Stand-Ins for a Period of Wreckage 2 & 21

Theaster Gates presents two austere forms cast in white concrete and porcelain, materials that carry the weight of both industrial labor and domestic history. The works evoke absence and resilience, standing as silent proxies for communities and bodies that have endured cycles of destruction and neglect. Through their stark materiality, Gates transforms debris and remnant into monuments of collective memory and survival.