El Anatsui, Alte Nationalgalerie
Ozone Layer and Yam Mounds. 2010
Site-specific sculpture in the columned vestibule of the Alte Nationalgalerie.
The inscription at the cornice "DER DEUTSCHEN KUNST MDCCCLXXI" ("To the German Art 1871") refers to the formal unification of Germany into a politically and administratively integrated nation state, in the year 1871.
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Detailed presentation
4 June - 26 Sept. 2010, Berlin. A project of the National Gallery - National Museums in Berlin. Works by El Anatsui, Zarina Bhimji, António Ole, Yinka Shonibare, Pascale Marthine Tayou. Curators: Udo Kittelmann, Chika Okeke-Agulu, Britta Schmitz.