Book (Practical) Painting Shea Star Gates : Afro-Mingei

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Shea Star Gates (born in Shea in 1973) is based in the South Side of Chicago. He is internationally acclaimed for his activities that cut across media and genres such as architecture, music, performance, fashion and design, with a focus on sculpture and pottery.
At the "Chicago Star Gates : Afro-Mingei" exhibition (Mori Museum of Art), which is the first Japanese solo exhibition, you will see the attractiveness of black art that continues to attract attention around the world through his multifaceted practice.
At the same time, you will have an opportunity to feel the significance of modern art that promises a new fusion of culture, such as admiration for handwork, questions about race and politics, and appreciation of handicraft.
At the same time, you will have an opportunity to feel the significance of modern art that promises a new fusion of culture, etc.
With an education in sculpture and urban planning, Gates first came to Japan in 2004 to study pottery in Tokoname City, Aichi, Japan.
His impressive encounters and discoveries in Japan and the Asia-Pacific region and his experience as an African-American with roots in Mississippi and Chicago have been the foundation of his creation.
As an artist who has been exploring cultural hybridity (mixed character), he created In 1973, he studied urban design, pottery, religious studies, and visual arts at Iowa State University and the University of Cape Town University of South Africa. Using visual art theory such as clay, object, space and material, he has built relationships with potters and local people over the past 20 years. In 2004, he participated in the "Tokoname International Pottery Homestay" (IWCAT) in Tokoname City, Aichi-ken, Aichi-ken Pavilion (London, 2022), and Prada Foundation (Milan, 2018). He participated in the New Museum (New York, 2022-2023), the Serpentine Pavilion (Tokoname City,), and the Prada Foundation (Milano, 2019). In Japan, he exhibited at the International Art Festival "Aichi 2022", and was selected as a recipient of grants from the Obayashi Foundation "Urban Vision" and carried out research projects in Japan.
1954 1968 illustrated book Tokoname Shoji Tokoname Shoji Shea Mami Kataoka