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El Anatsui, Akua's Surviving Children, 1996
El Anatsui, Akua's Surviving Children, 1996 Courtesy the Artist and October Gallery, London.

El Anatsui

Akua's Surviving Children, 1996
Found wood and metal
height 165 cm, variable dimensions
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Exhibitions

Entangled Pasts 1968-now, group exhibition Royal Academy, London, 3 February - 28 April 2024

El Anatsui: When I Last Wrote To You About Africa, organised by the Museum for African Art, New York, USA; touring to the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada; Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina; Denver Art Museum, Colorado; University, of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, 2010-12
Uncomfortable Truths: The Shadow of Slave Trading on Contemporary Art, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK, 2007
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