Contested Space and Creative Placemaking in Selected Projects by African American Artists Dread Scott and Theaster Gates
摘要
As prominent members of the African American activist art scene, Dread Scott and Theaster Gates have supported the recent Black Lives MatterBlack Lives Matter Movement in various ways. This is reflected not only in several of their artistic projects, but also in their political statements, like Scott’s commentary ‘America God Damn’ on the killing of George Floyd and the history of racialized policePolicing violence in the US in The Art Newspaper.