Book - El Anatsui, Gawu

Book - El Anatsui, Gawu

Postcard - El Anatsui, The Beginning and the End (Detail)

Postcard - El Anatsui, The Beginning and the End (Detail)

Book - El Anatsui, Gawu

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Paper back. Oriel Mostyn Gallery (2003) English. 48 pages. This book support's El Anatsui's exhibition by the same name 'Gawu', which was shown at MOSTYN, Wales' foremost contemporary art gallery. 'Ga' contains allusions to many things including metal, and 'Wu' references a fashioned cloak. The word encapsulates the medium. process, and the format of the works show at the exhibition and within the book. El Anatsui (b. 1944) is one of the most exciting international contemporary artists of our time. Throughout a distinguished forty-year career as both sculptor and teacher – he was Professor of Sculpture and Departmental Head at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka – El Anatsui has addressed a vast range of social, political and historical concerns, and embraced an equally diverse range of media and processes. His sculptures have been collected by major international museums from around the world.  23 x 25 cm