
The Amethyst Pair
2020
A 2020 mixed-media work by Emmanuel Taku combining acrylic and paper collage on canvas, titled 'The Amethyst Pair.' The work demonstrates Taku's contemporary approach to layering materials and creating visual narratives.
- Medium
- acrylic and paper collage on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
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July 13, 2021
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Romare Bearden
American · b. 1911

Bearden pioneered mixed media collage works that combine bold color, paper layering, and expressive figuration on canvas, closely mirroring the material and visual language seen in The Amethyst Pair. His integration of collage with painted surfaces creates the same dynamic tension between materials that defines Taku's approach.

Njideka Akunyili Crosby
Nigerian American · b. 1983

Crosby creates contemporary mixed media works that layer paper collage, acrylic, and transfer imagery onto canvas in a bold and colorful manner highly consistent with Taku's practice. Her work shares the same contemporary African artistic sensibility and commitment to building rich visual narratives through layered materials.

El Anatsui
Ghanaian · b. 1944

Anatsui's work similarly emphasizes layered mixed media surfaces with expressive, abstract, and colorful qualities that resonate with the bold contemporary approach of The Amethyst Pair. His commitment to building complex visual narratives through assembled and collaged materials reflects the same artistic philosophy evident in Taku's work.
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