Published on 03-09-2011 10:50 PM
The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
Kellen Haak, Collections Manager and Head Registrar
(Currently Kellen is no longer with the Hood.)
In 2005 the Hood was the first U.S. museum to acquire a work by El Anatsui:
Hovor, 2003, aluminum bottle tops and copper wire, approximately 240 x 216 inches. At the time of the purchase, Hovor was traveling in the exhibition GAWU. Kellen didn’t actually see the work in person until January 2007, when GAWU arrived at the Hood. At that point it had already been to five exhibition venues in the United Kingdom and one in the U.S. (Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art). On arriving at the Hood, it had therefore gone through at least six cycles of installation and deinstallation.
Kellen: Over all, my experience with GAWU at the Hood was delightful. I think there were five or six "cloths" in the show. One of the cloths for the Hood's show was a new work, an add-on
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