El Anatsui, originally from Ghana, one of Africa's most acclaimed contemporary artists, stands in front of his tapestry sculpture "Between Earth and Heaven, after overseeing its installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, Monday Jan. 7 , 2008. Made from aluminum, copper wire, and thousands of bottle caps, the sculpture was created in Nigeria in 2006 and acquired that same year by the museum to occupy one entire wall among its renowned collection of African art. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) Bebeto Matthews