Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles

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El Anatsui 

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"A total delight and not to be missed." Edward Goldman, KCRW's Art Talk, June 26, 2007

"It's hard to think of many found-object artists who have achieved work as intricately made, culturally resonant and visually sumptuous as El Anatsui's." Art in America, May 2006

"An opportunity that shouldn't be missed." Los Angeles Times, April 30, 2007

Originally from Ghana but living in Nigeria since 1975, El Anatsui is one of Africa's most influential artists, recently named by Britain's The Independent as one of the fifty greatest cultural figures shaping the continent. His work dwells on the continent's history, drawing simultaneously on traditional African idioms and contemporary western art. This exhibition includes eight large-scale works that make use of large quantities of discarded everyday objects such as bottle tops, flattened food tins, and cassava graters woven together to create magnificent sculptural 'tapestries,' which recall the Ghanaian tradition of weaving kente cloth.

El Anatsui: Gawu is an Oriel Mostyn Gallery touring exhibition and was generously supported by the Arts Council of Wales. Additional funding was provided by Wales Arts International.

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El Anatsui: Gawu PhotoTour