Theaster Gates

"12 Ballads for Huguenot House" by Theaster Gates Jr. (BS 1996 Community & Regional Planning / MA 2005 Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies) is part of Documenta 13, an exhibition representing artists from 50 countries, on view through Sept. 16 in Kassel, Germany. A June 14 New York Times art review calls his work "a resonant walk-in collage of recycled building materials punctuated with videos and occasional performances." Gates received a 2012 Creative Capital visual arts grant for the Huguenot House project. He also was the commissioned artist for The Armory Show 2012 in New York City in March.