Earth’s skin
Brooklyn Museum exhibits a work by a world-renowned artist from Ghana – “Earth’s skin”. It is an artwork of great interest in many ways, therefore it would be worthy to take a closer look at it and analyze from several perspectives. What immediately strikes a regular audience is the material used to create the piece. What at first looks like a giant curtain, turns out to be a mosaic of aluminum and copper wires. Use of such materials reflects the author’s interest in recycling and transformation of raw materials. This work is a combination of a western form – ...
