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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)

Upptäck Nigerias konstnärliga arv på Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art! Utforska över 1000 verk, inklusive skulpturer och målningar av kända konstnärer som Ben Enwonwu & El Anatsui. Det första universitetsmuseet med inspirerande utställningar.

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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Om detta konstverk

Titel: Untitled
Konstnär: El Anatsui
År: 1990
Format: Portrait
Upphovsrättsligt skydd: Upphovsrättsskyddat
Plats för visning: Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
Färgpalett: Earthy
Huvudfärg: Rosy Brown