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Theaster Gates : Black Madonna
- Title
- Theaster Gates : Black Madonna / edited by Josef Helfenstein and Daniel Kurjaković.
- Author
- Gates, Theaster, 1973-
- Publication
- Köln : Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König ; Basel : Kunstmuseum Basel, [2019]
- ©2019
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- Description
- 167 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm
- Summary
- For his exhibition "Black Madonna" African-American artist Theaster Gates examined representations of black women, cultural legacies and spirituality. With his band, the Black Monks, he also engaged in a multifaceted musical and performative programme. Through pictorial reportage and new essays, the book illuminates the working methods and concepts underlying the project. Exhibition: Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (09.06. - 21.10.2018)
- Alternative Title
- Black Madonna
- Subject
- Gates, Theaster, 1973- > Exhibitions
- Gates, Theaster, 1973- > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
- Gates, Theaster, 1973-
- African American artists > Exhibitions
- Black Madonnas > Exhibitions
- African American women in art > Exhibitions
- Performance art > Exhibitions
- Social practice (Art) > Exhibitions
- Black Madonnas
- Social practice (Art)
- African American women in art
- Genre/Form
- exhibition catalogs.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Catalogues d'exposition.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Exhibitions (note)
- On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, June 9 - October 21, 2018.
- Contents
- Director's foreward / Josef Helfenstein -- Black Madonna: a libretto in four acts / Elvira Dyangani Ose -- Voicing your body: Theaster Gates and performance / Daniel Kurjaković -- The working-class Madonna / Theaster Gates in conversation with Josef Helfenstein -- Madonna, museums, and the need for (in)corporation / Theaster Gates.
- ISBN
- 9783960987246
- 3960987242
- LCCN
- 9783960987246
- OCLC
- on1140944115
- 1140944115
- SCSB-9662707
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library