Yinka Shonibares The Swing (2001) A Work That Is A Direct Adapatation Of Jean-Honor Fragonard's L'Escarpolette

Yinka Shonibare’s The Swing (2001) –a work that is a direct adapatation of Jean-Honoré Fragonard's  L'Escarpolette (1767). Shonibare’s headless mannequin–an allusion to the downfall of the aristocracy post-French Revolution–is dressed in African print Dutch wax printed cotton dress, a historically burdened fabric that represents the diaspora and postcolonial hybridity that is central to his practice.

Attention non-artists who commission artists: don’t fuckin do this???

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A sling? You’re a hunter and you fight with a sling? That’s a shepherd’s weapon.

What are you gonna do, pebble them to death?

Something like that.

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