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Preservation Hall

by Jessica Powers
Theaster Gates at Seattle Art Museum December 9th, 2011 - July 1st, 2012
Posted 12/13/11

Last Thursday, I attended the opening of Theaster Gates' new project at the Seattle Art Museum, The Listening Room, not quite knowing what to expect. As the recipient of the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship for 2011-2012, Gates was given a room in the museum, a cash prize, and a mandate to pursue his practice however he saw fit. Gates is interdisciplinary enough that anything might be possible. In the past his work has used urban planning, community organizing, architecture, music, performanc... [more]

Total Recall

by Robyn Farrell Roulo
Zachary Cahill, Theaster Gates, Matthew Paul Jinks, Aspen Mays, Cauleen Smith at Roots & Culture February 19th, 2011 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Posted 3/6/11

An artist now plays many roles outside the traditional definition of their vocation. As educators, interpreters, critics and activists they lend their voice to issues of concern, controversy and history, bringing intellectual and generational interests to the forefront of contemporary culture. Roots and Culture’s current exhibition, "Instruments of Resurrection", includes work from artists who act in all of these roles, including artist-as-collector. I’m not referring to the type of... [more]

Interview with Theaster Gates
by Abraham Ritchie
2010-05-31

Chicago, May 2010 -- Theaster Gates was one of several Chicago-based artists included in the 2010 Whitney Biennial. If you missed his work there (Cosmology of the Yard, 2010), there's still time to see his solo exhibition at the Milwaukee Art Museum, "To Speculate Darkly: Theaster Gates and Dave the Potter" (April 16 - August 1, 2010) or his work included in the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston's "Hand + Made: The Performative Impulse in Art and Craft" (May 15 - July 25, 2010). Theaster Gates'... [more]