Ep. 15 - El Anatsui's "Black River" (2009)

The Lonely Palette

Arts, Podcast, Art, Museum, Painting, Modern Art, Visual Arts, Art History

4.8 • 857 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2017

⏱️ 23 minutes

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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”

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0:45.0	Oh well I'm looking at a nice big hunk of art.
0:53.0	Hmm.
0:55.0	I don't know, it's a little hard to see what it's made of.
1:02.0	Bottle caps, buttons, recycled. see what it's it's made of bottle caps buttons recycled
1:04.8	wrappers. The sort of texture which is kind of like a rumpled quilt on a bed almost. The bottom half reminds me kind of
1:16.7	of like a plated skirt made out of reeds but made out of tin foil.
1:25.0	Right, it's a lot like a tapestry, but instead of lying flat,
1:29.0	it's got a lot of body to it in an organic way.
1:33.4	It's kind of just like waves of the ocean.
1:35.2	It's just, it's not flat, it's not even.
1:38.2	I just wanted to rip it off the wall.
1:39.8	I want to hear it chime and I just want to roll around in it and hear the sounds it makes.
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