1990s onwards · Across AfricaContemporary
Found and recycled materials
The movement
Found and recycled materials
1990s onwards · Across Africa
Artists across the continent who turn what is thrown away, bottle tops, jerrycans, jute sacks, decommissioned weapons, into sculpture and installation about trade, waste and history.
What to look for
Bottle-top tapestries; jerrycan masks; jute-sack walls; scrap-metal thrones; work at the scale of buildings.
Masters of the school
- El Anatsui reference ↗
- Romuald Hazoumè reference ↗
- Ibrahim Mahama reference ↗
- Gonçalo Mabunda reference ↗
- Serge Attukwei Clottey reference ↗
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