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Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “El Anatsui: Five Decades” is currently on view at Jack Shainman: The School in Kinderhook, New York until September 26. The exhibit is a comprehensive survey from the past 50 years of the artist’s career featuring compositions in painting, wood, clay and metal.
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El Anatsui, Club Windows, 2002, black afara, camwood, oyili-oji.
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El Anatsui, Open(ing) Market, 2004, metal (tin), paper, paint, and wood (iroko and plywood).
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El Anatsui, Stressed World, 2011, found aluminum and copper wire.
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El Anatsui, 'Five Decades,' 2015, installation view.
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El Anatsui, 'Five Decades,' 2015, installation view.
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El Anatsui, Ascension, 2014, found aluminum and copper wire.
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El Anatsui, 'Five Decades,' 2015, installation view.
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El Anatsui, Chambers of Memory, 1977, ceramic and manganese.
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El Anatsui, Fan, 1995, oyili-oji.
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El Anatsui, Devotees, 1987, black afara.
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