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Bottle caps as art material

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Bottle caps as art material

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found: Work cat: Goldberg, A. Bottle tops, 2020:ECIP summary (tapestries made from repurposed bottle tops) t.p. (the art of El Anatsui) galley (a new medium for making art; bottle top sculptures) (DLC)2020057959

found: ARTstor, Dec. 28, 2020(creator: El Anatsui; date: 2006; material: aluminum liquor bottle caps)

found: Clark Art Institute website, Dec. 26, 2020(weaving together discarded aluminum tops from Nigerian liquor bottles, Anatsui creates large-scale sculptures) - https://www.clarkart.edu/microsites/el-anatsui/exhibition

found: El Anatsui website, Dec. 23, 2020(under Biography: El Anatsui uses resources typically discarded such as liquor bottle caps; under Artworks/Medium & materials: aluminum (liquor bottle caps) and copper wire) - https://elanatsui.art/

found: Guardian (via Internet), rev. June 22, 2020(bottle cap has more versatility than canvas and oil; a medium to occupy a lifetime) - https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/jun/21/bottle-caps-versatile-el-anatsui-everyday-art

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2020-12-26: new
2021-04-15: revised

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