As I walked off the escalator at the Broad, the first thing I noticed was this wall hanging, made with scrap aluminum from liquor bottle tops. I immediately recognized it as a work by the same Ghanaian artist whose art I had seen in New York at MOMA and along the High Line, and at UCLA’s Fowler Museum.
El Anatsui (°1944), Red Block, 2010, found aluminum and copper wire, 5.1m x 3.34m (16'9" x 10'11")
«Several thoughts went through my mind when I found the bag of bottle tops in the bush. I thought of the objects as links between my continent, Africa, and Europe. Objects such as these were introduced to Africa by Europeans when they came as traders. Alcohol was one of the commodities brought with them to exchange for goods in Africa. Eventually alcohol became one of the items used in the trans-Atlantic slave trade. They made rum in the West Indies, took it to Liverpool, and then it made its way back to Africa.
I thought that the bottle caps had a strong reference to the history of Africa.» — El Anatsui
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“Pass-Over”
Last night I went with my niece and her two kids to watch the sunset from Magnolia’s Ella Bailey Park, known for it’s great views of downtown Seattle. Just as I took this shot of the haze-framed, almost-full moon, a plane passed over it.
Wishing everyone a Happy Passover!
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Newport Aquarium - Newport, KY
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