Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates The artist as activist, archivist, pedagogue, urban planner and maker: on the multifarious activities of Theaster GatesThis publication accompanies a major new Theaster Gates…
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Theaster Gates
The artist as activist, archivist, pedagogue, urban planner and maker: on the multifarious activities of Theaster GatesThis publication accompanies a major new Theaster Gates exhibition at London's Whitechapel Gallery, focusing on his clay-based work.The transformation of clay--from geological substance into utilitarian and artistic material--is the basis for much of Gates' art and a powerful metaphor for his socially engaged work. This in-depth Using his hands and his imagination, Gates reworks and revitalizes found objects, musical traditions, archive and library holdings and derelict buildings, giving them new form, meaning and purpose.Fully illustrated with examples of pottery, sculptures, installations, films and archive materials, the book also documents a new film by Gates and features essays from leading craft historians and writers.