《Theaster Gates：Afro-Mingei》藝術家個展

Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei

備受期待、不可錯過的首個由一位迷人的黑人藝術家在日本舉辦的個展，展覽包括史詩般的裝置藝術，通過陶藝、建築和音樂，想像出黑人和日本文化的新混合體。

Highly-Anticipated, Must-See First Solo Exhibition by an Enthralling Black Artist in Japan, with Epic Installation Imagining a New Hybrid of Black and Japanese Cultures through Ceramics, Architecture, and Music

➤ Theaster Gates, The Listening House, 2022, Photo by ToLoLo studio

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Theaster Gates（1973 年生於芝加哥）總部位於伊利諾伊州芝加哥南區，因其跨媒體和流派的實踐贏得了國際讚譽，主要關注雕塑和陶瓷，但也涵蓋建築、音樂、表演、時尚和設計。蓋茲接受過雕塑家和城市規劃師培訓，在過去 20 年裡一直受到日本工藝和文化的影響。 2004年，他首次前往日本，在愛知縣常滑市學習陶瓷。他在日本和整個亞太地區的深入接觸，加上他作為一個紮根於密西西比州和芝加哥的非裔美國人的經歷，一直是他創作過程的基石。蓋茲在其實踐過程中探索了文化混雜性，創造了「非洲民藝」一詞，他獨特的概念框架融合了日本民藝運動的哲學和「黑即美」文化運動的美學，該運動在美國民權運動（1954-1968）的重要組成部分。《Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei》是蓋茲在日本的首次個展，也是亞洲有史以來規模最大的個展，由以下部分組成：神社；黑色圖書館與黑色空間；黑；時間軸；和非洲明蓋。這次展覽展示了現有和從未見過的主要作品，展示了日本文化對他的實踐的影響。

Based on the South Side of Chicago, IL, Theaster Gates (b. 1973 in Chicago) has earned international acclaim for a practice that traverses multiple media and genres, primarily focusing on sculpture and ceramics but also encompassing architecture, music, performance, fashion and design. Trained as a sculptor and urban planner, Gates has been influenced by Japanese craft and culture over the past 20 years. He first traveled to Japan in 2004 to study ceramics in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture. His deep encounters in Japan and across the Asia-Pacific, coupled with his experiences as an African-American man with roots in Mississippi and Chicago have been the keystones of his creative process. Gates, who has explored cultural hybridity over the course of his practice, coined the term “Afro-Mingei,” his unique conceptual framework fusing the philosophies of the Japanese Mingei movement and the aesthetics of the “Black Is Beautiful” cultural movement that played a significant part in the American civil rights movement (1954-1968). Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei is Gates’ first solo exhibition in Japan and largest-ever in Asia, made up of following sections: Shrine; Black Library & Black Space; Blackness; Timelines; and Afro-Mingei. This exhibition showcases major bodies of existing and never-before-seen work that demonstrate the influence of Japanese culture on his practice.

➤ Theaster Gates, Doric Temple, 2022, High-fired stoneware with glaze, Dimensions variable, Photo by Chris Strong

隨著世界重新審視某些聲音在歷史和當代的突出地位，並尋求所代表的觀點多樣化，全球藝術界對領先黑人藝術家的作品所反映的多樣性越來越感興趣。雖然黑人歷史在日本公眾中仍然鮮為人知，但這次展覽透過西斯特蓋茲的多維實踐表明了日本公眾對黑人藝術日益增長的關注。Afro-Mingei將傳達尊重工藝的當代藝術的重要性，要求我們考慮種族和政治問題，並慶祝文化的混合可能性。

As the world reexamines the historical and contemporary prominence of certain voices and seeks to diversify the perspectives represented, the global art scene has been increasingly interested in the multiplicity of experiences reflected in the work of leading Black artists. While Black histories remain relatively little known among the Japanese public, this exhibition demonstrates its growing attention to Black art through the multidimensional practice of Theaster Gates. Afro-Mingei will convey the importance of contemporary art that honors craft, ask us to consider questions of race and politics, and celebrate the hybrid possibilities of culture.

➤ Theaster Gates, A Clay Sermon, Whitechapel Gallery, London, 2021-2022, Photo by Theo Christelis

日本有史以來最大規模的黑人藝術家個展

Largest-ever solo exhibition in Japan by a Black artist

《Theaster Gates：Afro-Mingei》提供了寶貴的機會，讓您可以體驗一位傑出的黑人藝術實踐者過去的主要作品以及為本次展覽創作的前所未見的新作品，黑人藝術領域近年來越來越受到國際藝術界的關注。內容包羅萬象，包括支持蓋茲實踐的黑人歷史和文化的介紹，使其成為日本有史以來舉辦的同類展覽中規模最大的一次。展出的作品內容豐富，包括使用常滑陶瓷製成的大型裝置和蓋茨自己的陶瓷雕塑、歷史檔案材料收藏、焦油畫、聲音裝置和錄像作品。

Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei offers the priceless opportunity to experience major past works and never-seen-before new works created for this exhibition from a prominent practitioner of Black art, a domain that has been attracting growing interest from the international art world in recent years. The all-embracing content, including an introduction to the Black histories and cultures that underpin Gates’ practice, makes it the largest-ever exhibition of its kind to be staged in Japan. Featured is a substantial body of work, including a large-scale installation utilizing ceramics made in Tokoname and Gates’ own ceramic sculptures, collections of historical archival materials, tar paintings, sound installations, and video works.

➤Stony Island Arts Bank, Photo by Tom Harris

畫廊內的「黑色圖書館」圖書休息室

“Black Library” book lounge right in the gallery

為展覽創建了一個互動式和參與性圖書館，其書架填滿了畫廊的牆壁，為參觀者提供了瀏覽數千種有關黑人藝術、歷史和文化的出版物的機會。

An interactive and participatory library with shelves filling the gallery walls has been created for the exhibition, offering visitors the chance to browse a few thousand publications on Black art, history and culture.

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Apr24 - Sep 1, 2024

Mori Art Museum