Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Theaster Gates - Sculptor as Social Activist

Theaster Gates, Installation View of An Epitaph for Civil Rights and Other Domesticated Structures
 
Mining the material culture of the American Civil Rights Movement, Gates sculpture remembers the hoses uses to disperse crowds of demonstrators. Gates recently won the prestigious Vera List Center Prize for sculpture in 2014 and the Artes Mundi award.

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