Theaster Gates:
Cosmology of Yard
Throughout the run of 2010, Theaster Gates will collaborate with academics, artists, and street musicians on a series of “monastic residencies” during which the Museum’s Sculpture Court will evolve into the cosmology of yard, Gates’s contribution to the Biennial. The four creative residents will each occupy the Sculpture Court for an extended period, adding commentary, bling, and acts of sincerity all over the wood-clad Cosmos. All of the residents will have tasks in common as well as one specialized responsibility, indicative of their personality or practice, as they endeavor to both reinvent the Cosmos and challenge perceived notions of collaboration and creative ownership.
