El Anatsui
By: El Anatsui in conversation with Chika Okeke-Agulu ; with an essay by Alisa LaGamma
Contributors: Okeke-Agulu, Chika; LaGamma, Alisa; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute
Publisher: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Williamstown, Mass; New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781935998020; 9780300175752
Subjects: Sculptors; Interviews; Exhibitions
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."
Notes: "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition El Anatsui, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts 12 June--16 October 2011."