"At this time in my life, I’m ready to accept or own a kind of romance and melancholy or melodrama that I wasn’t ready to reveal before. It was always there in my inner life as an artist, but I was too afraid to share it."
Peak Project (1999)
Peak Project, 1999
Tin, copper, and wire; Installation dimensions variable, each sheet approximately 24 x 48 inches
Installation view, Artist’s studio, Nsukka, Nigeria
Collection of the artist
Photo: Martin Barlow
Courtesy the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York
© El Anatsui
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