Theaster Gates is a contemporary African-American artist that works with a diverse range of conceptual gestures and materials. Much like his peers David Hammons and Kara Walker, Gates addresses topics of social justice, gentrification, and urban renewal. His most celebrated piece, The Dorchester Project, consisted of purchasing old, dilapidated buildings and renovating them into cultural institutions that celebrate the people and culture of Chicago’s South Side. “I think I'm a full-time artist, a full-time urban planner, and a full-time preacher with an aspiration of no longer needing any of those titles,” he has explained. “Rather, I'm trying to do what for some seems a very messy work or a complicated work.” ...