Dusasa II
Purchase, The Raymond and Beverly Sackler 21st Century Art Fund; Stephen and Nan Swid and Roy R. and Marie S. Neuberger Foundation Inc. Gifts; and Arthur Lejwa Fund, in honor of Jean Arp, 2008
Catalogue
- Year
- 2007
- Dimensions
- 236 x 288 x 2 in. (599.4 x 731.5 x 5.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- El Anatsui
Artist
Sculpture
Born in Ghana in 1944, El Anatsui is widely recognised as one of the most important artists to emerge from the African continent in recent years. Through his practice, the artist transforms material such as wood, metal, clay and bottle caps into striking sculptural forms. El Anatsui moved to Nigeria in 1957 where he began his career by working with wood in a series of burnt, incised and painted panels. Today, the artist is most celebrated for his glimmering mutable bottlecap wall hangings, which are characterised not only by their size but also their fabric like quality and reminiscence of traditional Kente cloth of the Ashanti people of Ghana.
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- El Anatsui
- Year
- 2007
- Dimensions
- 236 x 288 x 2 in. (599.4 x 731.5 x 5.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-2007-003152
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified