Yinka Shonibare’s exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yinka Shonibare’s exhibition at the Yorkshire Sculpture


The exhibition features over 30 vibrant works from the period 2002 – 2013 including sculpture, film, photography, painting and collage etc. It was held on the 27th of June 2013 and held at auditorium at 10.00 with a fee of adults at £40.00 and concessions at £20.00 (under the age of 16). When you bought a ticket for the event you automatically got a 10% discount to spend on the day in the YSP shop, resturant, or cafe, even though lunch was not included in with the tickect. Yink Shonibare's exhibition had it's own catalogue at the age of at £15.00. Her exhibition featured Wind Sculptures and six metre-high fibre glass forms in batik designs.Revoloutins kids was also featured in the exhibition take more of a political turn with batik-clad figures with foxes heads, which is based on the Arab Spring and the riots that happened in London, and how the police were suprised by the power of social media. The golden gun is a replica of the one found with Colonel Gaddafi, when he was capture in libya. The significance of the fox head is that aristocracy who hunt down the fox.

The health and safety considerations are that  there probably was rope round the sculpture so that the people walking round the sculptures will not harm the sculptures. There was probably no food and drink allowed at the exhibition so that the sculptures do not get effected and damaged in anyway. Guards in the room for sculptures so that they can make sure there is no one trying to harm or dismantel the sculptures in the exhibition.

KTA 3: Events and Exhibitions Scripts

Vivienne Westwood Exhibition Launch at the Millennium Galleries - The Vivienne Westwood exhibition launch at the Millennium Galleries which was on 27th May 2008. The exhibition was only held in Sheffield and London in the UK as once it had been held in London it came to Sheffield. Which for the Sheffield Launch the Sheffield Council paid for the launch as it it was a big opportunity for the city to have as it raise over £1 million for Sheffield. They raised aware for the exhibition through word of mouth and social media.

They have a strict guest list so they have no unwanted guests turning up to the event which their target audience was VIP/Celebrities interested in music and fashion, funders or sponsors to know what they're funding, key people from sheffield's music, art and creative scene, journalists, bloggers, and people who dress up.

The image they used on the leaflets and invitations and advertisements was an approved image of Vivienne Westwood.

At the Launch event there was a red carpet and photographers at the entrance.

The reason they held the exhibition in the Millennium Galleries is that it is a purpose built gallery and an event space and an experienced team of staff working their who have worked at previous exhibitions before.

Health and safety at the exhibition that all the event was on one level, there was lifts at the gallery entrance, the venue has alcohol licence, their was no drinks allowed in the gallery space to protect the exhibition, all the cables were taped down. they had a risk assessment carried out, and kept to the risk assessment carried out, they also kept to the legal capacity of 1000. Also all the creative aspects had to be approved by her team.

The venue has £6 full price and £4 commission to the event which helped towards the £1 million that they raised for Sheffield.

The Dresses on show was listed in chronological order as Vivienne Westwood requested and they had ropes around all the clothes to protect them from being touched by all the visitors. The exhibition was closed of event which means it stopped and offence being caused.