"gli" By El Anatsui (aluminium & is a photograph by Natasha Marco which was uploaded on October 16th, 2014.
"gli" By El Anatsui (aluminium &
Gli by El Anatsui
(aluminium & copper wire)
El Anatsui became interested in the notion of walls as religious, political, and social... more
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"gli" By El Anatsui (aluminium &
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Natasha Marco
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"Gli" by El Anatsui
(aluminium & copper wire)
El Anatsui became interested in the notion of walls as religious, political, and social constructs after visiting three cities whose histories have been shaped by such structures: Berlin, Jerusalem, and Notsie, a city in Togo from which his Ewe ancestors claim descent. The title of this work can mean "wall," "disrupt," or "story" in the Ewe language. "Walls are meant to block views," Anatsui says, "but they block only the view of the eye - the ocular vivew - not the imaginative view. When the eye scans a certain barrier, the imagination tends to go beyond that barrier. Walls revels more things than they hide."
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