Theaster Gates picks up a similarly unconsoling metaphor in his 2014 video "Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr", which unfolds inside a church on Chicago's South Side that was doomed to. In Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr, filmed at the now-demolished Roman Catholic Church of St. Laurence on Chicago's South Side, Gates and members of his experimental musical ensemble The Black Monks drop unhinged doors to the floor from above their heads repeatedly.
A site for contemplation and convening. Serpentine Pavilion 2022, Black Chapel by Theaster Gates
Title: Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr Creator: Theaster Gates Date Created: 2014 Rights: Courtesy the artist's studio, Photo by Alessandra Chemollo; Courtesy: la Biennale di Venezia,. Installation view of Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr. All the World's Futures, The 56th International Art Exhibition: the Venice Biennale May 9 - November 22, 2015. Photo: Francesco Allegretto. Installation view of Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr. "Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr", installation view, Venice Biennale, 2015. Theaster Gates. Photo: Francesco Allegretto
[email protected] Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr. 2014 Wood, wind, concrete, slate, metal, video The artist recycles material remains from St. Laurence Catholic Church, a now demolished parish church in Chicago's South Side, that exemplifies an ongoing disinvestment in urban holy spaces particularly in poor and black neighborhoods. (From the Short Guide)
Grief and Grievance Art and Mourning in America The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts
"Gone are the Days of Shelter and Martyr" (2014) comprises a bronze church bell, a wall of slate roof tiles and a crumbling statue of a saint, items salvaged from the demolished Church of St. Gone are the Days of Shelter and Martyr 2014 So Bitter, This Curse of Darkness 2019 Ground Rules (black line) 2015 Contact us about available Theaster Gates works Enquire Exhibitions View all Gallery Exhibition Theaster Gates Hold Me, Hold Me, Hold Me 26 January - 2 March 2024 New York Gallery Exhibition Theaster Gates No More Dark Days Joe Biden has responded to the latest strike launched by the US against a Houthi target in Yemen. Meanwhile, tens of thousands of pro-Palestine protesters have descended on London. "Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr" from "Grief and Grievance: Art and Mourning in America," an exhibit at the New Museum in New York City.
Theaster Gates Gone are the Days of Shelter and Martyr, 2015 Concrete, metal, slate, wood
His 2014 video piece, Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr, saw dancers slamming the freed wooden doors of the then-abandoned parish right before the building's demolition. Serpentine Pavilion 2022 21st SERPENTINE PAVILION BLACK CHAPEL DESIGNED BY THEASTER GATES KICKSTARTS AN EXCITING SEASON OF LIVE EVENTS, FEATURING THE BLACK MONKS, CORINNE BAILEY RAE, MOSES BOYD, AND THE RETURN OF PARK NIGHTS THEASTER GATES PRESENTS A NEW SERIES OF TAR PAINTINGS IN THE PAVILION
Temple is not the only church to have been the site or subject of a Gates work: Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr (2014), shown at this year's Venice Biennale, saw the artist use material. Theaster Gates Gone are the Days of Shelter and Martyr 2014. Single-channel colour video. Edition of 4. Edition 1 of 4. Duration: 6 minutes 31 seconds.
Gone are the Days of Shelter and Martyr Akeroyd Collection
Theaster Gates, Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr, 2014 (still) Video, color, sound, 6 min. 31 sec. © Theaster Gates. Photo: Sara Pooley Theaster Gates, 12 Ballads for Huguenot House, 2012 Installation view, Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany, 2012 © Theaster Gates. Photo: Nils Klinger Theaster Gates, Rickshaw for Black Bricks, 2013 Theaster Gates, Gone Are the Days of Shelter and Martyr, 2014 (still). Video, sound, color; 6:31 minutes. © Theaster Gates. Courtesy White Cube and Regen Projects, Los Angeles. Read more about Theaster Gates and his work: Brooklyn Rail Art21
