Theaster Gates
$72.00
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
18 September 2015
Summary
The first monograph of Chicago-based Theaster Gates, one of the most exciting and highly regarded contemporary artists at work today.
Theaster Gates has developed an expanded artistic practice that includes space development, object making, performance and critical engagement with many publics. Gates transforms spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions.
Gates’s training as an urban planner and sculptor, and subsequent time spent studying clay, has given him keen awaren…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780714868806 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0714868809 |
| Author: | Carol Becker, Achim Borchardt-Hume, Lisa Lee |
| Publisher: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | Phaidon Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 18 September 2015 |
| Weight: | 1.03kg |
| Dimensions: | 290mm x 250mm x 15mm |
| Series: | Phaidon Contemporary Artists Series |
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Critics Review
“the poster boy for socially engaged art” -ArtReview “[Gates] allows places of non-elitist art to become places the art world looks to for its avant-garde” -The Independent on Sunday
‘The poster boy for socially engaged art.’ – ArtReview
‘[Gates] allows places of non-elitist art to become places the art world looks to for its avant-garde.’ – The Independent on Sunday
‘The book is a beautiful, well-made and oversized paperback with an attractive dust jacket. The layout, graphics and photos are excellent throughout.’ – New Art Examiner
On the Contemporary Artists Series
‘The boldest, best executed, and most far-reaching publishing project devoted to contemporary art. These books will revolutionize the way contemporary art is presented and written about.’ – Artforum
‘The combination of intelligent analysis, personal insight, useful facts and plentiful pictures is a superb format invaluable for specialists but also interesting for casual readers, it makes these books a must for the library of anyone who cares about contemporary art.’ – Time Out
‘A unique series of informative monographs on individual artists.’ – The Sunday Times
‘Gives the reader the impression of a personal encounter with the artists. Apart from the writing which is lucid and illuminating, it is undoubtedly the wealth of lavish illustrations which makes looking at these books a satisfying entertainment.’ – The Art Book
About The Author
Carol Becker
Theaster Gates is an artist whose practice includes sculpture, installation, performance, architecture and urban interventions designed to bridge the gap between art and life.
Carol Becker is Dean of Faculty and Professor of the Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts. She has published numerous articles and books on cultural criticism including The Invisible Drama: Women and the Anxiety of Change (1987) and Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production (2010).
Achim Borchardt-Hume is Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern in London. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Curator at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.
Lisa Yun Lee is the Director of the School of Art & Art History, a visiting curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum, and a member of the Art History, Museum and Exhibition Studies, and Gender and Women s Studies faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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