David Adjaye and Theaster Gates
having extemporaneous convo
at the Hirshhorn
complex, profound, totally cerebral
you had to be thinking to follow this conversation
it was all about tangible ideas
being translated through practice into art,
the work being present, and inhabiting place
the importance of narrative
a methodology to engage
clarity of intention
authorship
in the absence of a language
the necessity to MAKE language
they discussed world travelling
and coming to realize
where you come from
your most powerful art will come from
Theaster talking 'bout
his Sensei Sister and the permeating musK of cooking greens...
this was an incredible dialogue between an architect and an artist
without art-world pretense
talking about making work that embodies, exemplifies and honors
the nuances and history of how we have lived and live now
philosophically
taking black culture out of the realm of spectacle
and away from the burden of being "ART" about identity
Oh,
Man!!
It was beautiful!
(nuthin' but the truth)
Ecstatic to bear witness September 22, 2016
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