El Anatsui (@elanatsui_art) was born in 1944 in Anyako, Ghana, into a culture where everyday objects carried their own stories. This early sensibility defined the way he would later approach material and memory. His early practice focused on wood carving and ceramics. They served as mediums through which he explored language, identity and the histories embedded in African material culture. By the late 1990s, a shift occurred as everyday metal became his canvas. Discarded bottle caps, aluminum fr