Dusasa I
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Dusasa I is a monumental shimmering wall sculpture composed of thousands of recycled bottle caps and metal fragments, exemplifying El Anatsui’s signature transformation of discarded materials into intricate, tapestry-like artworks.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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metal tapestry ⓘ wall sculpture ⓘ |
| artForm |
installation art
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sculpture ⓘ |
| associatedRegion | Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith | El Anatsui’s bottle-cap series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| belongsToSeries | Dusasa series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorCharacteristic | shimmering ⓘ |
| conceptualFocus |
colonial and postcolonial histories
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cultural interconnectedness ⓘ value of discarded materials ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | El Anatsui NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | West African art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | abstract composition ⓘ |
| displayType | wall-hung sculpture ⓘ |
| edgeTreatment | irregular, draped edges ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
international art shows
ⓘ
museum exhibitions ⓘ |
| genre | contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasDimension | large-scale ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
kente cloth aesthetics
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traditional Ghanaian textiles ⓘ |
| lightingEffect | reflective, shimmering surface ⓘ |
| madeFromWaste | yes ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
metal fragments
ⓘ
recycled bottle caps ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary African art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blurring boundaries between sculpture and textile
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labor-intensive hand construction ⓘ use of thousands of small metal units ⓘ |
| productionMethod | manual assembly of metal pieces ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Dusasa II
NERFINISHED
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Dusasa III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| requires | wall support for display ⓘ |
| surfaceQuality |
flexible metal surface
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textile-like appearance ⓘ |
| technique |
assemblage
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weaving of metal elements ⓘ wire stitching ⓘ |
| theme |
global consumerism
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history and memory ⓘ recycling and reuse ⓘ transformation of discarded materials ⓘ |
| visualCharacteristic |
monumental scale
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tapestry-like ⓘ |
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