Theaster Gates
Projects Talks/Exhibitions Contact Links Resume
Whitney Video Announcement
Gestures of Resistance
Bad At Sports Interview with Kathyrn Born
An interview done this year. One of the few conversations I have done about my practice.
A Conversation with 3 Arts Foundation
This interview is a really important one to me. 3 Arts, an artist dedicated, Chicago based foundation, makes funds available for women, artists of color and disabled artists. This is one of my few videotaped soap box sessions. Thanks to Esther and Mark at 3 Arts for the opportunity!
Our Literal Speed
An Artist and a Citizen
An interview with Kelly Huang for the Art:21 blog.
Museum of Contemporary Art
Performance snatches from the MCA exhibition
Kiku Hibino
Kiku is a sound designer and electronic musician. He is responsible for the Plate Convergence sound installation. While I was probably one of his most ill-behaved clients, I believe we did amazing work together. Please visit his site.
Van Abbe Museum
The Van Abbe, in Eindhoven Netherlands recently hosted the Black Monks of Mississippi in an exhibition called the Heartland. The show, up through February looks at Contemporary artists and art practices that developed along the Mississippi. With several conversations, I realized that that river means very different things to different people. The Museum hosting the first formal performance of the Black Monks.
Stoptime 341 Productions
Chris Andrews: Video Installation, Sound and Video Engineering, New Media
Museum of Contemporay Art
Bernard Colbert
Photography: Fashion, Portrait, Stock, Object
Sarah Pooley
Sarah and I have been working togeher over the last year. She is one of the hottest young photographers in the city and has been extremely helpful to my practice. If you are in need of a great eye and thoughtful person, send her a note.
Dawoud Bey- Blog
Photographer and mentor to so many, Dawoud has an uncanny way of calling it like it is in the most thoughtful of ways. He moves through Museum and gallery spaces with an alacrity rarely seen and is a great artist to live vicariously through. If you are fortunate enough to catch a Dawoud Bey fritatta on Sunday morning, you'll know your place in heaven is secured.
Representations: Reflecting Culture, Politics and Aesthetics
This blog, managed by Lee Ann Norman, logs the conversations we are having with artists, administrators, curators and collectors of color regarding the state of contemporary art theory and practice around issues of race, agency, generational trends, provincialism and the BLACK question.
Michelle Litvin
Michelle Litvin is an architectural photographer who I have worked with for the past year. Her artistic interests includes shooting artist's works in progress. Her photography has helped to illuminate the Yamaguchi narrative.
Artist Connect Talk: Museum of the Art Institute
This talk at the Museum of the Art Institute gave me an opportunity to talk about my art practice and the Yamaguchi Institute in relationship to a work in their permanent collection.
Kavi Gupta Gallery
OPP