中文简介：

西斯特·盖茨（Theaster Gates）在社会实践、跨学科表演、档案调查和多层面物品制作等领域的工作使其成为21世纪最引人注目的艺术家之一。

伴随着2022年11月在纽约新美术馆开幕的一个重要的职业生涯中期回顾展，本书涵盖了盖茨在过去二十年里的全部艺术活动，捕捉到了他作为社会雕塑家、组织者、即兴表演者和保护主义者的广阔艺术概念。

英文简介：

Theaster Gates's work in the areas of social practice, interdisciplinary performance, archival investigation, and multi-faceted object making have made him one of the most compelling artists of the twenty-first century.

Accompanying a major mid-career retrospective at the New Museum, New York, opening in November 2022, this book covers the full range of Gates's artistic activities over the past twenty years, capturing his expansive conception of art as a social sculptor, organizer, improviser, and preservationist.