Theaster Gates, Ground rules. Free throw, 2015, wooden flooring,
120 × 180 in. (304.8 × 457.2 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment, 2017.40, © 2015, Theaster Gates
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Artwork Details
- Title
- Ground rules. Free throw
- Artist
- Date
- 2015
- Location
- Dimensions
- 120 × 180 in. (304.8 × 457.2 cm)
- Copyright
- © 2015, Theaster Gates
- Credit Line
- Museum purchase through the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen Endowment
- Mediums Description
- wooden flooring
- Classifications
- Subjects
- Recreation — sport and play — basketball
- Abstract
- Object Number
- 2017.40
Artwork Description
Gates says his work begins with a desire to "re-envision place . . . not just as an art project, but as a way of living." Thinking about the community that no longer has a school, he asks what is lost when kids no longer have access to organized sports. How do we learn how to follow the rules when the structures that teach them disappear?
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