El Anatsui: Artwork and Life

El Anatsui: Artwork and Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the important useful resource on the Ghanaian artist recognized worldwide for spectacular tapestries of reclaimed bottle tops. This revised and expanded ebook follows Anatsui on his exceptional journey from an obscure college city in Africa to the summit of the worldwide artwork world. Vogel, whose exhibitions and books have influenced African artwork historical past, analyzes Anatsui’s distinctive artwork type, typically quoting the artist’s interviews together with her. She describes his engagement with African traditions, his early work in clay and wooden, a triumphant decade exhibiting radiant metallic cloths, then a profound growth within the second decade, introduced right here for the primary time. The ebook takes us inside his busy studio, revealing the gritty actuality and the refined genius of his bottle-top hangings, exhibited in museums and biennials the world over.