Yinka Shonibare’s life-size sculpture of an astronaut is to go on display in a new gallery exploring what it means to be human. Yinka Shonibare’s life-size sculpture of an astronaut is to go on display in a new gallery exploring what it means to be human. Yinka Shonibare’s life-size astronaut sculpture to go on showRefugee Astronaut wears a suit made from fabric inspired by traditional Nigerian patterns and reflects on themes of “climate change, identity, colonialism and globalisation”. She extracted and analysed DNA from the samples to computationally generate 3D printed life-size, full-colour portraits. Artist group Superflex will present their short film, Flooded McDonald’s, in which a life-size replica of the fast food restaurant is gradually flooded with water.

Source: Irish Independent May 23, 2019 13:30 UTC