{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Yinka Shonibare - 198 - Alain Elkann Interviews","description":"THE ARTIST IS UTOPIC.&amp;nbsp;Yinka Shonibare CBE RA&amp;nbsp;is a celebrated British artist whose work explores cultural identity, colonialism and post-colonialism within the contemporary context of globalisation. His show&amp;nbsp;Suspended States&amp;nbsp;is at Serpentine from 12th&amp;nbsp;April until September 1st 2024 and is his first London solo exhibition in over 20 years. \u201cArtists are always utopian in their thinking, but then somehow we always fail this utopia, because it\u2019s never actually realised.\u201d \u201cI was asking myself if can I make a work of art that\u2019s really about nothing. Literally about wind.\u201d \u201cI don\u2019t want to make literal abstractions, but I can get to the sublime through reality.\u201d ","author_name":"Alain Elkann Interviews","author_url":"https:\/\/www.alainelkanninterviews.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/31938837\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/ea6c35\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/173865977"}