
White Cube New York presents an exhibition of paintings by Sylvia Snowden (b. 1942, North Carolina), who lives and works in Washington, DC. Over a six-decade-long career, the artist has developed a psychologically charged painting practice that addresses the African American experience. In her compositions, distorted figurative elements are rendered through expressive impasto brushstrokes, with colour, texture and form translating into a spectrum of human emotion.










Sylvia Snowden has developed a singular body of work spanning six decades, which is characterised by a visceral and sculptural application of paint in which colour and texture emerge from densely-worked under-layers. Working in series, Snowden’s work aims to depict the struggles and triumphs of humanity and dispel the societal myths that are used to push us apart.




An international art powerhouse, White Cube was established in 1993 in London by art dealer Jay Jopling. In its space on Duke Street, it served as the early exhibition venue for many now internationally acclaimed British artists, including Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George, Rachel Kneebone and Antony Gormley, who still show with the gallery today.

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