Civil Tapestry series
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The Civil Tapestry series is a body of work by artist Theaster Gates that transforms decommissioned fire hoses into large-scale wall hangings to evoke the history of civil rights struggles and racial violence in the United States.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork series
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contemporary art installation series ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
confront histories of racial oppression
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evoke memory of civil rights struggles ⓘ recontextualize utilitarian materials as memorials ⓘ |
| artForm |
installation art
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textile art ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Birmingham civil rights campaign NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPlace | Birmingham, Alabama NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionType | series of unique pieces ⓘ |
| colorPalette |
brown
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red ⓘ tan ⓘ white ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Theaster Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts |
civil rights struggles
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police brutality against Black Americans ⓘ state-sanctioned violence ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Art Basel
NERFINISHED
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ White Cube Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPresentedInPeriod | early 2010s ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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political art ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReception | widely discussed in contemporary art discourse ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
abstraction
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grid patterns ⓘ stripes ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Civil Tapestry #1
NERFINISHED
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Civil Tapestry #2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Tapestry #3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Civil Tapestry #4 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inspiredBy |
1960s civil rights protests
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use of fire hoses against civil rights demonstrators ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | none (non-verbal visual artwork) ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
African American history
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American civil rights movement NERFINISHED ⓘ racial violence in the United States ⓘ |
| materialUsed | decommissioned fire hoses ⓘ |
| movement |
contemporary African American art
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social practice art ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Theaster Gates NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale wall hanging ⓘ |
| theme |
material transformation as social commentary
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memory and commemoration ⓘ violence and resistance ⓘ |
| usesTechnique |
assemblage
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weaving-like construction ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.