Theaster
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Theaster Gates is an installation artist whose works often centre around social and racial themes, with an aim of highlighting cultural differences and improving underprivileged neighbourhoods through a combination of urban planning and the different mediums of art – he founded the Rebuild Foundation, with some of its most famous works including the restoration of various vacant buildings, and resulting transformations into cultural installations.

« Sometimes the creating that we do is creating a platform that allows other creative people to pitch in. »
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United States / male artist / Site Specific Art / Found Object / Performance art / Appropriation / Activist art / Abstract art

Gates’ initial foray into art was through the medium of pottery – a skill that he studied for some time in Japan. His installations are often thought-provoking and layered with meaning;

« There were a series of moments when I decided that art was important, and it was an important vehicle for me to express my interest in spaces. »

Theaster Gates

one of his most famous pieces, included in his ‘The Minor Arts’ collection, featured him taking an axe to one of his paintings – the final outcome was a glossy black canvas featuring a gaping hole in its centre, something that Gates has stated was a message regarding the lack of education funding and subsequent closing of various black and poor schools.

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