El Anatsui
1944 (Anyako (Ghana))
Living in : Nsukka (Nigeria)
Working in : Nsukka (Nigeria)
Artist's gallery
Born in Ghana, son of an Ewé weaver producing traditional loincloths (kenté), and trained in ceramics and pottery techniques before going to teach at the University of Nsukka in Nigeria in 1975, El Anatsui knows where he is going because he knows where he comes from. Emerging from the practice of recycling and object hijacking, his sublime and derisory hangings of crushed capsules and cans, like his fire-marked wood carvings, transform the global trade that is bleeding the African continent into huge oriflammes of fire and blood, where beauty rhymes with destruction.
Portrait:
Photo E. Daydé
Living in : Nsukka (Nigeria)
Working in : Nsukka (Nigeria)
Artist's gallery
Born in Ghana, son of an Ewé weaver producing traditional loincloths (kenté), and trained in ceramics and pottery techniques before going to teach at the University of Nsukka in Nigeria in 1975, El Anatsui knows where he is going because he knows where he comes from. Emerging from the practice of recycling and object hijacking, his sublime and derisory hangings of crushed capsules and cans, like his fire-marked wood carvings, transform the global trade that is bleeding the African continent into huge oriflammes of fire and blood, where beauty rhymes with destruction.
Portrait:
Photo E. Daydé
Artist's exhibitions
« En quête de liberté » une carte blanche à El Anatsui
10/01/2021 - 05/04/2021
(Paris) La Conciergerie
10/01/2021 - 05/04/2021
(Paris) La Conciergerie
Saison d'art 2016.
04/04/2016 - 31/10/2016
(Chaumont-sur-Loire) Domaine régional de Chaumont sur Loire
04/04/2016 - 31/10/2016
(Chaumont-sur-Loire) Domaine régional de Chaumont sur Loire