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El Anatsui

Ghanaian painter den sculptor

El Anatsui (dem born am 4 February 1944)[1][2][3] be Ghanaian sculptor active for much of ein career insyd Nigeria. Na he draw particular international attention for ein "bottle-top installations". Dese installations dey consist of thousands of aluminum pieces dem source from alcohol recycling stations wey dem sew togeda plus copper wire, wich then be transformed into metallic cloth-like wall sculptures. Such materials, while seemingly stiff den sturdy, be actually free den flexible, wich often dey help plus manipulation wen he dey install ein sculptures.[4][5]

El Anatsui
human
Ein sex anaa gendermale Edit
Country wey e be citizenNigeria, Ghana Edit
Name wey dem give amEl Edit
Family nameAnatsui Edit
Ein date of birth13 June 1944 Edit
Place dem born amGhana, Anyako Edit
Languages edey speak, rep anaa signEnglish, Nigerian Pidgin Edit
Field for workart of sculpture Edit
EmployerUniversity of Nigeria Edit
Educate forKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Edit
Work locationNigeria Edit
Ethnic groupGhanaians, African Americans Edit
Movementcontemporary art Edit
Member ofRoyal Academy of Arts, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Edit
Genreinstallation art, abstract art Edit
Award e receivePrince Claus Award, Praemium Imperiale, honorary doctor of Harvard University Edit
Dema official websitehttp://elanatsui.com/ Edit
Represented byJack Shainman Gallery Edit
Copyright status as creatorworks protected by copyrights Edit
Personal pronounL485 Edit

Na dem include Anatsui insyd de 2023 Time 100 list of de world ein most influential people.[6]

Early life den education

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Na dem born El Anatsui insyd Anyako, insyd de Volta Region of Ghana. De youngest of ein poppie ein 32 kiddies, Anatsui lost ein mommie wey na ein uncle raise am. Na ein first experience plus art be thru he dey draw letters for a chalkboard top.[7] Na ein lettering attempts draw de attention of ein school ein headie, wey na he encourage ein effort by he provide am plus more chalk. Secof of ein age at de time (just after kindergarten), he regard de letters more as images dan as letters--de forms interest am.[8]

Anatsui receive ein B.A insyd 1968 from de College of Art and Built Environment (KNUST) insyd Kumasi, Ghana. He receive ein postgraduate diploma insyd Art Education de year wey dey follow, insyd 1969, from Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), sanso dey Kumasi.[9]

Oda activities

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Na dem select Anatsui make he be a member of de International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) world council insyd 1992 for ein work insyd education.[10] Na Anatsui be a founding member den fellow of de Forum for African Arts insyd 2000. Dat year he sanso cam turn a member of de International Selection Committee give de Dakar Biennale insyd Senegal.[10] Insyd 2001 na he be a fellow at de Civitella Ranieri Foundation insyd Italy.[10][11]

Recognition

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Awards

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Insyd 2015, de Venice Biennale award Anatsui de Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement.[12][13] Insyd 2017, na dem award Anatsui de Praemium Imperiale, de first Ghanaian make he win dis international art prize.[14][15]

Oda awards include:

  • 1990 – Public Prize, 7th Annual Triennale der Kleinplastik[10]
  • 1995 – Kansai Telecasting Prize, 6th Osaka Sculpture Triennial[10][11]
  • 1998 – Bronze Prize, 9th Osaka Sculpture Triennial[10]
  • 2008 – Visionaries! Award, Museum of Arts and Design (MAD)[10]
  • 2009 – Prince Claus Award
  • 2009 – Artist Honoree, 30th Anniversary Celebration, National Museum of African Art[10]
  • 2016 – Honorary doctorate, Harvard University[16][17]
  • 2017 – Honorary doctorate, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology[18][19]
  • 2023 – Time 100[20]
  • 2024 – Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts, Bard College[21]

References

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  1. ↑ "El Anatsui". 15 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "El Anatsui | Biography, Art, Bottle Caps, & Facts | Britannica".
  3. ↑ "Biografía y obras: Anatsui, el | Guggenheim Museum Bilbao".
  4. ↑ Sollins, Marybeth. "El Anatsui". Art 21.
  5. ↑ Christinee, Lindsay (8 September 2020). "Fall In Love With These Sustainable Artists". The Wellness Feed (in American English). Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "El Anatsui: The 100 Most Influential People of 2023". 13 April 2023.
  7. ↑ Oguibe, Olu (Winter 1998). "El Anatsui: Beyond Death and Nothingness". African Arts. 31 (1): 48–55+96. doi:10.2307/3337623. JSTOR 3337623.
  8. ↑ Anatsui, El; James, Laura Leffler (2008). "Convergence: History, Materials, and the Human Hand—An Interview with El Anatsui". Art Journal. 67 (2): 36–53. ISSN 0004-3249. JSTOR 40598941.
  9. ↑ "El Anatsui | Curriculum Vitae". El Anatsui. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.6 10.7 Vogel, Susan (2012). El Anatsui: Art and Life. New York: Prestel. pp. 11, 41–45, 85–89, 164. ISBN 978-3-7913-4650-2.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Binder, Lisa M. (2010). El Anatsui when I last wrote to you about Africa. Museum for African Art. ISBN 978-0-945802-56-3. OCLC 800807190.
  12. ↑ Russeth, Andrew (23 April 2015). "2015 Venice Biennale News. Venice Biennale Awards Golden Lions to El Anatsui, Susanne Ghez, Names Jury". author. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  13. ↑ Toledo, Manuel, "Venice Biennale honours Africa's 'bottle-top artist' El Anatsui", BBC News, 9 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "2017 Sculpture El Anatsui", Praemium Imperiale.
  15. ↑ Chow, Andrew R., "Shirin Neshat and Mikhail Baryshnikov Among Praemium Imperiale Winners", The New York Times, 12 September 2017.
  16. ↑ Gibson, Katie, "Nine to receive honorary degrees", Harvard Gazette, 26 May 2016.
  17. ↑ Gyamfi Asiedu, Kwasi, "Legendary Ghanaian artist receives honorary degree from Harvard", Pulse.com.gh, 30 May 2016.
  18. ↑ "KNUST honours eight personalities for invaluable services". Graphic Online (in British English). 14 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  19. ↑ "KNUST honours Fibre Optics inventor Dr Mensah and others". Graphic Online (in British English). 5 December 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2021.
  20. ↑ Tessa Solomon (13 April 2023), Wolfgang Tillmans, Simone Leigh, and El Anatsui Make Time’s ‘100 Most Influential People’ List ARTnews.
  21. ↑ College, Bard. "Honorary Degrees at Bard College". www.bard.edu (in English). Retrieved 2024-06-06.

Read further

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  • (insyd French) "EL Anatsui, Tsiatsia", Le Delarge, read online.
  • "El Anatsui (born 1944), Sculptor", Benezit Dictionary of Artists, read online, ISBN 978-0-19-989991-3.
  • Anatsui, El and Laura Leffler James, "Convergence: History, Materials, and the Human Hand--An Interview with El Anatsui," Art Journal, Vol. 67, No. 2 (Summer, 2008), pp. 36-53, read online
  • Binder, Lisa M., "Anatsui, El (born 1944), sculptor", Grove Art Online, read online, ISBN 978-1-884446-05-4.
  • Binder, Lisa M., "El Anatsui: Transformations," African Arts Vol. 41, No. 2 (Summer, 2008), pp. 24-37, read online
  • Chilvers, Ian and John Glaves-Smith, "Anatsui, El (1944–)", A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, read online, ISBN 978-0-19-172675-0.
  • Enwezor, Okwui and Chika Okeke-Agulu, El Anatsui: The Reinvention of Sculpture, Damiani, 2022 [1] ISBN 9788862087636
  • Gayer, J. (2008). El Anatsui : Gawu. Espace, (86), 39–40. id.erudit.org/iderudit/9058ac
  • Jennifer, Anne Hart, "El Anatsui (1944)", Dictionary of African Biography, read online, ISBN 978-0-19-985725-8.
  • LaGamme, Alisa, "The Essential Art of African Textiles: Design without End," African Arts Vol. 42, No. 1 (Spring, 2009), pp. 88-99, read online
  • Oguibe, Olu. "El Anatsui: Beyond Death and Nothingness", African Arts, Vol.31, No.1 (1988), pp. 48–55+96, El Anatsui: Beyond Death and Nothingness
  • Ottenberg, Simon, New Traditions from Nigeria: Seven Artists of the Nsukka group, Smithsonian Institution Press 1997, ISBN 978-1-56098-800-7
  • Sollins, Marybeth (2012). art:21 vol.6. Art21, Inc. p. 31. ISBN 978-0-615-54566-0.
  • Vogel, Susan Mullin (2012). El Anatsui. Prestal. ISBN 9783791346502.
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