In Conversation: El Anatsui with Susan Vogel

How did a 68-year-old artist from Nsukka, Nigeria, become a near-overnight sensation in the global art world? El Anatsui discusses his rise to fame, his inspiration, and the process behind the large-scale installations on view in Gravity and Grace with Kevin Dumouchelle, Associate Curator of the Arts of Africa and the Pacific Islands, and Susan Vogel, filmmaker and author of El Anatsui: Art and Life. This event took place at the Brooklyn Museum Sunday, February 10, 2013 Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui February 8 -- August 4, 2013 http://www.brooklynmuseum.org/exhibitions/el_anatsui/