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    Artwork Survey: 2010s

    Theaster Gates
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    • Listening House and Archive House
      2009-present
      Acquisition of property for reuse as a gallery, community nexus, and archive for Dr. Wax records, portions of the Johnson Publishing Library, and remaining stock from the now-closed Prairie Avenue Books
      6918 South Dorchester Avenue, Chicago, IL

      Courtesy of the artist and Rebuild Foundation

      © Theaster Gates

    • Stumbling Block with Red Hose
      2012
      Cast black concrete and fire hose
      65 × 27 × 16 inches (165.1 × 68.6 × 40.6 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo: Ben Westoby

      © Theaster Gates

    • Teleological Study with Hose
      2012
      Wood, fire hose and glass

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo: White Cube Gallery

      © Theaster Gates

    • Triagonal
      2015
      Wood and asphalt roofing membrane
      75 3/16 × 72 13/16 × 5 11/16 inches (191 × 185 × 14.5 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo: White Cube (Ben Westoby)

      © Theaster Gates

    • Raising Goliath
      Installation view: "My Labor Is My Protest," White Cube, London
      2012
      1967 Ford fire truck, magazines, tar bucket, mop, steel, and wire
      Dimensions variable

      Courtesy of the artist and White Cube, London

      Photo: Ben Westoby

      © Theaster Gates

    • My Labor Is My Protest
      Installation view at South Galleries and 9x9x9, White Cube, London
      2012

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo: Ben Westoby

      © Theaster Gates

    • Bank Bond
      2013
      Edition of 100
      Marble
      6 1/8 × 8 5/8 × 0 13/16 inches (15.5 × 21.9 × 2.1 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      © Theaster Gates

    • Shine Study with Matte Rubber Sky
      2013
      Wood, rubber and tar
      60 1/2 × 84 × 6 inches (153.7 × 213.4 × 15.2 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo © White Cube (Sara Pooley)

      © Theaster Gates

    • Ground Rules (Free throw possibility)
      2014
      Wood flooring
      254.3 × 374.1 × 6.5 cm

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo © White Cube (Ben Westoby)

      © Theaster Gates

    • White sky, overcast
      2014
      Wood, rubber and tar
      60 1/2 × 168 1/2 × 5 3/4 inches (153.7 × 428 × 14.6 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo: White Cube (Ben Westoby)

      © Theaster Gates

    • Tarred Vessel
      2015
      Cotton, metal, glazed clay, plastic and tar
      52 1/10 × 24 × 23 1/5 inches (132.3 × 61 × 59 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      © Theaster Gates

    • Stony Island Arts Bank
      Exterior view
      2015

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      © Theaster Gates

    • Stony Island Arts Bank
      Interior view
      2015

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      © Theaster Gates

    • Diagonal Bitumen Bregenz
      2016
      Wood, tar paper, various foils and tar
      96 7/8 × 96 7/8 × 5 11/16 inches (246 × 246 × 14.5 cm)

      Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and White Cube, London

      Photo © White Cube (George Darrell)

      © Theaster Gates

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