SaLon at WHITE BOX
.U.K.'s FUTURE GREATS in N.Y.

Curated by Samir Ceric

 Exhibition on View:
June 12 - July 5, 2008

Opening Reception:
Thursday, June 12, 2008, 6-9pm

ARTISTS: BEN YOUNG / ELEANOR LYNDSAY-FYNN / JACKY TSAI / DOROTHY M. YOON / SAMUEL JACKSON / SARAH GWYER / SARAH MAPLE / SHONA DAVIES

As part of our yearly program presenting recently graduated artists, White Box is proud to introduce SaLon at WHITE BOX: UK’s Future Greats in NY. This exhibition showcases artwork from the emerging, innovative SaLoN Gallery’s annual hunt for the UK’s most talented graduates from prominent art schools such as the Royal Academy of Arts, Goldsmiths, Glasgow School of Art, Cardiff and The Rushkin School of Drawing and Fine Art. The exhibition provides an opportunity to view a broad new generation of artists who are embarking upon their professional careers, destined to become part of the UK’s ‘Future Greats.’

The artists that have been selected explore a new attitude; bias that may convert into a new generational sensibility. The exhibition strives to promote young talent to a larger international audience with works that range from photography, painting, embroidery, to found object sculptures. The artists featured include Sarah Maple, Jacky Tsai and Samuel Jackson. Maple recently won 4 New Sensations launched by Channel 4 and the Saatchi Gallery and has been labeled the heir to Tracey Emin’s throne by the Independent in London. Tsai has collaborated with Alexander McQueen and created a number of artworks that were featured in his fashion show in Italy. Royal Academy’s Samuel Jackson is a rising star in the current movement back to oil painting. As dynamic and successful young artists, they collectively pave the future of contemporary art.

British-American artist Ben Young, featured in the exhibition, SaLon At White Box: UK's Future Greats in NY, opening Thursday June 12th from 6-9pm, recently made a grand entrance into New York’s street art scene. According to curator Samir Ceric, Art Insider disclosed that Young was arrested for vandalism last Wednesday, June 4th, on the 23rd St. F Line Station in Manhattan. New York City Transit Police arrested Young supposedly for tagging the subway station with the phrase "Groundless Act Of Freedom," the title of one of his latest paintings. Young recently received his MFA from Central St. Martin's School of Art and Design. The artist's statement describes Young's interest in graffiti art: "Young is fascinated by the aesthetic qualities of spray painted walls that have established themselves as a part of big cities long ago. These walls can look both beautiful and ugly, disturbing and inspiring. The tension between the extremes is made clear in Young’s work through the juxtaposition of the repeatable quality of the stencils and the randomness of the scribbles. The beholder is able to see how the work has been built up over time; the different stages of its creation. The interaction of different and anonymous artists creates a very unusual masterpiece." Young will also be exhibiting at the Decima Gallery in Hackney Wick in July alongside such well-known names as Gilbert & George and Gavin Turk.

SaLon at WHITE BOX Press Release

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