Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle

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contemporary artwork public sculpture

Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle is a large-scale public sculpture by Yinka Shonibare featuring a replica of Admiral Nelson’s flagship encased in a glass bottle, notable for its use of African-print sails to explore themes of colonialism and cultural identity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf contemporary artwork ⓘ
public sculpture ⓘ
artForm installation art ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
artisticTheme British imperial history ⓘ
hybrid cultural identities ⓘ
postcolonial critique ⓘ
associatedWith Admiral Horatio Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorPalette bright multicoloured sails ⓘ
commissionedFor Fourth Plinth Programme NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Yinka Shonibare NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalContext British-Nigerian perspective ⓘ
culturalReference maritime tradition of ship-in-a-bottle models ⓘ
depictionStyle realistic ship model with stylised sails ⓘ
depicts Admiral Horatio Nelson’s flagship ⓘ
HMS Victory NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre public art ⓘ
site-specific art ⓘ
hasPart African-print textile sails ⓘ
glass bottle ⓘ
model ship ⓘ
inception 2010 ⓘ
inspiredBy Battle of Trafalgar NERFINISHED ⓘ
HMS Victory NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
mainSubject British naval history ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
cultural identity ⓘ
globalisation ⓘ
materialUsed glass ⓘ
resin ⓘ
textile ⓘ
wood ⓘ
movement contemporary art ⓘ
notableFeature large-scale ship model inside a glass bottle ⓘ
reinterpretation of Admiral Nelson’s flagship ⓘ
use of African-print sails ⓘ
originallyInstalledAt Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicAccess yes ⓘ
purpose to prompt reflection on empire and multicultural Britain ⓘ
scale large-scale sculpture ⓘ
title Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Yinka Shonibare → notableWork → Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle ⓘ
Fourth Plinth → notableWorkDisplayed → Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle by Yinka Shonibare