Podcasts about El Anatsui

This episode is a conversation between the artist Ana Vaz and the curator Damian Lentini. It was recorded on 7 March, 2025 in the context of the exhibition: Ana Vaz Meteoro  8.4. – 18.5.2025 In her film-poems artist and filmmaker Ana Vaz collages images and sounds that revolve around violence and repression, the impact of ecological ruin and the continued colonization of the earth. The deconstruction of the grand narrative of Western modernity that imposes itself across vast territories on this planet lies at the heart of her filmography. In her exhibition at the Secession, Vaz showcases her new film series Meteoro (2023–). Predominantly focusing on Paris and Porto, European cities are depicted as on the verge of collapse or on the path to extinction. More Ana Vaz is an artist and filmmaker born in the Brazilian midwest inhabited by the ghosts buried by its modernist capital: Brasília. Originally from the cerrado and wanderer by choice, Ana has lived in the arid lands of central Brazil and southern Australia, in the mangroves of northern France and in the northeastern shores of the Atlantic. Her filmography activates and questions cinema as an art of the (in)visible and instrument capable of transforming human perception, expanding its connections with forms of life — other than human or spectral. Her film-poems are marked by a constant experimental defiance to the poetic forms of contemporary cinema, highlighting the profound contradictions of our time and questioning, above all, the destructive practices of colonial modernity. Consequences or expansion of her cinematography, her activities are also embodied in writing, critical pedagogy, installations or collective walks. Damian Lentini is a curator at the Vienna Secession. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2009 at the University of Melbourne and has realised major projects with artists such as El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sarah Sze, Sung Tieu, Raqs Media Collective, Harun Farocki, Dumb Type, Khvay Samnang, Lina Lapelytė and the Karrabing Film Collective amongst others. Secession Podcast: Artists features artists exhibiting at the Secession. The Dorotheum is the exclusive sponsor of the Secession Podcast. Programmed by the board of the Secession. Jingle: Hui Ye with an excerpt from Combat of dreams for string quartet and audio feed (2016, Christine Lavant Quartett) by Alexander J. Eberhard Audio Editor: Paul Macheck Production: Damian Lentini, Jeanette Pacher

This episode is a conversation between the artist Rochelle Feinstein and the curator Damian Lentini. It was recorded on 3 December, 2024 in the context of the exhibition: Rochelle Feinstein The Today Show 6.12.2024 – 23.2.2025 For over forty years, the American painter Rochelle Feinstein has developed an oeuvre that infiltrates abstract painting with political, social and environmental concerns. Throughout a series of diverse yet thematically interwoven groups of works, Feinstein cuts, flips, and rearranges printed gestural marks that are then collaged into paintings; she also makes sculptures and prints out of everyday materials. The Today Show presents a range of newly created works that circulate around the question of how to connect canvas, color and gesture with the specific personal and public conditions of our time. More Rochelle Feinstein is a painter navigating the terrain of abstract painting as it unfolds across diverse and thematically interwoven bodies of work. Geometric forms—the modernist trope of the grid is a regular presence—and vibrant chroma become tools to explore notions of artistic value and production, societal structures, and feminist idioms. Though it takes myriad forms, her singular project always centers painting within culture at large. While drawing upon the conventions embedded in painting practices as much those of contemporary culture, her works incorporate drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video. Damian Lentini is a curator at the Vienna Secession. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2009 at the University of Melbourne and has realised major projects with artists such as El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sarah Sze, Sung Tieu, Raqs Media Collective, Harun Farocki, Dumb Type, Khvay Samnang, Lina Lapelytė and the Karrabing Film Collective amongst others. Secession Podcast: Artists features artists exhibiting at the Secession. The Dorotheum is the exclusive sponsor of the Secession Podcast. Programmed by the board of the Secession. Jingle: Hui Ye with an excerpt from Combat of dreams for string quartet and audio feed (2016, Christine Lavant Quartett) by Alexander J. Eberhard Audio Editor: Paul Macheck Production: Damian Lentini, Bettina Spörr

Contemporary artist Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, and curator Diego Chocano, slip between places and times, reconstructing the landscape of Botswana in the centre of the city of London, through their filmic installation, It Will End in Tears (2024). Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum's practice spans landscapes and media, encompassing painting, installation, and animation. Their drawings take the form of narrative landscapes, that seem simultaneously futuristic and ancient, playing with conventions of linear time. Referencing Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower, and Pan's Labyrinth, a film by Guillermo del Toro, they often draw from literature, theatre, and sci-fi films - particularly in their slippery representations of people and places. Born in Botswana, and having worked in the US, Canada, South Africa, and the Netherlands, Pamela describes how her work has been shaped by these different contexts. They detail their transformative residency with tutor Arturo Lindsay in the rainforest in Panama, a Central American and Caribbean country on the coast, and how this inspired their representations of volcanic, subterranean, and cosmological environments. Seeing the landscape as ‘another character' in their their works, Pamela challenges the binary of landscape and figurative painting, and Western/European art historical conventions. Though It Will End in Tears is Pamela's first major UK solo exhibition, it is not their first in the city of London; we discuss their relationship with spaces across the capital, and its colonial histories. Curator Diego Chocano highlights how Pamela has both challenged and embraced conventions of Western/European art history, in their artistic and educational practices. We discuss the artist's academic approach, and ‘research' approach to art, which has inspired interdisciplinary collaborations including in the field of science, with theoretical physicist Dr. James Sylvester Gates. He details the artist's interest in performance and artifice, drawing on film noir, wooden theatre sets, and the figure of the femme fatale for this body of work. We discuss how Pamela's self-constructed alter ego, Asme, enables the artist more freedom of creative expression, and the ability to resist categorisation by identity, biography, or subjectivity. ⁠Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum: It Will End in Tears⁠ runs at the Barbican in London until 5 January 2025. Find out more about Leo Robinson, and Édouard Glissant's ideas of ‘trembling', at the London Mithraeum Bloomberg SPACE: instagram.com/p/DAtbDyUIHzl/?next=%2F&img_index=3 Hear Barbican curator Florence Ostende on Carrie Mae Weems' series, From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried (1995–1996): pod.link/1533637675/episode/b4e1a077367a0636c47dee51bcbbd3da And curator Alice Wilke on Carrie Mae Weems' Africa Series (1993), at the Kunstmuseum Basel: pod.link/1533637675/episode/d63af25b239253878ec68180cd8e5880 For more from the Curve, hear Barbican curator Eleanor Nairne on Julianknxx's Chorus in Rememory of Flight (2023), on EMPIRE LINES: pod.link/1533637675/episode/1792f53fa27b8e2ece289b53dd62b2b7 And find out more about ancient Adinkra symbology and geometric structures in the episode about El Anatsui's Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta (2024) at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh: pod.link/1533637675/episode/2e464e75c847d9d19cfa4dc46ea33338 PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠ And Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936⁠ Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/empirelines

Following a conversation with guest curator Sunjung Kim, this podcast series now focuses on the individual artists in the exhibition, alongside their works. Recorded on 19 September 2024, this episode focuses on the filmic work of the Danish/Korean artist Jane Jin Kaisen and her operatic multichannel work Burial of this Order – on display in the Gallery of the Secession – as well as her wider practice. At the end of the discussion, four brief audio clips from the film will be played to engage the listener in the artist's seductive and operatic world. Forms of the Shadow Curated by Sunjung Kim 20.9. – 17.11.2024 With Nilbar Güreş; Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian; Kyungah Ham; Young In Hong; ikkibawiKrrr; Jane Jin Kaisen; Joon Kim; Lee Bul; Lee Kit; Mikael Levin; Minouk Lim; Moon Kyungwon & Jeon Joonho; Adrián Villar Rojas; Ramiro Wong; Haegue Yang; Tomoko Yoneda; Jin-me Yoon; Min Yoon Damian Lentini is a curator at the Vienna Secession. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2009 at the University of Melbourne and has realised major projects with artists such as El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sarah Sze, Sung Tieu, Raqs Media Collective, Harun Farocki, Dumb Type, Khvay Samnang, Lina Lapelytė and the Karrabing Film Collective amongst others.   The Dorotheum is the exclusive sponsor of the Secession Podcast. Jingle: Hui Ye with an excerpt from Combat of dreams for string quartet and audio feed (2016, Christine Lavant Quartett) by Alexander J. Eberhard Programmed by the board of the Secession Audio Editor: Paul Macheck Executive Producer: Bettina Spörr

Curator Tessa Giblin deconstructs El Anatsui's monumental, sculptural textiles, unravelling the ties that still bind post-colonial Ghana, Nigeria, and Scotland in the 21st century., via Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta (2024). El Anatsui: Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta runs at Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until 29 September 2024. For more about Otobong Nkanga and The Recent at Talbot Rice Gallery, read this article about Edinburgh's Environmental Exhibitions in gowithYamo: gowithyamo.com/blog/edinburghs-environmental-exhibitions-the-global Hear artist Ibrahim Mahama on Sekondi Locomotive Workshop (2024) at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh: pod.link/1533637675/episode/ed0be49d016ce665c1663202091ce224 And Serge Attukwei Clottey on his family's internal migration from Jamestown/Usshertown in British Accra, Ghana, to coastal La (Labadi), Afrogallonism, and his collaborative practice, uplifting his community with upcycled plastic waste, through Noko Y3 Dzen (There's Something in the World) (2018–Now) at the Eden Project in Cornwall: pod.link/1533637675/episode/8093f81c6a2eaaf7589bb73768e2a20c Listen to curator Osei Bonsu, curator of the Hyundai Commission: El Anatsui: Behind the Red Moon and A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography, at Tate Modern in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/386dbf4fcb2704a632270e0471be8410 And hear Chris Spring, former curator of the British Museum's collections from eastern and southern Africa, on ‘African' textiles and Thabo, Thabiso and Blackx by Araminta de Clermont (2010)⁠ at the British Museum in London. pod.link/1533637675/episode/a32298611ba95c955aba254a4ef996dd PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠ And Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936⁠ Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/empirelines

Artist Ibrahim Mahama ‘time travels' between British colonial and independent Ghana, tracing railway lines across African and European countries in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in the 20th century. Ibrahim Mahama is well-known for his large-scale, site-specific installations that speak to the local effects of colonialism, migration, and global economics. Working in Tamale, Kumasi, and Accra, Ghana, he often works with found materials, collected from abandoned places of pre- and post-independence production. Spanning what was then known as the Gold Coast, the Sekondi Locomotive Workshop was built by the British in 1923, to extract and transport resources like cocoa and minerals, the foundations of European colonial wealth and contemporary capitalism. With charcoal and ink drawings, sculptures and film, Ibrahim connects the histories, legacies, and labourers of this now disused railway back to the UK - layering them atop Waverley, one of the nation's busiest train stations, for his first exhibition in Scotland. With Ibrahim's jute sack textile installations, we discuss shared practices of reuse, repurpose, and recycle with El Anatsui, an inspiration from an older generation who is also exhibiting for the first time in the city of Edinburgh. He shares photographs, personal letters, stamps from his archive, highlighting the respect shown to West African leaders like Kwame Nkrumah in countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), especially socialist Yugoslavia. Using train carriages as sculptures, galleries, and classrooms back in Tamale, Ibrahim reconstructs Ghana's colonial past to build its future, reversing flows of trade and migration to Africa. We discuss the potential and ‘charge' within these materials which, like bodies, carry lived experience and knowledge, and the complex relationship with lasting architectures and ‘rural cosmopolitanism' in societies today. Ibrahim also shares his collaborations across African and diasporic communities, with craftspeople, weavers, and makers at his Red Clay Studio in northern Ghana, to artists like Anya Paintsil in Manchester. Ibrahim Mahama: Songs about Roses runs at Fruitmarket in Edinburgh until 6 October 2024. A book launch and artist talk takes place on the penultimate day of the exhibition (the day before the exhibition closes). A Spell of Good Things opens at White Cube New York on 5 September 2024. Parliament of Ghosts (2019) continues online via the Whitworth, theVOV, and Vortic Art. And Purple Hibiscus, part of Unravel: The Power & Politics of Textiles in Art, was installed at the Barbican in London through summer 2024. Hear artist Serge Attukwei Clottey live at the Eden Project in Cornwall, on his family's internal migration from Jamestown/Usshertown in British Accra, Ghana, to coastal La (Labadi), Afrogallonism, and his collaborative practice, uplifting his community with upcycled plastic waste, through Noko Y3 Dzen (There's Something in the World) (2018–Now): pod.link/1533637675/episode/8093f81c6a2eaaf7589bb73768e2a20c PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: ⁠instagram.com/empirelinespodcast⁠ And Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936⁠ Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: ⁠patreon.com/empirelines

Zhou Siwei translates the contradictions of living and working in contemporary China into playful, personally fragmented and nonlinear works on canvas and painted objects. This podcast was recorded on 19 June 2024 in the context of the exhibition: Zhou Siwei I Sold What I Grow 21.6. – 8.9.2024 Probing the ambivalence of digital technologies, the unceasing global traffic in goods, and the sleeplessness of the late-capitalist era, Zhou interweaves diverse visual and cultural influences in ways that make everyday items and signs feel at once familiar and alien, accommodating a wide range of interpretations. More Zhou Siwei is an artist whose work focuses on the interrelation between people's understanding of culture and the effects of culture on people. Zhou completed a BA in Oil Painting from Sichuan Fine Arts Institute in 2005 and currently lives and works in Shanghai. Damian Lentini is a curator at the Vienna Secession. He obtained his doctoral degree in 2009 at the University of Melbourne and has realised major projects with artists such as El Anatsui, Phyllida Barlow, Kapwani Kiwanga, Sarah Sze, Sung Tieu, Raqs Media Collective, Harun Farocki, Dumb Type, Khvay Samnang, Lina Lapelytė and the Karrabing Film Collective amongst others. Secession Podcast: Artists features artists exhibiting at the Secession. The Dorotheum is the exclusive sponsor of the Secession Podcast. Programmed by the board of the Secession. Jingle: Hui Ye with an excerpt from Combat of dreams for string quartet and audio feed (2016, Christine Lavant Quartett) by Alexander J. EberhardEditor: Paul Macheck Production: Damian Lentini, Bettina Spörr

The theme for the 31st edition of the New York African Film Festival (NYAFF) is “Convergence of Time." This year's slate includes 50+ films from more than 25 countries, including titles such as "Over the Bridge," "Fight Like a Girl," and "The Rhythm and The Blues." NYAFF founder Mahen Bonetti previews the festival which opens May 8 and closes May 14, alongside journalist, producer, art promoter and filmmaker Oyiza Adaba, whose film "DELA: The Making of El Anatsui" will screen at this year's festival.This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen. 

Artist Serge Attukwei Clottey joins EMPIRE LINES live at the Eden Project in Cornwall, to discuss Afrogallonism, uplifting communities with upcycled plastic waste, and how the traditional Ghanaian harvest festival of Homowo challenges colonial hierarchies of gender. Accra-based artist Serge Attukwei Clottey works across installation, performance, photography, painting, and sculpture, exploring personal and political narratives rooted in histories of trade and migration. He refers to his practice with yellow plastic, Kufuor-era, cooking oil cans as ‘Afrogallonism', using found and recycled materials to create a dialogue with the city's cultural history and identity, whilst exploring the meanings that are invested in everyday objects, and how they circulate in local and global economies. Referencing Ghana's historic wealth, a region known as the Gold Coast during British colonial rule during 19th and 20th century, Serge's installations like Follow the Yellow Brick Road (2015-2020) also serve a practical function, in creating wealth and employment for the local community. On display alongside his existing work at the Eden Project is a new audio piece, a remembrance of famine that once befell pre-colonial Ghana, and is once again impacting farmers as a consequence of climate change. Serge talks about his family's migration from city of Jamestown/Usshertown, in British Accra, to La (Labadi), on the coast, and how water has long infiltrated his practice. We discuss the realities of resource extraction and consumption captured by his work, connecting with the likes of Romauld Hazoumè, El Anatsui, Zina Saro-Wiwa, and Wura-Natasha Ogunji. Serge shares his interest in political performance art, and collaborating with young people. We open My Mother's Wardrobe (2015-2016), in which Serge invited men to wear women's clothes and make-up to perform everyday and ritual tasks, disrupting conventions of gender and sexuality imposed upon and appropriated by many African countries during colonial rule. And Serge talks about his commissions across the world, from Desert X, to Kew Gardens, and the National Portrait Gallery in London, where his Windrush Portrait of Mr. Laceta Reid proudly stands. This episode was recorded live at Reclaim - a weekend of talks and events at the Eden Project in Cornwall, curated to support mental and planetary wellbeing - in January 2024: edenproject.com/visit/whats-on/reclaim Acts of Gathering runs at the Eden Project in Cornwall until 14 April 2024. For more, hear curators Misha Curson and Hannah Hooks in the episode on Learning from Artemisia, Uriel Orlow and Orchestre Jeunes Étoiles des Astres (2019-2020): pod.link/1533637675/episode/0e8ab778b4ce1ad24bc15df3fec5a386 For more about African masks and performance, listen to Osei Bonsu, curator of A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography at Tate Modern in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/386dbf4fcb2704a632270e0471be8410 About Ashanti Hare, and the south-west arts ecology, hear curator Ashish Ghadiali on Radical Ecology's recent exhibition at KARST in Plymouth: pod.link/1533637675/episode/146d4463adf0990219f1bf0480b816d3 For more ‘African' textiles, hear Dr. Chris Spring on Thabo, Thabiso and Blackx, Araminta de Clermont (2010): pod.link/1533637675/episode/a32298611ba95c955aba254a4ef996dd And on sea/water as a historical archive, listen to these episodes on: John Akomfrah's Arcadia (2023), at The Box in Plymouth: pod.link/1533637675/episode/31cdf80a5d524e4f369140ef3283a6cd Julianknxx's Chorus in Rememory of Flight (2023), at the Barbican in London: pod.link/1533637675/episode/1792f53fa27b8e2ece289b53dd62b2b7 WITH: Dr. Serge Attukwei Clottey, Accra-based visual artist. ART: ‘Noko Y3 Dzen (There's Something in the World) (2018–Now)'. PRODUCER: Jelena Sofronijevic. Follow EMPIRE LINES on Instagram: instagram.com/empirelinespodcast And Twitter: twitter.com/jelsofron/status/1306563558063271936 Support EMPIRE LINES on Patreon: patreon.com/empirelines

Shortlisted for the Independent Podcast Awards 2023. In this episode I reflect on how important the setting is to our understanding and experience of artworks, and the responses we can feel in our bodies when artworks actively occupy space. I discuss the retrospective of the British artist Sarah Lucas at Tate Britain, the amazing installation Behind the Red Moon by Ghanaian artist El Anatsui at Tate Modern, and a dreamy little exhibition I saw by Korean artist Chun Kwang Young in Venice last year.The Gallery Companion is hosted by writer and historian Dr Victoria Powell. It's a thought-provoking dive into the interesting questions and messy stuff about our lives that art explores and represents.To see the images and watch the videos discussed in the podcast visit www.thegallerycompanion.com. This is where you can subscribe to The Gallery Companion email list, which goes out to accompany each new podcast episode, and is packed full of links to more info. That's where you can share your thoughts and join the conversation too. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.thegallerycompanion.com/subscribe

An accidental invention which revolutionised plant collecting has inspired an artwork from Mat Collishaw, created in collaboration with video artists based in Ukraine, which is being premiered in a gallery at Kew Gardens. The nine minute video, accompanied by music by Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings, draws on the discovery in 1829 that a Wardian case could allow plants to grow under airtight glass. And the way art and music respond to environmental concerns is at the heart of this Free Thinking conversation hosted by Jade Munslow Ong. Jimmy López Bellido has written a symphony inspired by photographs of a changing landscape, Sarah Casey's drawings look at the impact of ice melting in glaciers and New Generation Thinker Vid Simoniti has written a book exploring the political ambitions of contemporary art in the early twenty-first century. He talks about the work of Alberta Whittle, Olafur Eliasson, El Anatsui, Maurice Mbikayi, Margaret Wertheim and Christine Wertheim. Producer in Salford: Nick Holmes Petrichor, a new exhibition of work by Mat Collishaw runs from 20 October 2023- 7 April 2024 at the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art, Kew Gardens. Sarah Casey is Director of the School of Art in Lancaster Institute for the Contemporary Arts and has worked on The Emergency project which uses drawing to examine artefacts emerging from alpine glaciers as a result of climate change and ice melting. She also convenes a group studying rocky environments and geology. From 26-28th October ‘Rocky Futures', an art exhibition in the form of three live video events streamed from destinations across the globe on the theme of geology, mobilities and the climate emergency will be available online at https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/rocky-climates/rocky-futures/ Vid Simoniti's book is called Artists Remake the World: A Contemporary Art Manifesto. He is a New Generation Thinker and teaches at The University of Liverpool. Symphony No 3, Altered Landscapes by Jimmy López Bellido is being played by the BBC Concert Orchestra in a concert at London's Southbank Centre on Thu 12 Oct 2023 and will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on October 25th. With thanks to the Concert Orchestra for providing a recording of part of their rehearsal of the piece recorded on 10 October. The Hyundai Commission from artist El Anatsui runs at Tate Modern in London from October 10th - April 14th 2024 Jade Munslow Ong teaches at the University of Salford and is writing a book about the environment in literature. She is on the New Generation Thinkers scheme run by BBC Radio 3 and the Arts and Humanities Research Council to work with early career researchers on making radio. Green Thinking is a collection of programmes exploring different aspects of art and history and the environment available via the Free Thinking programme website - all episodes are downloadable as the Arts & Ideas podcast and on BBC Sounds.

In Episode #77, Ross is joined by Anthony Azekwoh, a contemporary artist and author based in Nigeria, whose work focuses on African folklore and mythology.Anthony uses diverse mediums, such as digital and traditional painting and sculpting, to explore transformation and change in his country. He replicates traditional techniques through digital mediums, producing physical, corporeal manifestations of his work. His art has been seen worldwide, with clients like Facebook and celebrities such as Masego and Adekunle Gold. Ross and Anthony discuss the lack of representation for African Artists in Web3 and how he thinks the space will evolve over the coming years. Anthony also shares his realisation about Instagram that drove him to start working with SuperRare.Find show notes and episode highlights at https://nwrk.co/omq-anthony

Dee Haughney is Head of Learning at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea. She was born in Ireland, studied Photography at TU Dublin, Curatorial Practice at Falmouth University and Asian Art at Sotheby's Institute of Art.  She worked with the Kilkenny Arts Festival, Ireland, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall and The Photographers' Gallery, London before joining October Gallery in 2012. As Curator of October Gallery for over eight years, she managed exhibitions, international art fairs and major installations working closely with artists such as El Anatsui, James Barnor and Sokari Douglas Camp. In 2018, she undertook a research trip, cycling the length of Africa from Cairo to Cape Town. Since 2022 she has been Head of Learning at De La Warr Pavilion, one of the largest contemporary arts centres in the southeast. Outside of this she works as an Independent Curator working with artists from Ireland and around the world. Links: https://www.deehaughney.com/aboutdeehaughney https://www.dlwp.com/  https://www.madeinbed.co.uk/interviews/anindya-sen-in-conversation-with-curator-of-october-gallery-dee-haughney   music ‘Baby, I Miss The Internet' (Rama, Rama, Rama)  by TOT TAYLOR is used by kind permission of the artist ©Tot Taylor/Songmatic Music (2020) PRS/MCPS/PPL

Uzo Nzeogu, a talented artist who studied Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka with greats like Bruce Onobrakpeya and El Anatsui seemed all set to claim his place as a fine artist. But then, he did the maths, ditched paint and chose pragmatism. Pragmatism led him to Newswatch, to Dele Giwa,  to Ray Ekpu, to Dan Agbese and to 'the happiest time of my life'. The newsroom rush, the boardroom manoeuvring, the tragic, shocking murder of Dele Giwa, Uzo was in the thick of it.In this episode, we discuss:Pragmatism and paying the bills.The halcyon days of Nigerian news magazines.There but the love of God and barely dodging the bomb.The Nigerian war and PTSD.IPOB and the lessons of Rwanda.To repatriate or not to, Uzo has a view.And choosing to ditch the Nigeria project.... and here we agree to disagree.Nope, no jokes in this episode but Uzo admits to listening to BIL podcast. What a gent!Sponsored by Banana Island SchoolCheck out:Banana Island Living's InstagramBanana Island Living's TwitterSee More of Banana Island Living

Episode Summary:At ZG19 we believe that the New Year should start with revisiting our relationship with nature and our planet, because we ARE the planet, an integral part of our ecosystem. This is why our first episode in 2023 is dedicated to an acclaimed SuperNatural exhibition at the Eden Project, a cross-disciplinary cultural leader, that runs till 26 February. The show brings together a range of international artists, including Ai Weiwei, Kedisha Coakley, Iman Datoo, Patricia Domínguez, Ingela Ihrman and Eduardo Navarro, who explore humankind's ever-evolving understanding of ourselves as a part of the natural world, the interdependencies between humans and plants, and the systems that inform our varying perspectives. In this interview the Senior curator Misha Curson and curator Hannah Hooks guide us through the exhibitions, mentioning global cultural activism, and stating that in order to develop a planet fit for the future, we need to nurture creative perspectives. Other two ladies that join the conversation are Iman Datoo and Patricia Dominguez. While an interdisciplinary artist Datoo expands on her curious practice that brings together botany and cartography, Domínguez tells us how she merges socio-political and economic matters with mysticism and ancient botanical knowledge.About Eden Project:Owned by the Eden Trust, the Eden Project is a global arts, science and educational charity with a social and environmental mission: to create a movement that builds relationships between people and the natural world to demonstrate the power of working together for the benefit of all living things. Eden champions creativity and critical thinking, and presents thoughtful and thought-provoking cross-disciplinary cultural, community and education programmes on-site and across local and national communities. Founded as a Millennium Project in 2001, Eden welcomes over one million visitors each year, it has a digital reach of several million and as Eden Project establishes new sites across the UK and in China, Australia and New Zealand, its reach is growing. Eden is at the forefront of emerging cultural practices in regeneration, conservation, sustainability, horticulture, architecture, community outreach and education. The organisation has an extensive network of scientific expertise and partners at leading local, national and international universities and research bodies.The world-famous Biomes house a living ethno-botanical collection. To date Eden has commissioned and exhibited such world-revered and diverse artists as El Anatsui, Wolfgang Buttress, Hayden Dunham, Ryan Gander, Jenny Kendler, Julian Opie, Peter Randall-Page, Tim Shaw and Studio Swine. Eden is a hybrid of gallery, museum, garden, venue, laboratory and university – a cross-disciplinary cultural leader for the 21st century, uniquely placed to offer transformative opportunities to artists engaged with social-environmental subjects.Follow Eden Project 's journey on InstagramHosts: Farah Piriye & Elizabeth Zhivkova, ZEITGEIST19 FoundationFor sponsorship enquiries, comments, ideas and collaborations, email us at info@zeitgeist19.com Follow us on InstagramHelp us to continue our mission and to develop our podcast: Donate

Korea24 – 2022.11.28 (Monday) News Briefing: President Yoon Suk Yeol has promised that South Korea will develop its own space rocket for a moon landing within ten years, and a Mars mission within 23 years. (Eunice KIM) In-Depth News Analysis: On November 19th, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un revealed his daughter to the world for the first time. State media photos showed the pair at an ICBM test launch site. Presumed to be Kim's second child, Ju-ae, she made a public appearance again last Sunday during a photo session with scientists and officials involved in the recent Hwasong-17 ICBM launch, fueling speculation over Kim’s succession plans. To analyze what the disclosure of Kim's child could possibly mean, correspondent Shreyas Reddy from NK News joins us on the line. Korea Trending with Walter Lee: 1. Five people died in a helicopter crash in Yangyang, Gangwon Province on Sunday. (산불 헬기 추락 5명 사망‥"지인 탑승") 2. The Busan Fireworks Festival will be held next month for the first time in 3 years. (3년 만의 부산불꽃축제 다음 달 17일 열린다) 3. Thousands of protesters have hit the streets in major cities across China since Friday, expressing anger over the government's strict COVID-19 protocols. ("시진핑 물러나라"…3년 '제로 코로나'에 중국 민심 폭발) Monday Sports Round-up: South Korea held Uruguay to a 0-0 draw in their first match at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, picking up a point. Football writer Steve Price and the founding editor of the Asian Game, Paul Williams, joins us on the line to dissect Korea’s performance, and preview the final two group games against Ghana and Portugal. Morning Edition Preview with Richard Larkin: - Tomorrow’s Korea Times features a report by Kwak Yeon-soo on an upcoming biopic about Korea’s first priest, St. Andrew Kim Dae-geon. - In tomorrow’s Korea Herald, Park Yuna writes about El Anatsui, an artist from Ghana, holding his second show in Seoul.

Vereniging Rembrandt helpt Nederlandse musea bij het aankopen van topstukken. Zo ook bij de aankoop door het Stedelijk Museum van "In the World, But Don't Know The World" van de Ghanese beeldhouwer El Anatsui. El Anatsui is internationaal beroemd geworden doordat hij kunst maakt van afval- en restmaterialen. In dit geval een gigantisch ruimte vullend wandsculptuur, gemaakt van platgeslagen aaneengeregen flessendoppen. Fusien Bijl de Vroe legt ons uit waar deze moderne kunstenaar voor staat en waar hij ons over wil laten nadenken. De podcast Topstukken wordt je aangeboden door de VriendenLoterij, dé cultuurloterij van Nederland. Ontdek meer over deze podcast op topstukkendepodcast.nl.

Wamuwi Mbao asks Julian Lucas about the role of the critic, the value of criticism, working outside the academy, his writing process and what he's reading next. Wamuwi Mbao is a literary critic with the Johannesburg Review of Books. He is editor of the collection Years of Fire and Ash: Poetry of Decolonization (Jonathan Ball Publishers, 2021) and lectures in English literary studies at Stellenbosch University. Julian Lucas is a staff writer at The New Yorker. His essays and criticism focus on the representation of history in art, literature, games, and music. His writing on contemporary culture has included profiles of artists and writers such as El Anatsui and Ishmael Reed as well as features on historical re-enactment. He was a finalist for the 2020–2021 Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing. In this episode we stand in solidarity with Aliaksandr Fiaduta, a writer, editor, journalist, political analyst, and literary critic from Belarus. You can read more about his case here: https://pen-international.org/news/belarus-concerns-detention-aliaksandr-fiaduta This podcast series is funded by a grant from the U.S. Embassy in South Africa.

Elizabeth Zunon is an Albany-based artist who has illustrated many children's books, the most recent being "Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui." Zunon spoke with Hudson Mohawk Magazine about her creative process, creating positive images around Africa, and being a children's book illustrator. More info at: LizZunon.com Liz Zunon will have a book signing for "Bottle Tops: The Art of El Anatsui" with the author Alison Goldberg at the Bookstore of Stuyvesant Plaza in Albany on Saturday, July 9 a 1:30.

Today, on the Hudson Mohawk Magazine: We begin with Elizabeth Press's conversation with three Capital Roots staff members about the unionizing process. Then, Moses Nagel brings us a report on the homeless encampment in Saratoga that was recently removed. Later on, Water Justice Lab just began their summer program and we'll hear part of Dan Shapley of Riverkeeper's presentation. After that, we talk with Liz Zunon about her latest book on the art of El Anatsui. Finally, we talk with artist Portia Munson about her work that is currently exhibiting at Art Omi.

In today's conversation, Dario sits  with fiber artist and storyteller Bisa Butler. Bisa tells the stories of African heritage and American home through an artistry and craft we all know as quilts. Her use of vibrant color and fine fibers reminds us that intentionality, textile, and choice allows our spirits to be known and rendered as portraits suspended in time and stories never forgotten.  In this episode we explore themes of investing in your artistry, the universal human spirit, how a successful artist stays grounded, and Dario's and Bisa's 90s R&B/Hip Hop inspired handmade teen wardrobe  Things we mention Time as a function (and an illusion) of the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gregorian_calendar (gregorian calendar) https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/negritude/ (Negritude) movement and who are we when ‘universal' seems to naturally mean white  http://kalamu.com/neogriot/2017/05/25/info-the-doom-and-glory-of-knowing-who-you-are-james-baldwin/ (James Baldwin, Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You are, Dostoevsky) Bisa's time studying https://art.howard.edu/ (art at Howard University )included investigating the works and lives of  https://americanart.si.edu/artist/alma-thomas-4778 (Alma Thomas) https://www.elizabethcatlettart.com/bio (Eizabeth Catlett ) https://americanart.si.edu/artist/jacob-lawrence-2828 (Jacob Lawrence)  https://americanart.si.edu/artist/henry-ossawa-tanner-4742 (Henry Tanner ) https://americanart.si.edu/artist/edmonia-lewis-2914 (Edmonia Lewis ) https://www.gordonparksfoundation.org/ (Gordon Parks ) https://americanart.si.edu/artist/james-vanderzee-6593 (James VanDerZee) The beauty and genius of https://jackshainman.com/artists/el_anatsui (El Anatsui)  Episode Playlist and Film List  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O01knIMTEpY (A short film (aka video) about time travel as it appeared on Yo! MTV Raps: Here Comes the Hammer by MC Hammer ) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0110186/ (Jason's Lyric ) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL-pm-xRb40 (I'm so Into you by SWV) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIh07c_P4hc (Ordinary People by John legend)  https://www.instagram.com/bisabutler/ (Bisa Butler on Instagram) All the latest news about Bisa can be found on https://linktr.ee/bisabutler (Bisa's Linktree ) This conversation was recorded on Jan 6, 2022 Host https://www.instagram.com/dario.studio/ (Dario Calmese)  Producer https://www.instagram.com/carmendharris/ (Carmen D. Harris)   Visual Art Direction and Designs:  http://riverwildmen.com/ (River Wildmen), https://www.instagram.com/afrovisualism/ (AfroVisualism), https://www.instagram.com/stlab/?hl=en (Stephane Lab) Original Music composed by http://www.dariocalmese.com/ (Dario Calmese)  Visit us at https://www.blackimagination.com/oral-history (blackimagination.com )

El Anatsui è un artista ghanese, famoso per le opere d'arte nate da materiali riciclati, soprattutto i tappi delle lattine. Ha operato per gran parte della sua carriera in Nigeria, ma ora le sue opere sono esposte nei musei e nelle gallerie di tutto il mondo. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/radiomatta9/message

When we say "I don't have a medium I'm good at" what are we really saying? In this episode I'll talk about common blocks around technical mastery and getting started. The good news: you DO have a medium ... you just haven't discovered your technique yet. +++ Sign up for our Artist Speed Dating event! Sunday October 10th, 12-1pm Central. The artist I mention in this episode is El Anatsui. Here's an Art21 episode about his work. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/amightypractice/support

Fariba Derakhshani talks with us about her work as Chief Special Projects at the Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development. Over the years she has built up and fostered a network of globally acclaimed artists at an early stage in their international career, such as El Anatsui, Zanele Muholi and Ibrahim El-Salahi. In this episode she also gives a sneak peek at the new strategy of the fund, the plans for their 25th anniversary and how they have stayed ahead of the curve. She takes us through defining moments in her career, her favourite places to eat and stay in Amsterdam, and which artists to keep an eye on. Fariba also teaches us how to combine serious subject matter with a certain glamour and joie de vivre.   For links to (almost) everything we talk about in this episode, visit www.artcityamsterdam.com

Composer, pianist, and Associate Artistic Director and cofounder of Castle of Our Skins (COOS), Anthony R. Green shares his interest in visual art, in particular the contemporary art of René Magritte, Carrie Mae Weems, Betye Saar, Helina Metaferia, Duro Olowu, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Ren Hang, El Anatsui, and Piet Mondriaan. Follow Anthony at www.anthonyrgreen.com; Instagram @piargno84 www.vimeo.com/456644665 Castle of Our Skins: www.castleskins.org; Instagram @castleskins Support this podcast at www.patreon.com/haydnmusicstand and visit our social media pages @haydnmusicstand. Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1iFJSHos3tN6kQid0BRqiN?si=bwOA9EynTJic7zBk0xDp6A --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/haydnmusicstand/support

(00:00:35) Das Kunstmuseum Bern hat sich mit dem Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam zusammengetan, um ein Kunstwerk des Ghanaischen Künstlers El Anatsui zu erwerben. Im Gespräch erklärt die Leiterin des Kunstmuseums Bern, wie Kunst-Sharing zwischen Museen funktioniert. Weitere Themen: (00:05:17) «Gästebuch»: Autorin Leanne Shapton lässt das Genre der Schauergeschichte neu aufleben. (00:09:15) Studien zeigen: Bei Schlaflosigkeit hilft Verhaltenstherapie. (00:12:47) «Holiday Sauce... Pandemic!»: Die Berliner Feststpiele zeigen online das queere Weihnachtsvariété von Taylor Mac.

Epsiode 34: Applying principles of art collecting to high jewelry. Lisa Anderson, Art Advisor, Curator and Founder, @BlackBritishArt, joins us to explore how the principles used to build a contemporary art collection can be applied to collecting jewelry as art. We discuss how to balance emerging, mid-career and established artists (and jewelers), as well as how she approaches her curation of emerging artists for exhibitions and fairs, such as the Venice Biennale and Art Basel and how this information can be used to build or add to a jewelry curation as well. Artists discussed (some participating!) include El Anatsui, Sonia Boyce, Latoya Boyd, Simone Brewster, Nick Cave, Jasmine Thomas Girvan, Lauren Harwell Godfrey, Anthea Hamilton, JAR, Lenique Louis, Steve McQueen, Munnu The Gem Palace, Chris Ofili, Ebony Patterson, Taffin, Emmanuel Tarpin, VAK, LR Vandy, Mickayla Yearwood-Dan and Inonge Zita. We take viewer questions throughout. Interested listeners can also view additional imagery at the Beekman New York instagram @beekmannewyork as well as to view the full interview at the Beekman New York Fine Jewelry Podcast on YouTube. Each episode of the series features a conversation between Dr. Sharon Novak, certified gemologist and co-founder of Beekman New York, and an industry expert within the luxury space, highlighting their shared joy and appreciation of fine jewelry. Topics include mixing period jewelry with modern pieces, heritage and craftsmanship of luxury jewelry houses worldwide, certfied natural and phenomenal gems and collecting vintage jewelry.

Creating under the pseudonym 2-Stroke since 2013, Christopher McElroy constructs one-of-a-kind pipes and rigs adorned with his colorful, psychedelic, textile-inspired patterning technique known as Heliocoileh. His current body of work includes polychromatic water pipes, dry pipes, cups, marbles, and beads, created with the philosophy that the ornamentation of daily objects serves to elevate an experience from mundane to mystical. McElroy earned his BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and his MFA from The University of Washington, where he studied under Mark Zirpel. His early glass mentors Emilio Santini, Sally Prasch and Rick Schneider encouraged him to forge his own path from the very start of his relationship with the medium. His sculptural and functional works have been exhibited at The Henry Arts Gallery (Seattle, Washington), Anderson Gallery (Richmond, Virginia), Traver Gallery (Seattle, Washington), Missoula Art Museum (Missoula, Montana), Dampkring Gallery (Amsterdam) and Pismo Fine Art Gallery (Aspen, Colorado).  Teaching has played an important part of McElroy’s history with glass and includes flameworking instruction at Kyoto University of Art and Design in Japan, Penland School of Crafts, the Corning Museum of Glass, Pilchuck Glass School, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, and the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Israel.  Growing up in Southwest Virginia’s scenic rolling hills and farmlands shaped McElroy’s affinity for agrarian and wilderness landscapes. Informed by color relationships in plants, animals, lichen, and minerals, the artist studies and examines how colors convey information of biological purpose. Lessons of age, nutrition, fertility, and danger are communicated among entities that speak the language of color. Informed by avant-garde contemporary fashion, ceremonial objects of pre-columbian South American cultures, and textiles from around the world, the artist cites artistic influences to include Robert Irwin, El Anatsui, Kelsey Brooks, & Tom Sachs. Color, collection, and craft have always been and remain at the core of his studio practice. In early June 2020, the artist exhibited new work in a four-person show, A Time for Passion, held at Stoked, Connecticut, and will be a part of Mins, a group pipe show held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 16, 2020.  From his studio in Hudson, New York, McElroy discusses the transition from sculpture to pipes, and how art school training affects his approach to functional glass.  

***SEE BELOW FOR YOUR CHANCE TO WIN THE PAINTING IN THE PIC ABOVE*** Natalie Corman joined Suzi to discuss her journey from Belgium, then Montreal then Basel, with falling in love and starting a family squeezed in too! Natalie brings a breath of fresh air to the usual expat stories - while she studied Biology and had an internship in Basel, her plans were not set in stone, and that lead her to discover many great passions, from working and training with dogs to her wonderful and unique art. You can also visit Natalie at her Atelier in Basel! Email her at corman@bluewin.ch. Some of the artists Natalie mentioned are www.dorianfitzgerald.com/ and El Anatsui www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/el-anatsui-17306/who-is-el-anatsui ***WINWINWIN*** Would you like to own an original Natalie Corman? You can win this great piece, the French Bulldog, last of the series! All you have to do is find his name *HINT* you can visit https://www.corman.ch/pop/ or https://www.instagram.com/p/B8oLhHugOFN/ and like the picture! Comment below with his name, and you could win this special artwork! Winner must live in Europe! Before we get to the interview, Gary and Suzi discuss those oddities in Switzerland which make it so great, such as - If you lose 182,000chf worth of gold bars on the train, don’t fret, someone will probably hand them in! Also, the US embassy in Bern had a nice little loop hole to ensure they honoured Pride month in June. ***⁣ Don't forget to like and subscribe, follow and download!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ To listen ~~ Anchor - https://anchor.fm/swisspats Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/swisspats/id1255274540 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/1OKeUnxaZCiagpG88isB5g⁣ ⁣⁣ ***

This is episode #4 of season 3 where I am joined by textile designer Chrissa Amuah.   ABOUT CHRISSA:  Chrissa is a textile designer and the founder of AMWA Designs a brand of handmade textiles and print designs for the home. She is also the founder of Africa by Design a platform bringing together and creating opportunities for African designers.   We talk about:   Her thoughts on the future of Africa’s design, and how design can help the African continent to realign and re-navigate its future The motivation behind launching Africa by Design, and the impact has it had on shining the light on African design Celebrating and highlighting the diversity in African design How she discovered her love for textile design Being authentic in telling her story The need to dream bigger for ourselves The challenges she has faced in building her brand and learning to push boundaries with limited means The importance of sustainable design not designing for trends but designing for meaning        Links and resources mentioned in this episode Africa by Design - https://www.africabydesign.org Nubuke Foundation Gallery - https://www.nubukefoundation.org Chelsea College of Art and Design - https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/chelsea-college-of-arts Milan Design Week + Salone Satellite - https://www.salonemilano.it/en/ Marva Griffin - https://www.luminaire.com/illuminate/marva-griffin-mentor-to-young-designers/ Dominique L’Olive - https://www.arts.ac.uk/study-at-ual/short-courses/stories/studying-with-dominique-lolive-in-the-studio-and-online-csm Adinkra Symbols - https://www.atelier55design.com/adinkra-symbols-writing-traditions-connecting-the-verbal-and-visual/ Central St Martins - https://www.arts.ac.uk/colleges/central-saint-martins El Anatsui - https://www.atelier55design.com/art-ghana-el-anatsui-cascading-metal-wall-sculptures/ Bernhardt Design - https://bernhardtdesign.com London Design Biennale - https://www.londondesignbiennale.com Alice Asafu-Adjaye - https://www.mustardarch.com/about   Where you can go to find out more about AMWA Designs: www.amwadesigns.com @amwadesigns   Get the full show notes at: www.atelier55design.com/podcast    Behind the Design is brought to you by atelier 55 Continue the conversation, follow atelier 55 on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/atelier55design/ Instagram: @atelier55design - https://www.instagram.com/atelier55design/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.co.uk/atelier55design/  

Yasue Portraiture photo by Kyle Knodell Yasue Maetake is a Japanese-born, New York-based artist. While Maetake respond to a range of influences such as Animism, Baroque, natural forms and industrial constructions, her work centers on the creation of evocative sculptures that grapple with non-controllable forces of nature and serve as a proxy for the human body. Maetake was recently named by Artsy as one of 20 international women advancing the field of sculpture and, her work was exhibited at Palazzo Benzon, in conjunction with the 58th Venice Biennale and The Chimney, Brooklyn. She was a resident of El Anatsui’s studio in Nigeria with a research grant from Cultural Ministry Japan. She holds MFA from Columbia University. Symbolic Atmosphere VIII 2020 H30 x 44 x 24 inch. assorted animal bones & seashells, steel, brass, copper, cotton pulp, synthetic clay photo by Kyle Knodell Precarious Windbreak  2019 H115 x 67 x 71 inch. copper corrosion and steel corrosion on pulp, steel, bronze, cane photo by Allegheny Art Galleries, PA

The Ghanaian sculptor El Anatsui achieved international success with his bottle cap sculptures. These works consist of thousands of used ...

El Anatsui. Ghanian born, Nigeria-living Artist (Sculptor). A bag of trash changed his life. Bottle Tops. Massive scale. 40 Volunteers. No talking though. Putting curators on the spot! And now we are all Waiting in the Wings. This episode is brought to you by Natasha Roxanne and Kate.

Wegen der Coronavirus-Pandemie sind alle Museen geschlossen. Im Kunstmuseum Bern wurden vor dem Shutdown gleich zwei Ausstellungen eröffnet, die eigentlich nicht verpasst werden dürfen. Direktorin Nina Zimmer hat Schauspieler Thomas Sarbacher exklusive Einblicke gewährt. Seit dem 14. März sind Theater, Kinos und Museen in der ganzen Schweiz aufgrund der aktuellen Coronavirus-Situation geschlossen. Eine Ausnahmesituation, die Kulturinstitutionen und Kulturschaffende vor enorme Schwierigkeiten stellt, in künstlerischer wie auch finanzieller Hinsicht. In den Museen liegen Ausstellungen im Dornröschenschlaf. Ausstellungen, die teilweise Unsummen gekostet haben, bei denen ein grosses Publikumsinteresse erwartbar war und die letztlich, falls keine Möglichkeit für eine Verlängerung besteht, kaum der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt werden konnten. Im Kunstmuseum Bern sind gleich zwei Ausstellungen aufgebaut, die der Direktorin Nina Zimmer besonders am Herzen liegen: Die erste Retrospektive der 96 Jahre alten japanischen Künstlerin Teruko Yokoi, Wahlbernerin und bislang vor allem als Ex-Frau von Sam Francis bekannt, und die grossangelegte Schau des wohl prominentesten Gegenwartskünstlers Afrikas, El Anatsui, der aus Abfall prächtige Gebilde kreiert. Die Öffentlichkeit konnte Anatsuis Werke gerade einmal drei Tage bestaunen. Diese Ausstellungen, die eine Fülle unterschiedlichster Stile bieten, interessante Hintergründe, unzählige Geschichten und Anekdoten beinhalten, das Weltgeschehen reflektieren, Kritik an Politik und Gesellschaft üben, müssen gesehen werden. Wenn nicht im Museum, dann am Bildschirm. Nina Zimmer hat den Schauspieler Thomas Sarbacher und «Kulturplatz» zu einer Privatführung eingeladen. Die kleine Gruppe – inklusiv reduziertem TV-Team – respektierte bei diesem höchst spannenden Rundgang natürlich die vom Bund verordnete Distanz.

Wegen der Coronavirus-Pandemie sind alle Museen geschlossen. Im Kunstmuseum Bern wurden vor dem Shutdown gleich zwei Ausstellungen eröffnet, die eigentlich nicht verpasst werden dürfen. Direktorin Nina Zimmer hat Schauspieler Thomas Sarbacher exklusive Einblicke gewährt. Seit dem 14. März sind Theater, Kinos und Museen in der ganzen Schweiz aufgrund der aktuellen Coronavirus-Situation geschlossen. Eine Ausnahmesituation, die Kulturinstitutionen und Kulturschaffende vor enorme Schwierigkeiten stellt, in künstlerischer wie auch finanzieller Hinsicht. In den Museen liegen Ausstellungen im Dornröschenschlaf. Ausstellungen, die teilweise Unsummen gekostet haben, bei denen ein grosses Publikumsinteresse erwartbar war und die letztlich, falls keine Möglichkeit für eine Verlängerung besteht, kaum der Öffentlichkeit gezeigt werden konnten. Im Kunstmuseum Bern sind gleich zwei Ausstellungen aufgebaut, die der Direktorin Nina Zimmer besonders am Herzen liegen: Die erste Retrospektive der 96 Jahre alten japanischen Künstlerin Teruko Yokoi, Wahlbernerin und bislang vor allem als Ex-Frau von Sam Francis bekannt, und die grossangelegte Schau des wohl prominentesten Gegenwartskünstlers Afrikas, El Anatsui, der aus Abfall prächtige Gebilde kreiert. Die Öffentlichkeit konnte Anatsuis Werke gerade einmal drei Tage bestaunen. Diese Ausstellungen, die eine Fülle unterschiedlichster Stile bieten, interessante Hintergründe, unzählige Geschichten und Anekdoten beinhalten, das Weltgeschehen reflektieren, Kritik an Politik und Gesellschaft üben, müssen gesehen werden. Wenn nicht im Museum, dann am Bildschirm. Nina Zimmer hat den Schauspieler Thomas Sarbacher und «Kulturplatz» zu einer Privatführung eingeladen. Die kleine Gruppe – inklusiv reduziertem TV-Team – respektierte bei diesem höchst spannenden Rundgang natürlich die vom Bund verordnete Distanz.

The Lonely Palette is currently the podcast-in-residence at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and we're partnering up to bring the museum to you during its closure due to Covid-19 by spotlighting both the rock star and the lesser-known objects from the museum's permanent collection. So relax into your PJs, put your feet up, and let's #MuseumFromHome together. This week: one man's trash is Ghanian artist El Anatsui's treasure. See the images: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/3/1/episode-15-el-anatsuis-black-river-2009 Music used: Podington Bear, "Down and Around" The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Coronea", "Mercurial Vision", "Stipple", "Our Quiet Company" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees” Support the show! www.patreon.com/lonelypalette

Juice up your jing, which, in Chinese Medicine, is your deep essence goo, kinda like how oil is the deep essence goo of the Earth. People with BJE (Big Jing Energy) live long, love hard, and run strong. Art Rx for your jing: El Anatsui's shimmering stunning wall hangings made from discarded bottlecaps, metal liquor wrappings and soda tabs (most impressive clean up pollution result ever) https://www.jackshainman.com/artists/el-anatsui/ Remember this Joy Harjo poem: Remember https://poets.org/poem/remember-0 Lizzo's album "Cuz I Love You" slings straight into to your juicy jing resevoir.

In None Like Us (Duke, 2018) Stephen Best (English Department, UC Berkeley) reappraises what he calls “melancholy historicism,” in which the imagination is directed toward the recovery of a “we” at the point of “our” violent origin. Through an examination of cultural texts including the literature of Toni Morrison and Gwendolyn Brooks and the visual art of El Anatsui and Mark Bradford, Best argues that there can be no “we” following from such a time and place, that black identity is constituted in and through negation. Best is joined by Damon Young (Film & Media and French Departments).

Mal wieder vergessen, unser traditionelles Foto vom Tisch mit unseren Notizen und den Weingläsern zu machen. Wir lernen das noch! Podcast herunterladen (MP3-Direktlink, 78 MB, 97 min), abonnieren (RSS-Feed für den Podcatcher eurer Wahl), via iTunes anhören. 00.00:00. Begrüßung und Vorstellung. 00.00:50. Der erste Wein. Wir trinken heute Gewürztraminer. 00.02:22. Wir beginnen mit der ersten … Fehlfarben 21: El Anatsui/Saul Leiter weiterlesen →

Mal wieder vergessen, unser traditionelles Foto vom Tisch mit unseren Notizen und den Weingläsern zu machen. Wir lernen das noch! Podcast herunterladen (MP3-Direktlink, 78 MB, 97 min), abonnieren (RSS-Feed für den Podcatcher eurer Wahl), via iTunes anhören. 00.00:00. Begrüßung und Vorstellung. 00.00:50. Der erste Wein. Wir trinken heute Gewürztraminer. 00.02:22. Wir beginnen mit der ersten … Fehlfarben 21: El Anatsui/Saul Leiter weiterlesen →

On this episode, I went to the Andy Warhol Museum to meet up with José Carlos Diaz, the Chief Curator there. We used the office meeting rooms late one summer day, just as the sun began to fall towards the horizon line. Prior to the Warhol, José was the Curator of Exhibitions at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach, where he helped program shows with artists such as Rachel Harrison and El Anatsui. Before the Bass Museum, he worked at Tate Liverpool and on the Liverpool Biennial. José received an M.A. in Cultural History from the University of Liverpool and a B.A. in Art History from San Francisco State University. In 2016, José was listed as one of the 20 most influential young curators in the US by Artsy. José’s first saw me in the first week of his working at the Warhol. I happened to be giving a talk at the museum with Jessica Beck, also a curator at the Warhol. José and I connected shortly after over some tacos and we’ve been hanging out ever since. José’s constant hustling never ceases to amaze me and I’m surprised he somehow makes the time to hang out with little ol’ me. As you can imagine, I was quite excited to chat with José. Our conversation touches upon José’s meandering path to becoming a curator, diversity in the curatorial museum world, and the differences between Miami and Pittsburgh. In any case, I hope you enjoy this. Links Mentioned: José’s Instagram José’s Twitter The 20 Most Influential Young Curators in the United States NYtimes article on museum diversity Rujeko Hockley Larry Ossei-Mensah Akili Tommasino Naomi Beckwith Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band Rubell Collection Hans Ulrich Obrist’ Laboratorium Tania Bruguera The transatlantic slave trade in Liverpool Liverpool’s Chinatown Jose’s Gold Show at the Bass Museum Andy Warhol: Revelation Follow Seeing Color: Seeing Color Website Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Facebook Twitter Instagram

One man's trash is Ghanaian fiber artist El Anatsui's treasure. See the image: http://www.thelonelypalette.com/episodes/2017/3/1/episode-15-el-anatsuis-black-river-2009 Music used: Podington Bear, "Down and Around" The Andrews Sisters, "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" The Blue Dot Sessions, "Coronea", "Mercurial Vision", "Stipple", "Our Quiet Company", "Step In Step Out" Joe Dassin, “Les Champs-Elysees”

It’s a 13-hour flight to Dubai. Not the kind of travel to be taken lightly but worth it for the experience of Art Dubai. For visitors like me, Art Dubai represents more than the other fairs like the Armory Show or Miami Basel because the fair was the best excuse I could come up with to visit the Middle East. Like all art fairs, Art Dubai was primarily focused on sales, however, there was a consolidated effort by the fair to extend beyond the walls of the fair itself in order to become an entire art world event representing the region as a whole. Proof of this was in the number of the auxiliary programs, the many parallel events in the city that were directly supported by the fair, and the “Global Art Forum” lecture series that made the fair feel less like a sales driven event and more like an all encompassing cultural event. Art Dubai fully supported the Al Bastakiya Art Fair, the one official fringe art fair, by running a bus between the fairs and encouraging all visitors to spend time at both fairs. Art Dubai even ran programs in other cities like tours of the Sharjah Museum, or programs in Doha. The fair fully supported the START program, a Middle East based program that helps orphans, refugees and street children in the MENASA (Middle East North Africa South Asia) region, through creative development. While at the fair, I participated in one of START’s programs and helped introduce local autistic children to art-making and the fair itself. While the fair is not in charge of what any individual gallery chooses to show, there were some excellent pieces on display. Some of the highlights included El Anatsui’s “In the World But Don't Know the World” piece at London’s October Gallery booth. El Anatsui’s metal sculpture made from tens of thousands of bottle-tops that evoked sublime awe at its sheer enormity while also provoking a dialog about the cultural, social and economic histories of West Africa.By far, the most provoking and stimulating piece at Art Dubai was created by the winner of the Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Kader Attia and his curator Laurie Farrell. The Abraaj Capital Art Prize provides $1 million dollars in funding to three curator/artist pairs from MENASA to produce unique pieces for Art Dubai. Algerian born artist Kader Attia and curator Laurie Farrell produced “History of a Myth: Le Petit Dome du Rocher” which is an installation based in deep understanding of history and philosophy. In the piece, the viewer enters a darkened room to see a live camera feed projecting a sculpture of a bolt and nuts enlarged many times its size. The projection of the sculpture evokes the architecture of the Dome of the Rock and in so doing refers to Arab-Muslim history and all of the complexity of issues that surround representations of that history. The most amazing part of the installation is that it is an installation that cannot be accurately described in words, but a viewer must be in the room itself to feel the piece. Throughout the installation, there is a gentle breeze and sounds of nature that are subtly vibrating the sculpture and thus the projection as well. Kader Attia’s piece provides a peaceful space of contemplation where the viewer can mediate on the myriad of issues surrounding historical, architectural, political or aesthetic interpretations. The piece is simultaneously peaceful and provocative, troubling and soothing, pensive and visceral. Creating a piece that refuses to fit into any preconceived binary is definitely a piece that should not be missed.Next year’s Art Dubai fair should be even bigger and more comprehensive than this years and is definitely worth 13 hour flight.

El Anatsui has gained widespread international acclaim in recent years for his dazzling metallic tapestries made from liquor bottle tops. Listen to El Anatsui talk about his work.

El Anatsui has gained widespread international acclaim in recent years for his dazzling metallic tapestries made from liquor bottle tops. Listen to El Anatsui talk about his work.

The University of Arizona Museum of Art presented the sculpture of El Anatsui, one of Africa’s foremost living artists, and one who has had enormous impact on a subsequent generation. “El Anatsui: GAWU,” on view at the UA Museum of Art from Nov. 1, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008, features seven large-scale sculptures by the artist. El Anatsui was recently named by the British publication The Independent as one of the 50 greatest cultural figures shaping the African continent. “El Anatsui: GAWU” is an Oriel Mostyn Gallery touring exhibition and was generously supported by the Arts Council of Wales. Additional funding was provided by Wales Arts International. El “Anatsui: GAWU,” the artist’s first solo exhibition in the United States, visits the UA Museum of Art after presentations at The Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida, Gainesville, and The Fowler Museum at UCLA. The exhibition’s final presentation will take place at the Smithsonian’s National Museum for African Art in Washington, DC.

UA art history professor Mikelle Omari-Tunkara will speak about contemporary African art and the world of El Anatsui, whose work is on display at the UA Museum of Art through Jan. 20. Omari-Tunkara’s public talk will be held at the UA Museum of Art. Nov. 14, 2007