White Cube Bermondsey will be located on Bermondsey Street in south London, will open to the public during Frieze on 12 October 2011. This will be the largest of the gallery’s three London sites, providing more than 5440 m2 (58,000 sq ft) of interior space on a site of 1.7 acres (74,300 sq ft). The building dates from the 1970s and was primarily used as a warehouse before the current refurbishment.
White Cube Bermondsey has been designed by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects who are based in London and Berlin. The building has been altered to include three principal exhibition spaces, substantial warehousing, private viewing rooms, an auditorium and a bookshop. The ‘South Galleries’ will provide the principal display area for White Cube’s expanding programme of significant exhibitions. Three smaller galleries, collectively known as the ‘North Galleries’, will feature an innovative new programme of exhibitions. In addition, at the centre of the building, there is a gallery of 81m2 entitled ‘9 x 9 x 9’. An auditorium will allow White Cube to present an education programme, artists’ films and lectures.
Structure??&??Absence
12 October?—?26 November 2011
South Galleries
Using Chinese scholars’ rocks as an organising device, this exhibition takes
a fresh look at contemporary abstraction.
Presenting: Andreas Gursky, Wade Guyton, Eberhard Havekost, Damien Hirst, Gary Hume, Sergej Jensen, Jacob Kassay, Brice Marden, Agnes Martin, Gabriel Orozco, Eileen Quinlan, Sterling Ruby, Robert Ryman, Erin Shirreff, Hiroshi Sugimoto and Jeff Wall.
Inside the White Cube
12 October?—?19 November 2011
North Galleries
Inside the White Cube is a programme of exhibitions profiling work by artists who have not previously shown at the gallery.
Presenting: Marieta Chirulescu, Mary Corse, Kitty Kraus
9?×?9?×?9
12 October?—?3 December 2011
9?×?9?×?9 is a centrally located, naturally-lit gallery, measuring eighty one square metres, which is the location for special presentations and displays of new art.
Presenting: Cerith Wyn Evans
Auditorium
12 October?—?12 November 2011
White Cube Bermondsey auditorium will play host to a series of occasional events, talks, performances and film programmes.
Presenting: Jake and Dinos Chapman
Bermondsey Street
144?—152 Bermondsey Street
London SE1 3TQ
