"Black River" was created by El Antatsui . He was born in Ghana in 1944. He made this piece in 2009 with a team of assistants. El Antatsui is known as one of the most exciting artists of artwork anywhere. He and his assistants assembled discarded liquor bottle caps into a metallic tapestry. I wonder if he was an alcoholic. The exhibition is devoid of a linking theme, although notions of craft, colonialism, and urban experience chase one another. I wonder why he chose gold. To make it look rich or maybe to stand out. I would like to know why it is called Black River. I see a few strips of black coming down halfway but it doesn't look like a river. It also looks like there are mountains or very large rocks or cliffs under the bottle caps. I also wonder why he edged it so oddly shaped. I think he was trying to resemble a town , city , state, or even a country. I find it very strange that this is considered a piece of art. Some say that the "Black River" hints at Africa's long history of slavery. I wonder if this is what this piece is about or something else.
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