SCULPTOR

El Anatsui

1944 - Today

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El Anatsui (; born 4 February 1944) is a Ghanaian sculptor active for much of his career in Nigeria. He has drawn particular international attention for his "bottle-top installations". These installations consist of thousands of aluminum pieces sourced from alcohol recycling stations and sewn together with copper wire, which are then transformed into metallic cloth-like wall sculptures. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of El Anatsui has received more than 373,412 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. El Anatsui is the 223rd most popular sculptor, the 23rd most popular biography from Ghana and the most popular Ghanaian Sculptor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 53.48

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.18

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, El Anatsui ranks 223 out of 258. Before him are Duane Hanson, Franz West, Imre Varga, Giuseppe Prinzi, Peter Clodt von Jürgensburg, and Alfred Hrdlicka. After him are János Fadrusz, Rosemarie Trockel, Daniel Chester French, Martin Kippenberger, Nikolai Tomsky, and Anna Golubkina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, El Anatsui ranks 549. Before him are Michael Tilson Thomas, Michael Franks, Chris von Saltza, Férid Boughedir, Sherry Lansing, and Peter Jason. After him are Nelson Acosta, Bobby Heenan, Willy Planckaert, Emilio Zapico, Alex Acuña, and Jacques Beurlet.

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In Ghana

Among people born in Ghana, El Anatsui ranks 23 out of 162. Before him are Efua Dorkenoo (1949), Ignatius Kutu Acheampong (1931), Ama Ata Aidoo (1942), Sulley Muntari (1984), John Mahama (1958), and Asamoah Gyan (1985). After him are Peter Poreku Dery (1918), Fred Akuffo (1937), Gerald Asamoah (1978), Ibrahim Sunday (1944), Hilla Limann (1934), and Alphonso Davies (2000).

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Among SCULPTORS In Ghana

Among sculptors born in Ghana, El Anatsui ranks 1. After him are Eric Adjetey Anang (1985).

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