Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Helfenstein, Josef
2. Kurjaković, Daniel
3. Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, host institution.

Description

1. 167 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 24 cm

Summary

1. 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

1. Black Madonna

Subject

1. Gates, Theaster, 1973- > Exhibitions
2. Gates, Theaster, 1973- > Themes, motives > Exhibitions
3. Gates, Theaster, 1973-
4. African American artists > Exhibitions
5. Black Madonnas > Exhibitions
6. African American women in art > Exhibitions
7. Performance art > Exhibitions
8. Social practice (Art) > Exhibitions
9. Black Madonnas
10. Social practice (Art)
11. African American women in art

Genre/Form

1. exhibition catalogs.
2. Exhibition catalogs.
3. Catalogues d'exposition.

Contents

1. 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.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references.

Exhibitions (note)

1. On the occasion of an exhibition held at Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, June 9 - October 21, 2018.