INSTALLATION: El Anatsui's Triumphant Scale Munich
Installation Process of El Anatsui's Triumphant Scale at Haus der Kunst.
Munich, Germany
Words: Oyiza Adaba and Haus der Kunst
Photos: Africa-Related
The installation process of the largest ever mounted on Anatsui’s work took months and occupied the museum’s entire East Wing and encompass every media in the artist’s prodigious fifty-year career.
As the exhibition title suggests, the survey focuses on the triumphant and monumental quality of Anatsui’s sculptures, with the signature bottle-cap series developed over the last two decades situated at the core of the presentation.
Along with these ambitious works, with their imposing physical presence and dazzling colors, the exhibition also includes wood sculptures and wall reliefs spanning the mid-1970s to the late 1990s; ceramic sculptures of the late 1970s; as well as drawings, prints, and books.
In addition, Anatsui created several new sculptures responding to the sweeping scale of the museum’s galleries, including 'Rising Sea', 'Logoligi Logarithm' and the grand outdoor work on the building’s monumental façade titled 'Second Wave'.
COMING SOON
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