El Anatsui's 'THREE ANGLES' Opens Carnegie International's 57th Edition
Oyiza Adaba - Pittsburgh, PA
The Artist, EL Anatsui in front of Carnegie Museum of Art facade.
““It feels like an opening on the museum wall to the sky.””
Ahead of the opening of the 57th Edition of The Carnegie International, which opens on October 13, 2018 , acclaimed sculptor El Anatsui was in Pittsburgh PA for the installation of his most recent piece 'Three Angles', which covers the facade of the Carnegie Museum of Art.
Joining him at the pre-opening reception hosted by the museum was Pittsburgh-based Architect and Sculptor Dee Briggs, who fabricated the piece by galvanizing 21 young men and women of various ages from her Wilkinsburg community to work on it, over a five month period.
The piece combines aluminum printing plates sourced locally in Pittsburgh with metal (bottle caps) from Nsukka, and embeds 'triangular/meeting point/mirror' themes throughout. It will be the first time the artist has combined manpower and material across the continents to conceptualize and fabricate a piece.
"It feels like an opening on the museum wall to the sky", exclaimed Puala, a passerby who stopped to admire the hanging piece.
El Anatsui is one of 32 artists and collectives invited to participate in this prestigious art event, which takes place every 5 years. The exhibition is open through March 25, 2019.
DELA: The Making of El Anatsui is a biographical documentary about one of the world's greatest sculptors.
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