El Anatsui: "Broken Bridge II"

"I come from a place where you have a lot of sky. But [in New York City] you have to really look up to realize that there is eventually sky, somewhere. ...Sky is not a common commodity."

—El Anatsui, from the Art21 Exclusive video, El Anatsui: "Broken Bridge II"

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