Man Ray was an artist who spent most of his career in Paris, France. He is known best in the art world for his avant-garde photography. He is a renowned for his fashion and portrait photographs. In this photo Marcel Duchamp became Rose Selavy.
http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/2006/dada/images/artwork/202-016.shtm
Yinka Shonibare was born and educated in London but spent most of his childhood in Nigeria with his parents. Through his work he would act as Dandy, a character he made up and he would place Dandy in somewhat humorous situations while showing the cultural influences of colonization.
http://www.iniva.org/dare/themes/translations/shonibare.html
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