- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
El Anatsui developed an internationally influential sculptural practice from wood, clay and, since the late 1990s, vast flexible sheets assembled from discarded aluminum bottle caps and copper wire. Working for decades in Nigeria, he transformed materials tied to trade, alcohol and colonial history into shimmering surfaces that can be reconfigured for each installation.
Sculpture; installation
Artist Films
El Anatsui in "Change" - Season 6 - "Art in the Twenty-First Century" | Art21
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Major Works
- 2001Man’s Cloth
- 2007Dusasa I
- 2007Fresh and Fading Memories
- 2010Gravity and Grace
- 2010Gli
- 2012Broken Bridge II
- 2013TSIATSIA – searching for connection
- 2007Earth’s Skin
- 2003Old Man’s Cloth
- 2023Behind the Red Moon
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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