Theaster Gates and Carrie Mae Weems in Conversation, Performance by the Geri Allen Trio

The artist Theaster Gates, an innovator in the field of social practice and a professor at the University of Chicago, speaks with current exhibition artist Carrie Mae Weems about artistic practice, community, and the politics of urban development.

Following the lively discussion, Geri Allen, internationally known pianist and composer, performs with her trio, which includes Kenny Davis on bass and Kassa Overall on drums.

Reception and viewing of Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video follows the concert.

Tickets on sale for members on March 18. $30. Call 212 423 3587 for more information.

Tickets on sale to the public on March 25. $35, $15 for students with valid ID

About Carrie Mae Weems

The work of Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953, Portland, Oregon) invites contemplation of issues surrounding race, gender, and class inequality. Weems earned an MFA from the University of California, San Diego in 1984. Solo exhibitions include National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (1993); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1995); Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York (1998); and Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA (2000). Weems was recently awarded a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The exhibition, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, the first major New York museum retrospective devoted to this socially motivated artist, is on view through May 14.

About Theaster Gates

In 2013, Gates opened the Arts Incubator in Washington Park, Illinois, a vision he developed as Director of Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago. The renovated building is now home to artist residencies, a design apprenticeship program, exhibitions, performances and talks. Gates has exhibited and performed at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Punta della Dogana, Venice; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; and Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany; among others.

About Gerri Allen

Since 1982, Geri Allen has recorded, performed or collaborated with artists as diverse as Ravi Coltrane, Dianne Reeves, Liz Wright, and Simone, in a celebration of the life and music of Nina Simone, Donald Walden, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Bill Cosby, Mal Waldron, Sir Simon Rattle, Lee Konitz, Vernon Reid, Jackie Hillsman and Peter Bernard, JoAnne Akalaitis, Clark Terry, George Shirley, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mary Wilson and the Supremes. Allen has released a number of recordings under her own name. These include: The Nurturer, Eyes in the Back of Your Head, Maroons, Homegrown, The Printmakers, Twenty One, The Gathering, The Life of a Song, and, most recently, the ambitious and critically acclaimed Timeless Portraits and Dreams. A newly released Timeline, Live presents Ms. Allen on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, Kassa Overall on drums, and tap percussionist Maurice Chestnut.











When: Sat., Apr. 26, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Where: Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave. (at 89th St.)
212-423-3500
Price: $35; $15 students; $30 members
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The artist Theaster Gates, an innovator in the field of social practice and a professor at the University of Chicago, speaks with current exhibition artist Carrie Mae Weems about artistic practice, community, and the politics of urban development.

Following the lively discussion, Geri Allen, internationally known pianist and composer, performs with her trio, which includes Kenny Davis on bass and Kassa Overall on drums.

Reception and viewing of Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video follows the concert.

Tickets on sale for members on March 18. $30. Call 212 423 3587 for more information.

Tickets on sale to the public on March 25. $35, $15 for students with valid ID

About Carrie Mae Weems

The work of Carrie Mae Weems (b. 1953, Portland, Oregon) invites contemplation of issues surrounding race, gender, and class inequality. Weems earned an MFA from the University of California, San Diego in 1984. Solo exhibitions include National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (1993); Museum of Modern Art, New York (1995); Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York (1998); and Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA (2000). Weems was recently awarded a 2013 MacArthur Fellowship by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. The exhibition, Carrie Mae Weems: Three Decades of Photography and Video, the first major New York museum retrospective devoted to this socially motivated artist, is on view through May 14.

About Theaster Gates

In 2013, Gates opened the Arts Incubator in Washington Park, Illinois, a vision he developed as Director of Arts + Public Life at the University of Chicago. The renovated building is now home to artist residencies, a design apprenticeship program, exhibitions, performances and talks. Gates has exhibited and performed at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York; Whitechapel Gallery, London; Punta della Dogana, Venice; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Santa Barbara Museum of Art; and Documenta 13, Kassel, Germany; among others.

About Gerri Allen

Since 1982, Geri Allen has recorded, performed or collaborated with artists as diverse as Ravi Coltrane, Dianne Reeves, Liz Wright, and Simone, in a celebration of the life and music of Nina Simone, Donald Walden, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Bill Cosby, Mal Waldron, Sir Simon Rattle, Lee Konitz, Vernon Reid, Jackie Hillsman and Peter Bernard, JoAnne Akalaitis, Clark Terry, George Shirley, Carrie Mae Weems, and Mary Wilson and the Supremes. Allen has released a number of recordings under her own name. These include: The Nurturer, Eyes in the Back of Your Head, Maroons, Homegrown, The Printmakers, Twenty One, The Gathering, The Life of a Song, and, most recently, the ambitious and critically acclaimed Timeless Portraits and Dreams. A newly released Timeline, Live presents Ms. Allen on piano, Kenny Davis on bass, Kassa Overall on drums, and tap percussionist Maurice Chestnut.

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