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el anatsui (1944 –)

Explore the monumental bottle-top sculptures of El Anatsui, a Ghanaian artist celebrated for his shimmering wall hangings reflecting history & identity. Time 100 included!

Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (Lagos, Nigeria)

Emmanuel Kwami Anatsui is a painter and sculptor born in Anyako, Ghana in 1944. He obtained a B.A, majoring in Sculpture, in 1968; a postgraduate diploma in art education in 1969; and won the best student of the year award, 1969 all from the College of Art, University of Science & Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. He started out as a lecturer at the Specialist Training Centre, Winneba, Ghana between 1969-1975. He then relocated to Nigeria and became a sculpture professor at the Department of Fine and Applied Art of the prestigious University of Nigeria, Nsukka in 1975. Anatsui has spent the better part of his career in Nigeria and has explored different media including wood, clay and found objects in his creative, sculptural experiments as an artist. His first solo exhibition in Nigeria was the

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O tym dziele

Tytuł: Untitled
Artysta: el anatsui
Rok: 1990
Format: Portrait
Status praw autorskich: Objęte prawem autorskim
Gdzie można je zobaczyć: Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
Paleta kolorów: Earthy
Dominujący kolor: Rosy Brown