Wind Sculpture

I came across this piece of street art as I walked to Victoria Station this evening, avoiding the tube strike.

I couldn't make sense of it at the time but after some googling I have found out that it is called Wind Sculpture by the artist Yinka Shonibare.

According to the Victoria Business Improvement District website:

"Wind Sculpture, measuring 6 metres by 3 metres, will explore the notion of harnessing movement, through the idea of capturing and freezing a volume of wind in a moment in time. The work will echo the sails from his Fourth Plinth commission in Trafalgar Square, ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’, now on permanent display outside the National Maritime Museum."

"Wind Sculpture continues Shonibare’s focus on themes of colonialism, trade, and race and will employ the artist’s signature use of batik Dutch wax fabric designs – materials which have become synonymous with African identity."

So now I know.