In the Gallery with Jim White

Please join us in the North Floor Gallery for an exciting event in conjunction with the outsider art exhibition “Anything Can Be Redeemed” by Jim White, accompanied by an artist talk about the work,  spoken word reading from his latest book and acoustic musical performance in the gallery space.  This will be a wonderful experience you won’t want to miss out on!

About the artist:

Jim White’s a restless soul operating in a variety of artistic mediums. First discovered by David Byrne, White’s quirky musical output spans a 30 year stretch, garnering him critical darling status along the way.

His iconic duet with Aimee Mann on the song Static on the Radio appeared in the closing credits of the film El Camino, while his Primus-esque romp Wordmule was featured in the pivotal Heisenger Episode of the  Breaking Bad TV series.

White’s a published author as well. His debut novel, Incidental Contact was described by Mojo Magazine as “unputdownable”. Skirmishes With the Lord, his follow up publication, is a collection of humorous essays detailing the making of the award winning BBC 4 documentary Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which White starred in.

His visual art has been displayed both nationally and internationally, including shows at The Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin Ireland, Aarhus Festuge in Aarhus Denmark, the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, in Winston-Salem and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans.

His visual art output primarily centers around found object three dimensional assemblage constructions, constituent parts culled from dumpsters, flea markets and thrift stores around the US South.

White’s themes, be they in song, written form or visual art, primarily focus on the contradictions presented by life in the US South, focusing in particular on southern religion and cultural institutions.

White is the father of two grown daughters, the eldest being rising country music star Willow Avalon.