NEWS: Jack White to Have First Major UK Show at the Newport Street Gallery

Jack White photographed by David James Swanson (c) The Artist

It has been announced that a major exhibition of of works by the American artist, Jack White, will open at Damien Hirst’s Newport Street Gallery this spring.

Titled Jack White: These Thoughts May Disappear, the show will be the first public showing of his art. It has been created in association with HENI.

Among highlights of the exhibition will be sculptures made with found objects including interactive works, installations and furniture design products. It will also include a remake of Jack White’s 2015 sculpture The Red Tree preserving the original concept of transforming a decaying tree into a striking artwork.  

Jack White is an interdisciplinary artist, equally conversant in sculpture and furniture design products as he is in music and songwriting. Taking inspiration from both mid-century modern design and local Detroit Cass Corridor artists such as Gordon Newton and Robert Sestok as well as his background in upholstery. White opened his own upholstery shop, Third Man Upholstery, in 1996.