The first major exhibition in Australia of internationally acclaimed Ghanaian artist El Anatsui was unveiled today at Carriageworks as part of Sydney Festival 2016 marking the first Schwartz Carriageworks project.  Presented free ot the public from 7 January until 6 March 2016, El Anatsui: Five Decades showcases more than 30 works from the 1970s to the current day, including ceramics, drawings, sculptures and woodcarvings, alongside the intricate and expansive, large-scale installations for which Anatsui is best known.

The project represents the first Schwartz Carriageworks project following the recent gift to Carriageworks of $500,000 by Anna Schwartz, director and founder of Anna Schwartz Gallery, to develop a new five-year series of major international and Australian visual arts projects.