London's White Cube opens its first New York art gallery with a show focused on how contemporary art can reference and distort prior creations to resist established power and value systems.
White Cube, the London-based gallery that helped shape the Young British Artist movement, has opened its first permanent U.S. branch in New York.White Cube, the London-based gallery that helped shape the Young British Artist movement, has opened its first permanent U.S. branch in New York.As she prepared the inaugural group show for White Cube gallery's first permanent U.S. exhibition space, Courtney Willis Blair found herself listening to a lot of chopped and screwed music.
Built for the Fulton Trust Company in 1930, the brick bank building has been gutted to make room for some 8,000 square feet of gallery space on three floors. Two of the levels get the kind of natural light that would make it the envy of competitors. The Frick Madison, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R Guggenheim museum are all a short walk away.
Hirst incorporates dead animals and insects in his practice. Emin — who will get her first solo show in New York in seven years opening at White Cube in November — was the"enfant terrible" who created confessional works. While Lucas used found objects to create visual puns. And there are many more.White Cube's inaugural exhibition,"Chopped & Screwed," borrows its name from music of the 1990s Houston hip-hop scene pioneered by DJ Screw.
Philadelphia-based conceptual artist Tiona Nekkia McClodden — making her White Cube debut in New York — does just that in"The Lover, off the road "It's a nod to feminist filmmaker Barbara Hammer, who rode out on the same model when she left her husband and came out as a lesbian. The bike here is chromed and plated out, the seat polished and the whole thing bathed in a milky solution made from ground up snail shells that reference McClodden's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
New attack on Ukrainian civilians underscores need for new funding: White HouseThe White House on Thursday said a missile strike that killed at least 51 people in Ukraine underscores the need for extra U.S. support for Kyiv, as President Biden struggles to lock down additional funding from House Republicans who say Americans have paid enough and that the administration should focus on domestic needs.
Read more »
Casey White’s unseen letters to Vicky White featured on ‘20/20′ Alabama manhunt specialThe search for the escaped inmate and the Lauderdale County jailer is the focus of “Catch Us If You Can,“ airing Friday on ABC.
Read more »
New ‘Chucky’ Season 3 Poster Puts the White House in the Killer Doll’s GraspThe acclaimed horror series stars Zackary Arthur, Alyvia Alyn Lind, Björgvin Arnarson, and Brad Dourif as the voice of Chucky.
Read more »
White House to allow new wall construction along southern borderThe Biden administration has given approval for new border barriers to be constructed along a stretch of the Rio Grande in Texas. President Biden said Thursday that he didn\u0027t want to build the wall, but that his hands were tied by a law Congress passed in 2019. The move comes as migrant crossings along the southern border have surged. Nancy Cordes has more.
Read more »
HBO ‘Telemarketers’ star Patrick Pespas reported missingPespas was last known to have been driving a white Mustang with New Jersey plates.
Read more »
Human footprints in New Mexico really may be surprisingly ancient, new dating showssn-theme-milestones__description___SJHIa
Read more »