Hibiscus Rising: Creating a Memorial for David Oluwale with Yinka Shonibare CBE

The Tetley, Leeds, UK

11 September 2022 - 8 January 2023

A collaboration between The Tetley, DOMA and LEEDS 2023, Hibiscus Rising: Creating a memorial for David Oluwale with Yinka Shonibare CBE, imagines the future of David Oluwale’s legacy in Leeds.

The exhibition centres around a maquette created by Yinka Shonibare CBE as part of a proposal for a public memorial for David Oluwale. The proposed artwork, Hibiscus Rising, will stand at 9.5 metres high, and be located in Leeds’ Southbank next to the Oluwale footbridge on Meadow Lane.

Hibiscus Rising Maquette, 2022, Fiberglass, aluminium, steel, copper, wood, acrylic paint, resin, glue, 85 x 85 x 204 cm. © Yinka Shonibare CBE and The Tetley, Leeds. All Rights Reserved, DACS / Artimage. Photographer: Stephen White & Co.