Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui
Type
Audio/Visual
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Category
Art, Documentary Film
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Publication Year
2011
Publisher
Icarus Films, United States
URL
[ private ]
Duration
53 minutes
Subject
Anatsui, El / 1944- / Interviews. Art, African / 21st century. Sculptors / Ghana / Interviews. Sculptors / Nigeria / Interviews. Wall hangings / Ghana.
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Abstract
Filmed over three years in Venice, Nsukka, and the United States, this is a powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist El Anatsui. FOLD CRUMPLE CRUSH: THE ART OF EL ANATSUI gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingenious steps and thousands of hours of labor that convert used bottle tops into huge, opulent wall hangings. Here Anatsui explains how his artworks have become a marriage of painting and sculpture, objects that speak of African history but also reach for the ethereal—and he talks about his aspirations for artworks he has yet to make.
Description
1 DVD (53 min.). - 1 DVD-Video: sd., col. ; 12 cm
Biblio Notes
Enth.: Anatsui at work : 8 short films / Susan Vogel (2011 ; ca. 27 min.) (Materials from the environment. - Pottery. - Wood. - Monumental sculpture. - Tin can lids. - The studio process. - The nomadic aesthetic. 2.00-5.00 minutes each.
Number of Copies
1
