Earth Pictures

The exhibition introduces a powerful new suite of quilts called "Nature Works," depicting extractive industry fallout: mining in the DRC, gas flares in Nigeria, and more, rendered in lush yet foreboding needlework. Complementing these are hybrid ancestral masks and sculptures painted with Shonibare’s signature Dutch-wax batik, embodying traditional spiritual figures while symbolizing environmental guardianship. Shonibare raises compelling questions about climate justice and unequal burdens borne by the Global South in works that form a visually stunning yet urgent commentary on how post‑colonial extractivism creates ecological and cultural upheaval across the continent.