Fading Scroll, 2007 Aluminum and copper wire 88 x 472 inches |
Fading Scroll ( detail), 2007 Aluminum and copper wire 88 x 472 inches |
El Anatsui is an artist born in Ghana in 1944 and lives in Nigeria. He has a BA in art and a Graduate degree in art Education. El Anatsui has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions around the world. He has worked in multiple types of media, from wood and clay to woven cloth.
Recently focusing more on the fiber arts, he creates large installation pieces. El Anatsui creates motifs, uli (design elements), and nsibidi (indigenous pictograph writing) taken from his Ghanaian heritage to represent traditional beliefs, social commentary, and political statements of culture from Ghana. All of his works clearly show relationships to traditional African Art, but also show his creativity through his materials.
Sacred Moon, 2007 Aluminum and copper wire 103 x 141 inches |
Three Continents, 2009 Found aluminum and copper wire 8 x 16 Feet |
hi i'm doing gcse art and using el anatsui as one of my artists, what is the name of the 3rd image on this post
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Afor, 2010
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111 x 117 inches hanging straight