Yinka Shonibare CBE 'Hibiscus and the Rose, 2020' limited edition print
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Starting in 2018 and for ten years, the Government Art Collection has commissioned an outstanding British artist to create an original, limited-edition print to be displayed in diplomatic buildings across the world, with a small number available to purchase.
Yinka Shonibare CBE was awarded the Robson Orr TenTen Award 2020. Shonibare’s woodblock print Hibiscus and the Rose is a beautifully vivid encounter between two scarlet floral blooms.
Woodcut print and fabric collage on Somerset Satin 410gsm tub-sized paper
The Robson Orr Ten Ten commission for 2020
Signed by the artist
Sold unframed
The edge of the paper is natural and unfinished
Purchasers will receive details on the artists recommended framing specifications
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For the third year of The Robson Orr TenTen Award the global relationships and identities of British artists are once more in evidence. Born in London and having spent his childhood in Nigeria, Shonibare came back to the UK to study Fine Art at Byam Shaw School of Art and Goldsmiths College. The Hibiscus and the Rose woodcut print, which also boasts a rich pattern using the Dutch wax designs, eloquently celebrates a childhood growing up in Lagos and London, and speaks of global relationships. As a child in Nigeria Yinka Shonibare would pick the nectar from the hibiscus flower to eat, whilst the rose evokes his British identity. Conscious that the prints will hang in UK government buildings around the world, Shonibare created an image that is both personal and universal.
Purchases help to contribute to the Government Art Collection's mission to support UK art and emerging UK artists.
| Fulfillment | Collection |
|---|---|
| Pieces | 1 |
| GSM weight | 410 |
| Dimensions | Sheet size: 79 x 97cm, image size: 65 x 85cm |
| Material | Woodcut print and fabric collage on Somerset satin paper |
| Limited edition size | 32 plus 6 artist's proofs |
| Print type | Woodcut |
| Collection | Government Art Collection |
Hibiscus and the Rose is an expression of cultural exchange between Britain and the rest of the world. The hibiscus is a genus of numerous species of herbs, shrubs, and trees in the mallow family (Malvaceae) widely found in many of the warmer temperate Commonwealth countries. The rose is the national flower of England and has a long tradition within English symbolism. An exploration of Britain’s colonial past and its current relationship with its former colonies is symbolised through the Hibiscus and the Rose. - Yinka Shonibare CBE
The interplay of race, place, history, politics and class in the construction of cultural identity is at the core of Yinka Shonibare’s diverse practice. Coming to prominence in the late 1990s and early 2000s, his headless figures festooned in 17th-century clothing made from Dutch wax Indonesian batik fabrics synonymous with African design, were shown globally leading to a Turner Prize nomination in 2004, and a prominent installation in Documenta XI in 2008. Two years later saw his first public art commission, Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle, displayed on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, London, a maquette of which is in the Government Art Collection, with his now hallmark use of Dutch wax fabrics acting as sails. The cultural entanglement of this textile through industry and design is at the crux of Shonibare’s work that critiques a mono-cultural narrative, and exposes complex global relationships, particularly between Africa and Europe.
About The Robson Orr TenTen Award
Ten years, ten prints. Since 2018, the Government Art Collection has been selecting outstanding British artists to create original, limited-edition prints for the Collection to display around the world. The Robson Orr TenTen Award is presented jointly by the Government Art Collection with Outset Contemporary Art Fund and is sponsored by philanthropists Sybil Robson Orr and Matthew Orr.
Through the TenTen project, artists including Michael Armitage, Tacita Dean, Yinka Shonibare CBE, Lubaina Himid and Rachel Whiteread DBE have created original works for the Collection.