Born in Anyako, Ghana, in 1944, El Anatsui is widely regarded as the greatest living African artist. He has received the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Biennale (2015), the Praemium Imperiale Award for Sculpture (2017) and the Lorenzo il Magnifico Lifetime Achievement Award (2017). His works are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Tate Modern; and the National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos, among others.
This book is extremely sensitively conceived, designed and
produced.--Andrea Kirsh "Artblog"
The product of more than three decades of research and
collaboration with the artist by scholars Okwui Enwezor and Chika
Okeke-Agulu, who place Anatsui's work in the historical context of
post-independence Ghana and mid-20th century African modernism in
art and writing. Hundreds of color images examine the sculptures in
detail, giving the reader an in-depth insight into the artist's
process, how transformation is central to his pieces, and how his
approach evolved over time.--Kate Mothes "Colossal"
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