Gregory de la Haba "The Virtue of Vice"

WHITE BOX

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White Box and Raul Zamudio present a Special Opening Performance by Gregory de la Haba.

Gambling as a thematic in contemporary art has not been dealt with sufficient seriousness. Although there are, for example, iconic works including Marcel Duchamp's Monte Carlo Bond (1924), Gregory de la Haba's The Virtue of Vice pushes gambling as a form of social sculpture and relational aesthetic.

White Box will host the proverbial Craps game and its basement exhibition space will be turned into a high stakes casino for one night only and will include de la Haba's over-the-top, one-of-a-kind, 14' authentic Las Vegas gaming table replete with professional dealers flown in from Vegas.

Original art by the artist (including a custom de la Haba surfboard) will be offered to the biggest winner and the Phatest looser (the one who throws the most money down). All proceeds from the evening go directly to WHITEBOX's exhibition programming. Dice start rolling at 7pm. Don't know how to play? No worries, we're professionals. We'll show you how!

As Zamudio once stated about de la Haba's project: "It is a work with many metaphorical strands, one of them being that all artists are gamblers with New York City being the meanest casino in which they play to win or loose it all; but luck and skill may not be enough aces up their sleeves, for they engage a murky underworld filled with dealer hucksters, curatorial conmen, and art critic carpetbaggers of all stripes."

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August 11, 2011 from 19:00 to 22:00

Opening Reception on 2011-08-11 from 19:00 to 22:00

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