El Anatsui
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El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor renowned for his monumental wall-hanging installations made from discarded bottle caps and metal fragments, which explore themes of history, consumption, and transformation.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| El Anatsui canonical | 11 |
| Anatsui | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T845858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Anatsui Context triple: [The Phillips Collection, hasWorkBy, El Anatsui]
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A.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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C.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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D.
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija is a contemporary Thai artist known for his participatory, socially engaged installations that often involve cooking and communal gatherings as a form of relational aesthetics.
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E.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: El Anatsui Target entity description: El Anatsui is a Ghanaian sculptor renowned for his monumental wall-hanging installations made from discarded bottle caps and metal fragments, which explore themes of history, consumption, and transformation.
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A.
Tavares Strachan
Tavares Strachan is a Bahamian-born conceptual artist known for his ambitious, research-driven projects that explore themes of identity, history, and the politics of visibility.
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B.
Julie Mehretu
Julie Mehretu is an Ethiopian-American contemporary artist renowned for her large-scale, layered abstract paintings that explore themes of geography, history, and social dynamics.
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C.
Grayson Perry
Grayson Perry is a British contemporary artist and Turner Prize-winning ceramicist known for his elaborate vases, tapestries, and his cross-dressing alter ego, Claire.
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D.
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Rirkrit Tiravanija is a contemporary Thai artist known for his participatory, socially engaged installations that often involve cooking and communal gatherings as a form of relational aesthetics.
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E.
Wolfgang Laib
Wolfgang Laib is a German contemporary artist renowned for his meditative, minimalist installations using natural materials such as pollen, milk, and beeswax.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
contemporary artist
ⓘ
person ⓘ sculptor ⓘ |
| artisticTheme |
colonialism and postcolonialism
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consumption ⓘ global trade ⓘ history ⓘ recycling and reuse ⓘ transformation ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Biennale
ⓘ
linked to:
Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
Praemium Imperiale ⓘ Prince Claus Award ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1944-02-04 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Anyako, Ghana ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1944 ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Ghana ⓘ |
| degree | Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
College of Art, Kumasi
ⓘ
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology ⓘ
linked to:
Kumasi College of Science and Technology
|
| employer | University of Nigeria, Nsukka ⓘ |
| familyName | Anatsui ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
installation art
ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ |
| givenName | El ⓘ |
| hasExhibition |
Brooklyn Museum
ⓘ
Metropolitan Museum of Art ⓘ National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
linked to:
National Museum of African Art
Royal Academy of Arts, London ⓘ
linked to:
Royal Academy of Arts
Venice Biennale ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
African textile traditions
ⓘ
Ewe culture ⓘ
linked to:
Ewe
modernism ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
ⓘ
Ewe ⓘ |
| materialUsed |
aluminum bottle caps
ⓘ
copper wire ⓘ found materials ⓘ metal liquor bottle seals ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary African art ⓘ |
| name | El Anatsui ⓘ |
| nationality | Ghanaian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
monumental wall-hanging installations
ⓘ
use of discarded bottle caps ⓘ use of metal fragments ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Dusasa I
ⓘ
Gli (Wall)} ⓘ Gravity and Grace ⓘ |
| occupation | professor of sculpture ⓘ |
| residence | Nigeria ⓘ |
| workLocation | Nsukka, Nigeria ⓘ |
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Referenced by (12)
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