Sentences with phrase «decommissioned church»

The scale of the works was so large that Mehretu used a decommissioned church in Harlem as her studio for the project.

In a reference to the minor arts, or traditional crafts and trades such as ceramics and roofing, Theaster Gates extends his consideration of time, place, history and culture in a series of new works that incorporates the roof of a decommissioned church, the gym floor of a shuttered high school, and an archive of Ebony magazines.

In one work, Gates brings the slate roof of a local decommissioned church down to eye level, making it into a wall, part fortress and part mosaic.

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The canvases were too big for her regular studio, so Mehretu worked on the project in a decommissioned Harlem Church not far from her home.

she asks from the decommissioned Harlem church used as her studio for the project.