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EL ANATSUI: A Sculpted History of Africa [1998]

Authors: John Picton with Gerard Houghton, Yukiya Kawaguchi, Elisabeth Lalouschek, Simon Njami and Elizabeth Péri-Willis

96pp, 35 illustrations, 23 in colour, 230mm x 248 mm (landscape)

UK price pounds 14.95, overseas 19.95pounds/US$34.00

ISBN 1-872843-14-X (softback)

Published as part of African Art and Society Seriesin conjunction with the October Gallery, London.

Series Editor Sajid Rizvi

Highly regarded in Africa, where he is considered to be one of the leading sculptors of his generation, Ghanaian-born El Anatsui is rapidly establishing a wide international reputation. Chosen to represent the African continent during the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 he has since participated in many important exhibitions abroad -- in England, Germany, Japan, the United States and Brazil -- and has been a leading contributor to a number of international workshops for artists. While there have been numerous articles written that deal with his impressive body of work, this book represents the first attempt to draw together under a single cover the many aspects of El Anatsui's singular career. The book offers those interested in the expanding field of modern art, as well as readers particularly interested in contemporary African art, an overview of El Anatsui's career and an analysis of his work to date. The various texts are complemented by carefully selected colour reproductions of his work. Just as El Anatsui is concerned with the hidden histories of different cultures, so too this volume is a composite tissue woven from different sources and written in different languages. The contributors are John Picton, Reader in African Art at SOAS, University of London; Gerard Houghton, writer and linguist at the October Gallery; Yukiya Kawaguchi, Curator at the Setagaya Art Museum of Tokyo; Elisabeth Lalouschek, Artistic Director of the October Gallery; Simon Njami, Editor of Revue Noire, Paris, and Elizabeth Péri-Willis, an expert on West African visual artistic practices.

Contents

• Acknowledgments by Series Editor and Foreword by Chili Hawes, October Gallery London.
• John Picton Patches of history patching up my art history: some reflexions on the sculpture of El Anatsui, 1998
• Gerard Houghton El Anatsui and the Transvangarde
• Catalogue Colour Plates
• Yukiya Kawaguchi (Japanese and English Texts) A Fateful Journey
• Elisabeth Lalouschek Ein Künstler der Transvangarde: Weltansichten und Weltgeschichten
• Simon Njami Un artiste sur le fil de l'histoire
• Elizabeth Péri-Willis Chambers of Memory
• Milestones (in El Anatsui's life)
• Bibliography
• Index
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