Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Gates, Theaster, 1973-
2. Schneider, Anna (Art historian)
3. Haus der Kunst München, host institution

Description

1. 175 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits; 28 cm +

Alternative title

1. Black chapel

Subject

1. Gates, Theaster, 1973- -- Exhibitions.
2. Gates, Theaster, 1973-
3. African American artists -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
4. African American painters -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
5. African American sculptors -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
6. Performance artists -- Exhibitions.
7. Potters -- Exhibitions.
8. Sculpture, Abstract -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
9. Painting, Abstract -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
10. Installations (Art) -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
11. Public art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
12. Public spaces -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
13. African American art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
14. Art, American -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
15. Art, Modern -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
16. Art and society -- United States -- Exhibitions.
17. African Americans in art -- Exhibitions.
18. Racism and the arts -- United States -- Exhibitions.

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Call number

1. Sc F 22-22

Language

1. English

Note

1. Guided by the forms of solidarity found within Black communities, American artist Theaster Gates (born 1973) creates visionary installations that transform public spaces into places of artistic and cultural intervention. In Black Chapel, Gates explores recent German and American history through the life of the great African American athlete Jesse Owens. In this expansive exhibition, Gates responds directly to the architecture of Haus der Kunst's massive Middle Hall, exposing it to a complex and politically charged narrative. Alongside Owens' complete and fully illustrated record collection being made available for the first time, the exhibition consists of several large pavilions containing sculptures, photographs and documents, as well as huge illuminated rotating panels displaying photographs from the archives of Ebony and Jet, two magazines that contributed significantly to the dissemination of Black culture in the United States. This interplay of sculpture and photography interrogates Black history, spirituality and representation, and recasts them visually.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

1. Text in English and German.

Exhibitions (note)

1. Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at Haus Der Kunst, Munich, 25th October, 2019-16th August, 2020.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. Gates, Theaster, 1973- artist, author.
2. Schneider, Anna (Art historian), editor, author.
3. Haus der Kunst München, host institution.

ISBN

1. 9783960988540 (pbk.)
2. 3960988540