He is a Ghanaian sculptor have been active in Nigeria for most of their careers. His " bottle cap device" has attracted the special attention of the international community. It is a unique large-scale combination, made of thousands of pieces of aluminum from the alcohol recycling station, stitched together with copper wires, and transformed into metal cloth wall carvings in a way that " establishes a connection between consumption, waste and the environment."
This sculpture created by El Anatsui implies contemporary consumption habits and the history of colonialism in his hometown nigeria. This sparkling paper is made up of bottle caps and seals discarded by Nigerian breweries. Anatsui and his assistants have flattened and folded the fragments and carefully connected them together with copper wires, creating a large-scale simple repeating pattern.
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