African Business, 21/11/2023
Over a career spanning an impressive four decades, the work of renowned Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui has graced the walls and floors of many prestigious art galleries around the world, from the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York to the Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha.
This autumn, two exhibitions showcasing El Anatsui’s innovative work opened in London: in the October Gallery, which specialises in contemporary art; and in the Tate Modern’s famous Turbine Hall. Yet unlike many of the other avant-garde works that grace these galleries, El Anatsui’s masterpieces are no ordinary sculptures, nor paint on canvas.
Just as one man’s trash can be another man’s treasure, El Anatsui uses discarded and recycled items to bring his creative visions to life and give new meaning to jettisoned scrap. His more recent iconic installations, including his sculptures currently on display in the Tate Modern, have gained international fame for being created with aluminium bottle tops joined together by copper wire, among other recycled materials.
Dominating the vast, vertical space of the Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall, which rises 26 metres from ground level, is El Anatsui’s largest work to date… Continue Reading >>
