[yul-naco] Yinka Shonibare CBE

[Lapka, Francis]

Our collections include a number of works about (or by) the contemporary British artist Yinka Shonibare CBE. According to my colleagues at YCBA, Shonibare has legally changed his last name to include CBE. Or as Tate puts it<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tate.org.uk%2Fvisit%2Ftate-modern%2Fdisplay%2Fartist-and-society%2Fyinka-shonibare-cbe&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801774405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9JNhuUVxnTekm2bcQkFk2gri1dNYRMXh1882OCXVpPM%3D&reserved=0>, the CBE title is part of his "professional name". Shonibare's insistence here is a sardonic comment on Britain's imperial past. That said, none of the most prominent databases of artists include CBE in the preferred name form (e.g. AAT<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvocab.getty.edu%2Fpage%2Fulan%2F500057413&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801774405%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=3vp4eBNy6apgeZbBXm017EiSU%2BMla4hl66xvWPUU7jU%3D&reserved=0>, Artists of the World<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faow.degruyter.com%2Fartist%2F_40270283&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=I1inTUWn%2FIQUsdTbSu3WQI0iZzVyehLcCKaYyrY7epM%3D&reserved=0>, RKD<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Frkd.nl%2Fen%2Fexplore%2Fartists%2Frecord%3Fquery%3Dyinka%2Bshonibare%26start%3D0&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=mWFLxj5EzD3yYP57zVRTsY0texggjvoL3CGb%2FIRJGuo%3D&reserved=0>, Oxford/Benezit<https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1093%2Fbenz%2F9780199773787.article.B00203274&data=05%7C02%7Cyul-naco%40mailman.yale.edu%7C544391cf6ed04f4fab5b08dbfa648219%7Cdd8cbebb21394df8b4114e3e87abeb5c%7C0%7C0%7C638379081801930666%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=vaJ6%2BT%2B7ydE2NCXzMA5eN7IiuAe2XqAn8nbJy1rJFbc%3D&reserved=0>).

Shonibare's name is currently established<Shonibare,%20Yinka,%201962-> as: Shonibare, Yinka, $d 1962-. Would it be appropriate to revise to:  Shonibare, Yinka, $c CBE, $d 1962-?

The current authority record includes this 670: "Artist website, viewed Aug. 31, 2011(uses MBE as part of name)". MBE was consciously omitted from his name in 2011.

Francis




Francis Lapka
Senior Catalog Librarian
Department of Rare Books and Manuscripts
Yale Center for British Art
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