Described by Yinka as «a piece that playfully explores gender stereotypes and power relations», it is a kaleidoscope in
the shape of a phallus, with the body beautifully decorated in the Dutch wax batik patterns Yinka is known for, and the head made of highly polished brass.
It is a kaleidoscope in
the shape of a phallus, with the body beautifully decorated in the Dutch wax batik patterns the artist is known for, and the head made of highly polished brass.
«Kaleidoscope» is a multiple by Yinka Shonibare MBE that playfully explores gender stereotypes and power relations: a kaleidoscope in
the shape of a phallus, with the body beautifully decorated in the Dutch wax batik patterns the artist is known for, and the head made of highly polished brass.
Yinka Shonibare MBE's Kaleidoscope playfully explores gender stereotypes and power relations: a kaleidoscope in
the shape of a phallus, with the body beautifully decorated in the Dutch wax batik patterns the artist is known for, and the head made of highly polished brass.
Not exact matches
And not just your garden - variety penises: corkscrew -
shaped phalluses that are over a foot long and capable
of «explosive eversion» (watch the videos on this Carl Zimmer blog post if the term isn't evocative enough).
There's Christian F. «Bigfoot» Bjornsen (Josh Brolin), a gruff and violence - prone detective who moonlights as a struggling actor and has a subconscious habit
of eating
phallus -
shaped food.
Judith Bernstein has drawn or painted at least 500
phalluses —
of all
shapes and sizes — over the course
of her 50 - year career.
As with Yinka Shonibare's celebrated work on the Fourth Plinth, «Nelson's Ship in a Bottle», «Kaleidoscope» reclaims an object from a familiar British tradition and subverts it through the bold use
of batik patterns and the transformation
of the
shape into that
of a
phallus.
Shaped as a
phallus, KALEIDOSCOPE «s body is beautifully decorated in the Dutch wax batik patterns the artist is known for, and the head is made
of highly polished brass.
As with Shonibare's celebrated work on the Fourth Plinth, «Nelson's Ship in a Bottle», «Kaleidoscope» reclaims an object from a familiar British tradition and subverts it through the bold use
of batik patterns and by transforming the
shape into that
of a
phallus.
The oval form at the centre
of the bottom edge
of the frame and the W
shape at the top represent in stylised form the testicles
of the god and the buttocks
of the consort with the penetrating
phallus.