“Jack Shainman Gallery is pleased to celebrate the first anniversary of The School with a solo exhibition of work by El Anatsui, who was just awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement, the Venice Biennale’s highest honor. Five Decades is a comprehensive survey spanning the last fifty years of Anatsui’s celebrated career, from compositions in painting, wood, and clay, to the magnificent metal works for which he is renowned.” — Jack Shainman Gallery
Right: Chief in Zingliwu, 1999, metal and tropical hardwood (okpeye)
Womb of Time, 2014, found aluminum and copper wire
Trains of Thought II, 2014, found aluminum and copper wire
Devotees, 1987, black afara
Main Gallery installation view of El Anatsui: Five Decades
Stressed World, 2011, found aluminum and copper wire
Fan, 1995, oyili-oji
Club Windows, 2002, woods (black afara, camwood, oyili-oji) and house paint
Left: Generation Mix, 2014, wood, aluminum, and tempera. Right: Yet Another Place, 2014, found aluminum and copper wire
Peak Project, 1999, tin and copper wire
Left: Ascension, 2014. Right: Dissolving Dreams, 2014. Both: found aluminum and copper wire
Commercial Avenue, 2014, wood, aluminum, and house paint
Open(ing) Market, 2004 metal (tin), paper, paint, and wood (iroko and plywood)
Images courtesy Jack Shainman Gallery
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