Thoughts on the white cube of the gallery space.

The Henry Moore Institute in Leeds is probably the clearest expression of what Thomas McEvilley calls "the sterilised operating room of the white cube" (Cited in Inside the White Cube, O'Doherty1999) The environment is perfect for those modernist works that reflect a purity and distance from the everyday. Such as Ettore Spalletti's work above. The audience entering a church like space designed to remind them of how deeply significant the work on display is.

However some artists exhibiting there have tried to engage with this. Carey Young's interrogations being the most recent. I will try and post up some examples of what she she did when I have time.