El Anatsui’s changing metal forms at the Brooklyn Museum

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Reviewing Gravity and Grace at the Brooklyn Museum, Maeve Gately examines El Anatsui’s large metal hangings and their capacity to change with each installation. The exhibition combined twelve monumental works with pieces in other materials. Her account connects the Ghanaian artist’s use of Nigerian liquor-bottle caps to West African histories of trade and consumption, while emphasizing the sculptures’ shifting surfaces and spatial presence.

Summarised from Hyperallergic · Maeve Gately. AFROSCOPE Daily has not independently reported this story.