Frankie Knuckles’ record collection to go on display in Theaster Gates’ Chicago arts space
A new arts centre and community space housed in a former bank on Chicago’s south side is set to house cultural history, a library and a gallery. The project, spearheaded by artist Theaster Gates, will also house the entire record collection of late Chicago house originator Frankie Knuckles.
According to Gates the space “[Will be] a new kind of cultural amenity, a new kind of institution – a hybrid gallery, media archive and library, and community center. It is an institution of and for the South Side – a repository for African American culture and history, a laboratory for the next generation of black artists and culture-interested people; a platform to showcase future leaders be they painters, educators, scholars, or curators.”
The centre – along with Knuckles’ collection – will be open from 3 October and has been renamed The Stony Island Arts Bank.
Revisit our feature on Theaster Gates here.
(Via: FACT)
