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NewDay Speaker Theaster Gates

03.05.2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

| Free

NewDay Speaker Theaster Gates

Free
03.05.2018 | 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm

NEWDAY SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES

Theaster Gates (b. 1973, Chicago, USA) lives and works in Chicago. Gates creates work that focuses on space theory and land development, sculpture and performance. Drawing on his interest and training in urban planning and preservation, Gates redeems spaces that have been left behind. And brings the conversation of space to the forefront of contemporary art practice.

Known for his recirculation of art-world capital, Gates creates work from the focuses on the possibility of the “life within things.” Gates smartly upturns art values, land values, and human values. In all aspects of his work, he contends with the notion of Black space as a formal exercise – one defined by collective desire, artistic agency, and the tactics of a pragmatist.

Gates has exhibited and performed at the National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., USA (2017); Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada (2016); Fondazione Prada, Milan, Italy (2016); Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2013); Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy (2013) and dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany (2012). He was the winner of the Artes Mundi 6 prize and the Nasher Prize for Sculpture 2018 and is the recent recipient of the Légion

During the lecture, Theaster will engage in a dynamic conversation with urban architect, Dan Pitera and present their work through the lens of art, architecture and resilience. This lecture is  a collaborative speaker event hosted by the Phyllis Taylor Center for Social Innovation and Design Thinking, the Tulane School of Architecture, and the Newcomb Art Department .

This event is FREE and OPEN to the public. Doors open at 5 PM with reception in the lobby. Lecture starts at 6 PM

For more information about Theaster Gates, visit https://dova.uchicago.edu/faculty/gates-0


New Orleans LA United States

Organizers

Samantha Fleurinor