El Anatsui
Behind the Red Moon
Published on 22. February 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84976-861-0 (ISBN)
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.
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Series
Edition
Paperback original
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 170 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84976-861-0 (9781849768610)
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Persons
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 protegee of El Anatsui during 2023-4 through the Rolex Mentor and Protege 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.
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.