Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates
Theaster Gatesis an American Social Practice installation artist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he still lives and works. Gates' work has been shown at major museums and galleries internationally and deals with issues of urban planning, religious space, and craft. He is committed to the revitalization of poor neighborhoods through combining urban planning and art practices...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
thinking museums stuff
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."
believe i-believe
I believe that beauty is a basic service.
artist museums ideas
The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible and we want our ideas to be understood in more complicated ways.
buddhist race class
I'm not a preacher, but I preach. I'm not a Buddhist, but I chant. I'm not race theorist, but I have questions and ponderances around the complexities of race and class and culture wherever I am.
creating people creative
Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in.
shapes capacity materials
It's not really about the material. It's about our capacity to shape things.
thinking artist trying
I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles. Rather, I'm trying to do what for some seems a very messy work or a complicated work.