Past exhibitionNational Gallery of Art

In the Tower: Theaster Gates: The Minor Arts

Mar 5, 2017 〜 Sep 4, 2017

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ABOUT

Overview: Theaster Gates (b. 1973) weaves together personal and cultural narratives, creating objects that speak to a particular time and place, and to the arc of American history. Popularly known for large-scale projects that transform vacant buildings into work of art, Gates has said that he is motivated by a desire to “reenvision place. . . not just as an art project, but as a way of living.”The Minor Arts imagines a world in which up is down, the past is present, and the marginalized becomes central. Salvaging discarded materials found in and around his native Chicago, Gates responds to the decline of urban institutions and traditions, and resurrects them as art. At the same time, he dra

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Theaster Gates

Themes

Theaster Gates Contemporary Art Minor Arts Sculpture Installation Contemporary Art Contemporary 21st Century

About the venue

Washington, D.C., United States

National Gallery of Art

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The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress. Andrew W. Mellon donated a substantial art collection and funds for construction.

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