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Theaster Gates
Carol Becker, Lisa Yun Lee and Achim Borchardt-Hume

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'Theaster Gates' by Carol Becker, Lisa Yun Lee and Achim Borchardt-Hume.

Paperback book published by Phaidon Press Ltd.

29cm x 25cm

160 Pages.

220 Illustrations.

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About the Author

Lisa Lee is the Director of the University of Illinois at Chicago’s School of Art and Art. Carol Becker is Dean of Faculty and Professor of the Arts at Columbia University School of the Arts. She has published numerous articles and books on cultural criticism including The Invisible Drama: Women and the Anxiety of Change (1987) and Thinking in Place: Art, Action, and Cultural Production (2010). Achim Borchardt-Hume is Head of Exhibitions at Tate Modern in London. From 2010 to 2012 he was Chief Curator at the Whitechapel Art Gallery.

About Phaidon Press

Phaidon Press is a publishing company founded in 1923, Vienna by Dr Bela Horvitz and Ludwig Goldscheider. The illustrious publishing house, now operating globally, has published an extensive range of art-books over the past 95 years, collaborating with the most recognised authors and artists to provide beautiful, educational and affordable titles for all to enjoy.

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