Theaster Gates
Theaster Gates
Theaster Gatesis an American Social Practice installation artist. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, where he still lives and works. Gates' work has been shown at major museums and galleries internationally and deals with issues of urban planning, religious space, and craft. He is committed to the revitalization of poor neighborhoods through combining urban planning and art practices...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionArtist
CountryUnited States of America
thinking artist trying
I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles. Rather, I'm trying to do what for some seems a very messy work or a complicated work.
thinking museums stuff
What I think museums do very well is that they say to a public, "We have some stuff that's worth looking at."
artist museums ideas
The reason artists want to have works in museums is that we want our works to be seen by as many people as possible and we want our ideas to be understood in more complicated ways.
thinking allowing
I think I'm passionately allowing myself to be influenced by the things that are around me.
thinking opportunity willingness
I have the willingness to think fully about where opportunities are and where they live.
art thinking museums
The fact that the work is affirmed by the Museum of Contemporary Art I think sends continued signals that this is worth paying attention to, looking at, and understanding.
believe i-believe
I believe that beauty is a basic service.