Angelika Sher / Series, 2005–2012 Frames Yinka Shonibare

Yinka Shonibare

Text by Aleš Šteger

this exquisite collection sheds new light on an astonishing talent

the animals were rescues that can never be re-wilded

whose use of black is informed by Raphael’s writings

Angelika Sher / Series, 2005–2012 Frames Yinka ShonibareThe raw material of Angelika Shers photographic work is supplied by her family and immediate environment. Personal relations and domestic spaces are captured in moments full of longing, remoteness, and a beauty that can hurt. Through these images she explores ideas of foreignness, adolescence, parenting, and sacrifice. The book is a survey of Shers work over a 7 year period, structured around four different series. Upstairs looks at adolescence