06 Feb Theaster Gates’ 1965: Malcolm in Winter at White Cube
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Theaster Gates new exhibition at White Cube gallery is title 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise and opens on 7 February. The exhibition fills the gallery with a series of new works honouring the arefully kept archive of the late journalist, Ei Nagata, and his partner, Haruhi Ishitani, who committed their lives to preserving Malcolm X’s legacy by translating his speeches and correspondence into Japanese following his assassination. Through a series of architectural interventions, large-scale installations, film works and archival presentations, the artist continues the careful work of the archive, revealing the truth of Blackness in Japan and formally translating the aesthetics and topography of the revolution.
White Cube gallery is at 144 – 152 Bermondsey Street SE1 3TQ. Entry is free. More here http://www.whitecube.com