Recently renowned artist and lecturer,
Professor El Anatsui, won the acclaimed Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at
the Venice Biennale. Ghanaian born El Anatsui having worked and lived in
Nigeria for the past 45 years has always been dynamic and outstanding in his
innovative experimentations with especially unconventional materials such as
found or discarded objects.
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| Professor El Anatsui |
The erudite and restless artist during a
lifetime of teaching in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts at the
University of Nigeria, Nsukka, has obviously conquered many frontiers and
broken aesthetic and creative bounds. Having worked extensively with wood,
fabrics, ceramics, paint and all manner of found objects - all built into a unique
oeuvre, this sculptor has accumulated a legacy that is legendary including a
repertoire of shimmering sculptures and, or installations that have toured the
globe in recent times.
