El Anatsui

Description:

"The sculptor El Anatsui, born in Ghana in 1944, merges personal, local, and global concerns in his visual creations. Weaving together discarded aluminum tops from Nigerian liquor bottles, Anatsui creates large-scale sculptures called gawu (“metal” or “fashioned cloth” in the artist’s first language) that demonstrate a fascinating interplay of color, shape, and fluidity."

subjects: Sculptors,  Interviews,  Exhibitions,  Sculpture, africa,  Sculptors, biography

People: El Anatsui (1944-)

Places: Ghana,  Nigeria