White Cube
White Cube was set up by Jay Jopling in 1993 as a project room for contemporary art. Although it was one of the smallest exhibition spaces in Europe, it was arguably one of most influential commercial galleries of the past decade. Situated on the second floor of 44 Duke Street, St James’s, one of London’s most traditional art dealing streets, White Cube, Duke Street was, literally, a simple white cube, a room within a room, designed by the architect Claudio Silvestrin.
The central concern when establishing the programme was to create an intimate space in which an artist could present a single important work of art or a coherent body of work within a focused environment, an idea that in some way, stemmed from the memorable experience of Walter de Maria’s ‘Earth Room’ in New York. The programme was singular among commercial galleries in that an artist was invited to exhibit only once. Since its inception, the gallery mounted exhibitions of work by many leading international and British artists including Franz Ackermann, Miroslaw Balka, Chuck Close, Tracey Emin, Katharina Fritsch, Mona Hatoum, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Ellsworth Kelly, Julie Mehretu, Doris Salcedo, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Luc Tuymans and Jeff Wall. White Cube, Duke Street closed in 2002.
In April 2000, White Cube, Hoxton Square was set up as a second, larger gallery space in London’s East End. Housed in a 1920s light industrial building, and designed by architects MRJ Rundell and Associates, White Cube Hoxton Square has 2000 square feet of uninterrupted exhibition space.
White Cube, Mason’s Yard opened in September 2006. It is located off Duke Street, St. James’s, home of the original White Cube gallery, on a site that was previously an electricity sub-station. Also designed by MRJ Rundell & Associates it is the first free-standing building to be built in the St James’s area for more than 30 years. The building houses a main, basement floor gallery which is a naturally lit, double-height space with a second gallery on street level providing 5000 ft² of exhibition space. White Cube, Mason’s Yard continues with an international, high profile programme of exhibitions and was launched with an inaugural exhibition by Gabriel Orozco.
White Cube > Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley
MEMES series, 2010
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Différentes tailles : 33 éléments
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Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
MEMES series, 2010
cast iron
various sizes : 33 elements
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Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
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White Cube > Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley
SPACE STATION, 2007
Acier Corten
600 x 950 x 650 cm
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Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin, White Cube, London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg / Paris
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
SPACE STATION, 2007
Corten steel
600 x 950 x 650 cm
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Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin, White Cube, London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg / Paris
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
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White Cube > Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley
HATCH, 2007
Tube carrés luminium 19,1mm x 19,1 mm, contreplaqué, Plexiglass
322,5 x 605,7 x 605,7 cm
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Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin, White Cube, London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg / Paris
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
HATCH, 2007
Aluminium square tube 19,1mm x 19,1 mm, plywood, Plexiglass
322,5 x 605,7 x 605,7 cm
© the Artist
Courtesy GALLERIA CONTINUA, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin, White Cube, London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg / Paris
Ph. : Oak Taylor-Smith
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