CHICAGO - Richard Gray Gallery is pleased to announce Every Square Needs a Circle, a solo exhibition of new sculpture, film, installation, and neon work by Theaster Gates. The exhibition opens at Gray Warehouse with a reception for the artist on Thursday, April 4th, 2019, from 6-8 PM.
Every Square Needs a Circle marks a continuation of Gates’s long engagement with the work of American sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois, whose examination of genius and progress in Black America from Emancipation to the mid-20th century has been a source of inspiration for the artist. Placing his interest in poetics …