El Anatsui is one of the most impactful artists of our time. As a sculptor, he shows an incomparable capacity to experiment with his materials, medium, and process. El collects diverse materials, puts ...
His 2019 retrospective exhibition in Germany, Triumphant Scale, firmly established him as a leading global voice. It was co-curated by the late Okwui Enwezor, who is famed for bringing African art ...
When you first see El Anatsui’s wondrous work at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, it appears to have a luminosity the defies the medium. The huge, fabric-like pieces, made primarily of bottle ...
Installation weeks at Rice University Art Gallery are always chaotic, with assistants scrambling to help visiting artists complete their monumental commissions in time for opening night. This week is ...
Akron Art Museum What: The exhibition "Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anat sui." When: Through Sunday, Oct. 7. Where: 1 S. High St., Akron. Admission: $7. Go to akronartmuseum.org or call ...
Ghanaian artist El Anatsui creates monumental assemblage sculptures woven from colorful, shiny objects, creating tactile curtains that seem to breathe on their own. The works sell routinely for more ...
Installing artworks in a museum exhibition is hard physical and intellectual work. You have to uncrate and inspect expensive and heavily insured objects that have traveled hundreds if not thousands of ...
From what others regarded as rubbish, African artist El Anatsui has created an art collection that blends ordinary objects into a bright, extraordinary whole. Gawu, in the Ewe language of Ghana, means ...
One could call El Anatsui the godfather of the artistic scene that has erupted in Ghana in the last decade. At 79 years old and now a household name on the world stage, it seems that the sky is the ...
DENVER (CBS4) - A new exhibit opens Sunday at the Denver Art Museum, and CBS4 Critic at large Greg Moody believes it's a great way to explore a different culture. The art of El Anatsui and "When I ...
El Anatsui is a contemporary Ghanian sculptor. Internationally celebrated for his transformation of simple materials into elaborate, mutable sculptures, Anatsui uses wood, discarded metal, and clay ...