Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta: El Anatsui
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta: El Anatsui
By (Author) Tessa Giblin
Edited by Melissa MacRobert
Edinburgh University Press
Edinburgh University Press
24th November 2025
United Kingdom
Classifications
Professional and Scholarly
Non Fiction
Human made objects depicted in the arts
Installation art
Physical Properties
Hardback
176
Width 240mm, Height 340mm
Description
An exploration of El Anatsui's artworks at Talbot Rice Gallery in 2024 and the making of Scottish Mission Book Depot Keta the artwork and exhibition which was the most expansive presentation of the Ghanaian artist's metamorphic forms ever seen in the Uk. New essays, an interview with the artist and sumptuous images reconstruct the extraordinary exhibition which united his shape-shifting metallic bottle-top artworks, carved wooden reliefs, printed works on paper and an enormous installation of the facade of the 16th century University of Edinburgh.
Author Bio
Tessa Giblin is the Director of Talbot Rice Gallery at the University of Edinburgh, where she holds a Personal Chair in Contemporary Curating with Edinburgh College of Art. She has recently curated solo exhibitions of Angelica Mesiti, Emeka Ogboh, Samson Young, Lucy Skaer, David Claerbout and Jesse Jones. She was commissioner and curator of Jesse Jones Tremble Tremble for Ireland at the 57th Biennale di Venezia (2017), which has since continued to tour internationally. She is part of the acquisitions committee of the Frac Bretagne 20202022, and from 20062016 was Curator of Project Arts Centre in Dublin, Ireland. Melissa MacRobert is Deputy Director at Talbot Rice Gallery. With a focus on project management, artist commissions, research and touring - she has produced exhibitions with Angelica Mesiti, Emeka Ogboh, Samson Young, Myriam Lefkowitz and Lucy Skaer in addition to various major international group exhibitions including The Normal, Pines Eye, Borderlines and At the Gates. She was co-editor of Emeka Ogboh Song of the Union (Talbot Rice Gallery, 2021) and has co-ordinated a number of artist publications including Ken Price A Survey of Sculptures and Drawings (H&W Publishers/DelMonico Prestel, 2017); Guillermo Kuitca (H&W Publishers/Snoeck, 2016); Phyllida Barlow Fifty Years of Drawings (JRP Ringier, 2014); Takesada Matsutani A Matrix (JRP Ringier, 2013).
