02/23 - Time: 1:50pm

Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui

Fold Crumple Crush: The Art of El Anatsui

Film screening followed by a discussion with Professor Noelle King, Art Department, exploring the usage of recycled materials and the creation of authentic African art.

 

"One thing that I have grown into is working with things which have been used before-- things which link people together."

- El Anatsui

Filmed over three years in Venice, Italy, Nsukka, Nigeria, and the U.S., this is a powerful portrait of Africa's most widely acclaimed contemporary artist. Fold Crumple Crush gives an insider's view of the artist's practice, the ingenious steps and thousands of hours of labor that convert used bottle tops into huge, opulent wall hangings. Here Anatsui explains how his artworks have become a marriage of painting and sculpture, objects that speak of African history but also reach for the ethereal-- and he talks about his aspirations for artworks he has yet to make.

53 minutes, Release 2011, Directed by Susan Vogel, reowned filmmaker; curator; African art expert

Sponsored by the SCSU Multicultural Center and the Art Department held in conjunction with the course Art 309: Arts of Africa

Admission: Free and Open to the Public

Event Website: http://www.southernct.edu/mcc/uploads/textWidget/wysiwyg/documents/CrumbleCrushPoster_(1).pdf

Location: Adanti Student Theater

Contact Information: Mrs. Dian Brown-Albert, (203) 392-5888 , brownd2@southernct.edu