White Cube New York's Inaugural Exhibition 'Chopped & Screwed' Challenges Artistic Norms
Including works by Julie Mehrutu, David Altmejd, Theaster Gates and more.
White Cube is excited to announce the opening of its first permanent gallery in New York, situated on the Upper East Side at 1002 Madison Avenue, a historic building originally constructed for the Fulton Trust Company in 1930. While retaining its original exterior features, the gallery has undergone a complete interior renovation, providing over 8,000 square feet of exhibition space across three levels, along with private viewing rooms.
The inaugural exhibition, Chopped & Screwed, curated by Courtney Willis Blair, explores the use of sourcing and distortion in contemporary art to challenge established power structures and values. The exhibition’s title alludes to the technique popularized by DJ Screw in the 1990s. It features artists who employ similar approaches to question existing hegemonic conditions and narratives, including Julie Mehrutu, David Altmejd, Michael Armitage, Georg Baselitz, Mark Bradford, Theaster Gates, and others.
These artists delve into themes like authoritarian governance, patriarchy, and religion, dissecting the power embedded in archetypes, whether material or symbolic. Their clandestine methods give rise to new visual languages, often starting from familiar motifs and objects. They use sampling as a transgressive act that offers alternative interpretations of contemporary power dynamics and realities.
Following this inaugural exhibition, White Cube New York will present a solo exhibition titled Lovers Grave, featuring new paintings by Tracey Emin, marking her first solo show in New York in seven years. In 2024, the gallery will host solo exhibitions of works by Theaster Gates, Etel Adnan, and Antony Gormley.
Chopped & Screwed is on view through October 28, 2023.
White Cube New York
1002 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10075
