Artwork Survey: 2000s

El Anatsui

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  1. Wastepaper Bag
    2003
    Used aluminum printing plates and copper wire
    Dimensions variable

    Installation view, artist’s studio, Nsukka, Nigeria

    © El Anatsui

  2. Wastepaper Bag
    2003
    Used aluminum printing plates and copper wire
    96 inches tall
    Collection of the artist

    Photo: Andy Keate

    © El Anatsui

  3. Adinkra Sasa
    2003
    Aluminum and copper wire
    192 × 216 inches
    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Guido Roberto Vitale

    Photo: Noel Brown

    © El Anatsui

  4. Open(ing) Market
    2004
    Tin, paper, wood, and paint
    Installation dimensions variable, 1,767 pieces
    Collection of the artist

    © El Anatsui

  5. Dzesi II
    2006
    Aluminum and copper wire
    117 × 195 inches
    Collection of the Akron Art Museum, Akron, Ohio

    © El Anatsui

  6. Untitled
    recto (top) and verso (bottom)
    2006
    Aluminum and copper wire
    144 × 195 inches

    © El Anatsui

  7. Dusasa II
    2007
    Aluminum liquor bottle caps and copper wire
    240 × 240 × 6 inches

    Installation view, Think with the Senses, Feel with the Mind: Art in the Present Tense, 52nd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, June 10–November 21, 2007

    © El Anatsui

  8. Fresh and Fading Memories
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    358 × 236 inches

    Installation view, Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art, Palazzo Fortuny, 52nd International Art Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, June 10–November 21, 2007

    Private collection

    © El Anatsui

  9. Fading Scroll
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    88 × 472 inches

    © El Anatsui

  10. Sacred Moon
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    103 × 141 inches
    Mott-Warsh Collection, Flint, Michigan, 608

    © El Anatsui

  11. Zebra Crossing
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    90 × 117 inches

    © El Anatsui

  12. Takari in Blue
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    54 × 63 inches
    Collection of Daryl Gerber Stokols and Jeffrey M. Stokols, Chicago

    © El Anatsui

  13. River Crossing
    2007
    Aluminum and copper wire
    103 × 141 inches

    © El Anatsui

  14. Bleeding Takari
    2008
    Aluminum and copper wire
    61 × 89 1/2 inches
    Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Gift of Donald L. Bryant, Jr. and Jerry Speyer, 201.2008

    © El Anatsui

  15. Drying Towels
    2008
    Aluminum and copper wire
    3 elements, 157 × 472 inches each

    Installation view, Grandeur, 10th Sonsbeek International Sculpture Exhibition, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem, The Netherlands, June 13–September 21, 2008

    © El Anatsui

  16. Three Continents
    2009
    Found aluminum and copper wire
    96 × 192 inches
    Private Collection

    © El Anatsui

  17. Anonymous Creature
    2009
    Aluminum and copper wire
    120 × 228 inches

    © El Anatsui