Carlos Luna

Mesitos

2012

A mixed media piece by Theaster Gates. "Untitled (flooring)" a contemporary found object piece, white cement, debris, flooring by American artist Theaster Gates. The artwork is unsigned. Theaster Gates' practice includes sculpture, installation, performance and urban interventions that aim to bridge the gap between art and life. Gates works as an artist, curator, urbanist and facilitator and his projects attempt to instigate the creation of cultural communities by acting as catalysts for social engagement that leads to political and spatial change. Gates has described his working method as “critique through collaboration” – often with architects, researchers and performers – to create works that stretch the idea of what we usually understand visual-based practices to be. For his exhibition at Milwaukee Art Museum exhibition in 2010, for example, Gates invited a 250 strong gospel choir into the galleries to sing songs adapted from the inscriptions on pots by the famous 19th century slave and potter 'Dave Drake'. For the 2010 Whitney Biennial, Gates transformed the Whitney’s Sculpture Court with a spare, architectural installation that functioned as a communal gathering space for performances, social engagement, and contemplation. For the duration of the exhibition Gates collaborated with various creative practitioners on a series of 'monastic residencies', holding live events such as the session by Gates' musical ensemble, the Black Monks of Mississippi. In another recent exhibition at Seattle Art Museum, Gates transformed the gallery into an audio archive entitled 'The Listening Room', incorporating a hand-built DJ...

A mixed media painting, Outside: Lake Balboa 9 depicts abstracted twigs, tree branches and flora, executed in violets, pinks, red, green and pale yellow. Outside: Lake Balboa 9 is si...

Kim Fonder, SHIZEN SERIES IV, 12.00 X 12.00 in, $600.00, purple, Abstract, contemporary, fine art Kim Fonder loves texture and touch. Her paintings and furniture reflect her infatua...

Matthew Conradt Eutropic mixed media on Mylar 49.5 x 59 inches 2016 This item is not framed Matthew Conradt’s mixed media works investigate the current disarray of the American Drea...