EL ANATSUI ART y LIFE

An African artist who has garnered worldwide recognition while based permanently in Nigeria, El Anatsui is best known for shimmering tapestries made from liquor bottle tops, which are part of the permanent collections of many of the worlds great museums. Author S usan M. Vogel, who worked closely with Anatsui while directing a documentary film about the artist, offers a uniquely personal persp ective on Anatsui and provides the first penetrating study of his artworks.