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By Photo courtesy of Hood Museum of Art

April 4, 2008 | 12:00 a.m. CDT

For El Anatsui, "Wastepaper Bag," created from discarded metal plates used to print obituary pages, represents the wasted lives of many Africans who died too young. It's part of "Gawu," the artist's first U.S. show.

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