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DQ 15_Art History II

DQ 15_Art History II

Q El Anatsui is a world-renowned artist who lives and works in Nigeria. He creates art from discarded materials, often from metal liquor bottle tops. The artist describes his process as a "transformation" of these materials, rather than a recycling. What do you notice about how the materials have been transformed in relation to Nigerian culture? You will need to do research for this discussion.

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El Anatsui is indeed a great artist for me. What he does is commendable. Recycling is when one change the form of the waste to consume again but he uses the word transformation because that waste is no more the same as it was before he uses them in the artwork. The ‘Man’s Cloth’ is such an example in which he has used bottle caps but when you will see you will find that the caps doesn’t appear s they are caps. He makes it visually appealing to his audience.