El Anatsui: Studio Process | Art21 "Extended Play"
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 19 ก.ค. 2012
- Episode #160: Filmed at his Nsukka, Nigeria studio in 2011, artist El Anatsui describes the collaborative and contemplative setting where his artworks are made. Anatsui employs a team of assistants to construct "blocks" of joined bottle caps that are then shifted around on the studio's floor. In looking at the patterns and textures created by this process, often through his digital photographs, Anatsui is able to form ideas for new work.
Working with wood, clay, metal, and the discarded metal caps of liquor bottles, El Anatsui breaks with sculpture's traditional adherence to forms of fixed shape while visually referencing the history of abstraction in African and European art. Anatsui's works trace a broader story of colonial and postcolonial economic and cultural exchange, told in the history of cast-off materials, while exploring ideas about the everyday function of objects and the role of language in deciphering visual symbols.
Learn more about El Anatsui at:
art21.org/artist/el-anatsui/
CREDITS: Producer: Ian Forster. Consulting Producer: Wesley Miller & Nick Ravich. Interview: Susan Sollins. Camera: Calistus Eziokwu. Sound: Ian Forster. Editor: Morgan Riles. Artwork Courtesy: El Anatsui. Special Thanks: Jack Shainman Gallery. Theme Music: Peter Foley.
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he pays his workers more than any other local industry and also pays for their continuing education in other universities if they so desire. He also uses some of his money to fund building art museums on the continent of Africa so that his art is accessible (and that of other African artists) to the people of African nations. International museums in the us and europe have historically acquired African art and exhibited thousands of miles away from Africa.
I love his idea of the art studio being a sacred and quiet place to meditate. ❤️ I've seen his reclaimed materials artwork at the Seattle Art Museum and it's been there for at least a decade now.
Upcycle artist to the max!!! its great to here positive stories from Africa! The corporate US mainstream media only reports negative stories about Africa. Thank you DW.
Precious comment.
The creativity in Africa is magnificent, the clothing design, jewellery, art, food and and and. Wonderful.
Oh my gosh, you could never do that in this country.....the patience, the labor, the dedication that these folks are exhibiting....I fear our country has lost that leaning toward the reflective arts. I dunno, is it just me being negative? Anyhooo, life is still beautiful; it nurtures daffodil bulbs that bloom this time of year on the hillsides and in the gullies. This man is a beautiful bulb. Thanks and hugs, cat
We do it in the USA, too, but his work is unique.
OMG his artworks are amazing wow I really love it
there is no limitation with art ...that amazing me ....that why i tell peoples everything is art .....
mindblowing concept - to say the least
*******heart - art*******
Hi Yishai,
This is the artist who is having an exhibition in the B'klyn Museum now or very soon. You all should see it
So beautiful, omg 💗
OMG, WOW, BEAUTIFUL
I am here because of my class!
same
Yes
Same
Me too
Beautiful! Inspirig!
This is so cool!
El Anatsui, Ghanaian born and bred and educated at the College of Art, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science & Technology(KNUST), Kumasi, Ghana.
Art is beautiful
love it
Brasileira marcando presença 🇧🇷
Good work
Brilliant .
I fucken love Art:21!!
מקסים ויפה
LOVE
Beautifyll
I hope he pays them well as without the workers he is nothing!
Gana, fíjate Teresa debe ser cerca de donde viviste......
forced to watch this for an art class😂
My turn :(
Same 😂
me to but not at class its VirUS tImE
@@rachaeldaniels2336 lmao sameeeee
Same
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Why are there no woman artist?