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DESCRIPTION:Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;Maxwell African Scho
 lars Union presents&nbsp\;Designing a Working Space for an Art Icon: A Con
 versation between El Anatsui and Tony AsareArchitect Tony Asare and artist
 \nEl Anatsui will discuss their collaboration on the design of Anatsui’s a
 rt\nstudio in Ghana. The conversation will focus on the joy and challenges
  of\ncommunication between an architect who was tasked to give form to an 
 art\nstudio\, and an artist whose work is often described to have “unfixed
  form.” \n\n&nbsp\;\n\nThe conversation will be\nmoderated by Yutaka Sho\,
  Associate Professor\, School of Architecture\, Syracuse\nUniversityTony A
 sare \n\nTony Asare is the director of the architecture firm Tekton Consul
 t in Accra\, Ghana. He has practiced in Ghana\, Senegal\, Gambia and other
  African countries for over 24 years. He was trained at the School of Arch
 itecture in Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi\,
  Ghana\, and Urban Planning and Infrastructure Management from Human Settl
 ement Management Institute (HUDCO) in Delhi\, India. Tony was the winner o
 f the Affordable Housing competition while he was still a student\; Social
  Housing for slum upgrading in Amui-Dzor\, Ashaiman\; and the Conservation
  and Restoration of Historical Homes for the Elmina Cultural Heritage and 
 Management Programme\, together with Urban Solutions. Tony designed the ma
 scot of the Under 20 Soccer Tournament held in Ghana in 1999. Tony writes 
 a blog gongnbeater.com about infrastructure and planning issues in Ghana.\
 n\n&nbsp\;\n\nEl Anatsui\n\nEl Anatsui\, a Ghanaian artist\nliving and wor
 king in Nigeria\, is best known for his sculpture made with\ntypically dis
 carded materials such as thousands of folded and crumpled pieces\nof alumi
 num bottle caps sourced from local alcohol recycling stations and bound\nt
 ogether with copper wire. His use of these materials reflects his interest
  in\nreuse\, transformation\, and an intrinsic desire to connect to his co
 ntinent\,\nAfrica\, while transcending the limitations of place. His work 
 can interrogate\nthe history of colonialism and draw connections between c
 onsumption\, waste\, and\nthe environment\, but at the core is his unique 
 formal language that\ndistinguishes his practice. His work has been shown 
 at some of the most\nprestigious art collections in the world including Th
 e Metropolitan Museum of\nArt\, NY\; The Museum of Modern Art\, NY\; Natio
 nal Museum of African Art\,\nSmithsonian Institution\, Washington DC\; The
  British Museum\; and the Vatican\nMuseum.&nbsp\;Co-sponsored by the Schoo
 l of Architecture and the College of Visual and Performing ArtsClick here 
 to registerFor more information or to request accommodation arrangements\,
  please contact Havva Karakas Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.&nbsp\;
DTEND:20210422T224500Z
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SUMMARY:Designing a Working Space for an Art Icon: A Conversation between E
 l Anatsui and Tony Asare
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Moynihan Institute of Global Affairs&nbsp\;
 </p><p>Maxwell African Scholars Union presents&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p><st
 rong>Designing a Working Space for an Art Icon: A Conversation between El 
 Anatsui and Tony Asare</strong></p><p><br></p>Architect Tony Asare and art
 ist\nEl Anatsui will discuss their collaboration on the design of Anatsui’
 s art\nstudio in Ghana. The conversation will focus on the joy and challen
 ges of\ncommunication between an architect who was tasked to give form to 
 an art\nstudio\, and an artist whose work is often described to have “unfi
 xed form.” <p>\n\n</p>&nbsp\;<p>\n\n</p><p>The conversation will be\nmoder
 ated by Yutaka Sho\, Associate Professor\, School of Architecture\, Syracu
 se\nUniversity</p><p><br></p><b>Tony Asare </b><p>\n\n</p>Tony Asare is th
 e director of the architecture firm Tekton Consult in Accra\, Ghana. He ha
 s practiced in Ghana\, Senegal\, Gambia and other African countries for ov
 er 24 years. He was trained at the School of Architecture in Kwame Nkrumah
  University of Science and Technology in Kumasi\, Ghana\, and Urban Planni
 ng and Infrastructure Management from Human Settlement Management Institut
 e (HUDCO) in Delhi\, India. Tony was the winner of the Affordable Housing 
 competition while he was still a student\; Social Housing for slum upgradi
 ng in Amui-Dzor\, Ashaiman\; and the Conservation and Restoration of Histo
 rical Homes for the Elmina Cultural Heritage and Management Programme\, to
 gether with Urban Solutions. Tony designed the mascot of the Under 20 Socc
 er Tournament held in Ghana in 1999. Tony writes a blog gongnbeater.com ab
 out infrastructure and planning issues in Ghana.<p>\n\n</p>&nbsp\;<p>\n\n<
 /p><b>El Anatsui</b><p>\n\n</p><p>El Anatsui\, a Ghanaian artist\nliving a
 nd working in Nigeria\, is best known for his sculpture made with\ntypical
 ly discarded materials such as thousands of folded and crumpled pieces\nof
  aluminum bottle caps sourced from local alcohol recycling stations and bo
 und\ntogether with copper wire. His use of these materials reflects his in
 terest in\nreuse\, transformation\, and an intrinsic desire to connect to 
 his continent\,\nAfrica\, while transcending the limitations of place. His
  work can interrogate\nthe history of colonialism and draw connections bet
 ween consumption\, waste\, and\nthe environment\, but at the core is his u
 nique formal language that\ndistinguishes his practice. His work has been 
 shown at some of the most\nprestigious art collections in the world includ
 ing The Metropolitan Museum of\nArt\, NY\; The Museum of Modern Art\, NY\;
  National Museum of African Art\,\nSmithsonian Institution\, Washington DC
 \; The British Museum\; and the Vatican\nMuseum.&nbsp\;</p><p><br></p><p>C
 o-sponsored by the School of Architecture and the College of Visual and Pe
 rforming Arts</p><p><br></p><p><a href="https://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us
 /meeting/register/tJUtcO2pqjouHdZKcg8UTouTEY1zOxHLE1IB " title="Click here
  to register">Click here to register</a></p><p><br></p><p>For more informa
 tion or to request accommodation arrangements\, please contact Havva Karak
 as Keles\, hkarakas@syr.edu.&nbsp\;</p>
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