Triumph of Scale
Scale changes meaning. A tiny bottle cap becomes part of a monument to the human spirit
El Anatsui
Ghanaian sculptor known for his monumental wall installations made from recycled aluminum bottle caps, metal scraps, and found objects.
All moments: El Anatsui
- Meeting the Artist — El Anatsui
We often see only what is in front of us. My work is about re-imagining the visible world
- Beauty in Recycling — El Anatsui
What is discarded has a history. I restore that history through sculpture
- Bridge of Broken Things — El Anatsui
I take the waste of consumption and transform it into the spiritual. Garbage becomes prayer
- A Global Conversation — El Anatsui
I believe art connects people across cultures and languages. It is the universal language of spirit
- Artist and Curator in Dialogue — El Anatsui
Art is dialogue between artist, object and viewer. Together we create meaning
- Change Through Reconstruction — El Anatsui
Change is reconstruction. I take what has been broken and create new wholeness
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