Who is El Anatsui?
"El Anatsui is an internationally acclaimed artist who transforms simple materials into complex assemblages that create distinctive visual impact. He uses resources typically discarded such as liquor bottle caps, printing plates and cassava graters to create sculpture that defies categorization." LINK
Where was El Anatsui born?
What does his artwork look like?
Here are some photographs of the large scale projects of El Anatsui. These stunning works are made entirely with recycling materials. They are also created with a team of many hands in a collaborative effort. Here is a fascinating video of the studio process of El Anatsui: LINK El Anatsui's sculptures are mutable in form, conceived to be so free and flexible that they can be shaped in any way and altered in appearance for each installation.
"El Anatsui is an internationally acclaimed artist who transforms simple materials into complex assemblages that create distinctive visual impact. He uses resources typically discarded such as liquor bottle caps, printing plates and cassava graters to create sculpture that defies categorization." LINK
Where was El Anatsui born?
El Anatsui was born in 1944 in Ghana. He lives and works in Nigeria. El Anatsui is a
Professor of Sculpture at the University of Nigeria in Nsukka.
What does his artwork look like?
Here are some photographs of the large scale projects of El Anatsui. These stunning works are made entirely with recycling materials. They are also created with a team of many hands in a collaborative effort. Here is a fascinating video of the studio process of El Anatsui: LINK El Anatsui's sculptures are mutable in form, conceived to be so free and flexible that they can be shaped in any way and altered in appearance for each installation.
What is the connection between El Anatsui and Don Bosco Technical Academy?
Don Bosco Technical Academy in Paterson, NJ has been awarded an Arts Integration Grant from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation for the third year in a row. For the fall of 2019, art teacher Patty Kamiski has been working with WPU Art PIR Triada Samaras and WPU PIR Robin O'Brien to create an all school, large-scale, collaborative art project inspired by El Anatsui that will be installed in the DB hallway later this year.
In addition, Ms. Kaminski is teaching a Memory Project with children from Nigeria in her art classroom in collaboration with social studies Teacher, Ms. Simmen. LINK Professors Samaras and O'Brien are working with a "STEAM Team" at Don Bosco, a cohort of interested teachers in all grades and content areas who wish to create arts integration lessons in their classrooms using the subject matter above. These are teachers and who are able to do this according to the District Guidelines for their content areas.
All teachers at Don Bosco are welcome to join this effort!
