El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon

Osei Bonsu (editor), Bronwyn Katz (author of contributions), Julian Lucas (author of contributions), Kobena Mercer (author of contributions), Kwame Mintah (author of contributions), Olu Oguibe (author of contributions)

Paperback Published on: 22/02/2024; Language: English, English (Original language of a translated text)

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Synopsis

El Anatsui’s Behind the Red Moon is a monumental sculptural installation made of thousands of metal liquor bottle tops and fragments. Crumpling, crushing, and stitching them into different compositions, large panels are pieced together to form massive abstract fields of colour, shape and line. The work builds on Anatsui’s interest in histories of encounter and the migration of goods and people during the transatlantic slave trade.