Pottery winner
Oct 29, 2021
5 minutes
By Alex Needham
Theaster Gates likes to get his hands dirty. His two London exhibitions (one has just closed) are dedicated to clay, and in one there’s a film of him singing with great gusto as he throws a pot. So it feels a shame not to be meeting one to one, but via laptop. The artist decided at the last minute to stay at home in Chicago while the shows were mounted, directing things on Zoom. (Although he did finally ma ke it to the UK.)
“I’m really mindful of my health and of the truth of these contagious times,” he tells me. “I just wanted to give myself time to be in the best shape so my body would be as resistant as possible. Even if the world is opening up, I’m happy to move
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