Artist Yinka Shonibare's new exhibition and the impact of imperial ambition

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Artist Yinka Shonibare looks at the impact of imperial ambition in his new exhibition Suspended States at London's Serpentine Gallery.

Queen Victoria, Sir Winston Churchill and Sir Charles Napier statues are dressed in Dutch wax fabrics but stripped of their bronze, marble and power. An intention from Yinka who says we should question colonial history and not topple it.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/we-should-not-erase-history-yinka-shonibare-on-his-new-exhibition-and-the-impact-of-imperial-ambition-13113660

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