Black Image Corporation
Fondazione Prada
Milano Osservatorio, Milan
September 20, 2018 – January 14, 2019
BackPress Release
For Fondazione Prada Osservatorio, Theaster Gates has conceived a coral and participatory exhibition focused on the works of two photographers: Moneta Sleet Jr. and Isaac Sutton. As stated by Gates, “for this show, I hope to tease out the creation of female iconic moments by Sleet and Sutton and also offer small forays into the lives of everyday people through never-before-seen images from the Johnson Collection. The archives speak about beauty and black female power. Today it seems to me a good time to dig into the visual lexicon of the American book and show images that are rarely seen outside of my community. I wanted to celebrate women of all kinds and especially black women”.
Selected Works
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada
Exhibition view of “The Black Image Corporation” A project by Theaster Gates
20 September 2018 – 14 January 2019 Fondazione Prada Osservatorio
Photo Delfino Sisto Legnani and Marco Cappelletti Courtesy Fondazione Prada