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El Anatsui
Behind the Red Moon
Series: Hyundai Commission
Brief Description
El Anatsui's Behind the Red Moon is a monumental sculptural installation made of thousands of metal liquor bottle tops and fragments. Crumpling, crushing, and stitching them into different compositions, large panels are pieced together to form massive abstract fields of colour, shape and line. The work...
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Format: Paperback / softback
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Description
El Anatsui's Behind the Red Moon is a monumental sculptural installation made of thousands of metal liquor bottle tops and fragments. Crumpling, crushing, and stitching them into different compositions, large panels are pieced together to form massive abstract fields of colour, shape and line. The work builds on Anatsui's interest in histories of encounter and the migration of goods and people during the transatlantic slave trade.
Series: Hyundai Commission
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INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781849768610
Publisher: Tate Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 22 February 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Tate Publishing
Edition: Paperback original
Illustration: Illustrations, color
Contributors:
- Edited by Osei Bonsu
- Contributions by Bronwyn Katz
- Contributions by Julian Lucas
- Contributions by Kobena Mercer
- Contributions by Kwame Mintah
- Contributions by Olu Oguibe
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Width: 170.0mm
Height: 240.0mm
Weight: 250g
Pages: 160
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About the Author
Osei Bonsu is Curator of International Art at Tate Modern, where he is responsible for organising exhibitions, developing the museum’s collection and broadening the representation of artists from Africa and the African diaspora. Bronwyn Katz is an artist, and a protégée of El Anatsui during 2023–4 through the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative. Julian Lucas is a staff writer at The New Yorker. Kobena Mercer is a British art historian and writer on contemporary art and visual culture. Kwame Mintah is co-founder of Efie Gallery. Olu Oguibe is an artist.
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