El Anatsui (Ghanaian, b. 1944). Conspirators, 1997. Wooden relief with paint, 24 x 55 3/4 x 7/8 in. (61 x 141.6 x 2.2 cm). Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. Brooklyn Museum photograph
Composed of individual strips of wood, this piece can be arranged differently each time it is installed, reflecting the artist’s desire for his work to remain dynamic. Such works were among El Anatsui’s first experiments in the “nonfixed form.”
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