Theaster Gates: 12 Ballads for Hugenot House

Name: Theaster Gates: 12 Ballads for Hugenot House
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ISBN: 9783863352035

ISBN-10: 3863352033

ISBN-13: 9783863352035

Edition: 2012

Authors: Theaster Gates, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Madeleine Grynsztejn, Michael Darling, John Preus

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In his 12 Ballads for Huguenot House, Theaster Gates chronicles his ambitious project to unite two disused buildings – one in Chicago and the other in Kassel, Germany – by dismantling parts of each to reuse in the rebuilding of the other.The forgotten and dilapidated Huguenot House, built during the early nineteenth century in Kassel, attracted the attention of Gates, as he would associate the histories of the migrant workers who built it so many years ago with that of black and Hispanic builders in his own neighbourhood in Chicago today. Meanwhile, across the ocean, Gates eyed a large, decaying building in Chicago, whose architectural details have remained intact.Gates envisioned an…

Book details

List price: $79.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Publication date: 10/31/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 128
Size: 7.80" wide x 10.90" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.804
Language: English