This expanded and revised edition celebrates the work of Ghanaian artist El Anatsui by
exploring the artist's life and the trajectory of his remarkable career. El Anatsui: Art and
Life by Susan Mullin Vogel is the essential resource on the Ghanaian artist known worldwide for
spectacular tapestries of reclaimed bottle tops. This revised and expanded book follows Anatsui
on his remarkable journey from an obscure university town in Africa to the summit of the global
art world. Vogel whose exhibitions and books have influenced African art history analyzes
Anatsui's unique art form often quoting the artist's interviews with her. She describes his
engagement with African traditions his early work in clay and wood a triumphant decade
exhibiting radiant metal cloths then a profound development in the second decade presented
here for the first time. The book takes us inside his busy studio revealing the gritty reality
and the subtle genius of his bottle-top hangings exhibited in museums and biennials across the
world.
