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"El Anatsui: Gawu"
This is the first solo exhibition of works by El Anatsui, one of Africa's leading contemporary artist, who was originally from Ghana and has lived in Nigeria since 1975. Having experimented with a variety of media, his most recent focus is on the use of discarded metal objects -- tops from food tins or wrappers from flattened metal liquor bottles -- hundreds or even thousands of which are joined together to resemble weavings that both reflect the tradition of Ghanaian strip cloths and the abstraction of modernist paintings.
On view March 12 through September 2, 2008
Location: National Museum of African Art
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