Gli (Wall)}

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Gli (Wall) is a monumental installation by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui composed of shimmering metallic fragments that evoke architectural screens and explore themes of permeability, history, and transformation.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art installation
contemporary artwork
artForm monumental wall installation
artMovement contemporary art
concept changing spatial perception
reconfigurable form
recycling industrial waste into art
countryOfOrigin Ghana NERFINISHED
creator El Anatsui NERFINISHED
depicts architectural screens
exhibitionVenue contemporary art biennials
major international museums
explores relationship between architecture and textile
relationship between solidity and transparency
tension between barrier and passage
genre installation art
hasPart shimmering metallic fragments
influencedBy African textile traditions
Ewe kente cloth patterns
Ghanaian visual culture
languageOfTitle Ewe
mainSubject history
permeability
transformation
materialUsed aluminum
bottle caps
copper wire
metallic fragments
recycled materials
notableFor ability to be reinstalled in different configurations
large scale
transformative use of discarded materials
technique crumpling
cutting
flattening
stitching with wire
theme barriers and borders
colonial history
memory
migration
porosity of boundaries
trade and exchange
titleMeaning “wall”
visualCharacteristic flexible metal sheet
shimmering surface
textile-like appearance

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El Anatsui notableWork Gli (Wall)}