El Anatsui. “Ozone Layer,” detail, 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: Language & Symbols”.
El Anatsui. “Ozone Layer,” detail, 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: Language & Symbols”.
El Anatsui. “Ozone Layer,” 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: Language & Symbols”.
El Anatsui. “Gli (Wall),” detail, 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: Language & Symbols”.
El Anatsui. “Gli (Wall),” 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: Language & Symbols”.
El Anatsui. “Black Block” (left) and “Red Block” (right), 2010. Installation view at The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan, 2011. Production still from the ART21 “Exclusive” episode, “El Anatsui: La
“Several of the words that I use have such a range of meaning. I don’t want the language to inform. By giving it a context, you limit its ability to stretch. I want it to remain contextless so that it leads you anywhere.”
—El Anatsui on the role of language in his work, as featured in an episode from the ART21 Exclusive series
