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El Anatsui — VisualArtsDB

El Anatsui

b. 1944

Painting & Sculpture Drawings & Prints

Timeline

Born 1944

1990s

Wonder Masquerade II

Leopard's Paw Prints and Other Stories

Old Cloth Series

Conspirators

+1

2000s

Communication Lines in 1004 Flats

Tagomizer

2007

Bleeding Takari II

Bleeding Takari

+1

2010s

Drainpipe

Gravity and Grace

Ink Splash

Red Block

+6

Works

20 artworks

Wonder Masquerade II

, 1990

Leopard's Paw Prints and Other Stories

, 1991

Old Cloth Series

, 1993

Conspirators

, 1997

Well Informed Ancestors

, 1998

Communication Lines in 1004 Flats

, 2002

Tagomizer

, 2005

Bleeding Takari II

, 2007

Bleeding Takari

, 2008

Drifting Continents

, 2009

Drainpipe

, 2010

Gravity and Grace

, 2010

Ink Splash

, 2010

Red Block

, 2010

(Amemo) Mask of Humankind

, 2010

Ozone Layer

, 2010

Waste Paper Bags

, 2010

Gli (Wall)

, 2010

Diaspora (for Parkett no. 90)

, 2012

Parkett no. 90

, 2012