{"product_id":"scottish-mission-book-depot-keta-el-anatsui-9781917137096","title":"Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta: El Anatsui","description":"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGiblin, Tessa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tessa Giblin is the Director of Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh, where she holds a Personal Chair in Contemporary Curating with Edinburgh College of Art. She has recently curated solo exhibitions of Angelica Mesiti, Emeka Ogboh, Samson Young, Lucy Skaer, David Claerbout and Jesse Jones. She was commissioner and curator of Jesse Jones' Tremble Tremble for Ireland at the 57th Biennale di Venezia (2017), which has since continued to tour internationally. She is part of the acquisitions committee of the Frac Bretagne 2020-2022, and from 2006-2016 was Curator of Project Arts Centre in Dublin, Ireland.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMacRobert, Melissa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Melissa MacRobert is Deputy Director at Talbot Rice Gallery. With a focus on project management, artist commissions, research and touring - she has produced exhibitions with Angelica Mesiti, Emeka Ogboh, Samson Young, Myriam Lefkowitz and Lucy Skaer in addition to various major international group exhibitions including \u003ci\u003eThe Normal, Pine's Eye, Borderlines\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAt the Gates\u003c\/i\u003e. She was co-editor of Emeka Ogboh \u003ci\u003eSong of the Union\u003c\/i\u003e (Talbot Rice Gallery, 2021) and has co-ordinated a number of artist publications including Ken Price \u003ci\u003eA Survey of Sculptures and Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e (H\u0026amp;W Publishers\/DelMonico Prestel, 2017); Guillermo Kuitca (H\u0026amp;W Publishers\/Snoeck, 2016); Phyllida Barlow \u003ci\u003eFifty Years of Drawings\u003c\/i\u003e (JRP Ringier, 2014); Takesada Matsutani \u003ci\u003eA Matrix\u003c\/i\u003e (JRP Ringier, 2013).\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnatsui, El:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"\u003cp\u003eInternationally acclaimed artist, \u003cb\u003eEl Anatsui\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e(b. 1944, Anyako, Ghana) has a long and\u003cbr\u003edistinguished career as both sculptor and\u003cbr\u003eteacher - he taught at the University of\u003cbr\u003eNigeria, Nsukka for nearly four decades. In\u003cbr\u003e2015, he was awarded the Venice Biennale's\u003cbr\u003ehighest honour, the Golden Lion for Lifetime\u003cbr\u003eAchievement. In 2014, El Anatsui was made\u003cbr\u003ean Honorary Royal Academician and elected to\u003cbr\u003ethe American Academy of Arts and Sciences.\u003cbr\u003eMajor solo exhibitions include Royal Ontario\u003cbr\u003eMuseum, Toronto (2010); National Museum\u003cbr\u003eof Ethnology, Osaka (2010); Akron Art\u003cbr\u003eMuseum, Akron, Ohio (2012), which travelled\u003cbr\u003eto the Brooklyn Museum, New Y ork and the\u003cbr\u003eDes Moines Art Center, Iowa (2013); Bass\u003cbr\u003eMuseum of Art, Miami (2014); and Museum\u003cbr\u003eof Contemporary Art, San Diego (2015). In\u003cbr\u003e2019, El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale, a major\u003cbr\u003ecareer survey curated by Okwui Enwezor and\u003cbr\u003eChika Okeke-Agulu, was presented at Haus\u003cbr\u003eder Kunst, Munich, before touring to Mathaf: \u003cbr\u003eArab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, 2019; and\u003cbr\u003eKunstmuseum Bern, 2020. Anatsui's works\u003cbr\u003ehave been featured in Ghana's first National Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2019); the\u003cbr\u003eMarrakech Biennale (2016); Biennale of Sydney\u003cbr\u003e(2012); Moscow Biennale, (2009); Venice\u003cbr\u003eBiennale and Sharjah Biennial (2007); Biennale\u003cbr\u003eof African Art, Dakar (2006); Gwangju\u003cbr\u003eBiennale (2004); Johannesburg Biennale (1995);\u003cbr\u003eHavana Biennale (1994); Venice Biennale\u003cbr\u003e(1990). In 2023, El Anatsui's largest work to\u003cbr\u003edate Behind the Red Moon was unveiled at the\u003cbr\u003eTate Modern's Turbine Hall for the site-specific\u003cbr\u003eHyundai Commission which toured to the\u003cbr\u003eMuseum of Art Pudong (MAP), Shanghai in\u003cbr\u003e2024. His work is held in prestigious public\u003cbr\u003ecollections across the globe including: The\u003cbr\u003eBritish Museum, London; Centre Pompidou, \u003cbr\u003eParis; de Young Museum, San Francisco;\u003cbr\u003eSmithsonian Institution, Washington;\u003cbr\u003eGuggenheim Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi; Los\u003cbr\u003eAngeles County Museum of Art, California;\u003cbr\u003eThe National Gallery of Contemporary\u003cbr\u003eArt, Lagos; Brooklyn Museum, New York;\u003cbr\u003eMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Tate\u003cbr\u003eModern, London; 21st Century Museum of\u003cbr\u003eContemporary Art, Kanazawa, among others.\u003c\/p\u003e\"","brand":"Edinburgh University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51890657034514,"sku":"9781917137096","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_068700e2-85f8-4773-b18a-f44a70946648.jpg?v=1768313424","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/scottish-mission-book-depot-keta-el-anatsui-9781917137096","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}