against a black rounded shape and a zig-zag multi-coloured backdrop

A illustrated bird against a turquoise backdrop

A large black and orange face to the left against a bright blue backdrop with pink text to the right saying 'Modern Magic'

Image Credit: Courtesy artist and Cristea Roberts Gallery, London © Yinka Shonibare CBE

talk: Charlotte Mullins - Exploring Yinka Shonibare CBE

Join us for a special evening in conversation with art critic and broadcaster Charlotte Mullins.

Exploring Yinka Shonibare’s exhibition Ritual Ecstasy of the Modern, Charlotte will offer a fascinating insight into Shonibare’s printmaking practice while discussing how his work examines race, class and cultural identity.

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Yinka Shonibare CBE in his studio with prints from Modern Magic, 2022.
© Yinka Shonibare CBE Studio, London. Photo: Leon Foggitt, 2022

Yinka Shonibare CBE (b. 1962)

Yinka Shonibare CBE was born in 1962 in London and moved to Lagos, Nigeria at the age of three. He now lives and works in London. His work explores issues of race and class through the media of painting, sculpture, photography and film. Having described himself as a ‘post-colonial’ hybrid, Shonibare questions the meaning of cultural and national definitions.

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