Hashimoto Contemporary Gets a Movie Store Makeover for ‘Babel Video’ Solo Show by Woodrow White

By Shayna Yasuhara | January 4, 2018, 12:29 pm

Hashimoto Contemporary is getting an unusual revamp by Bay Area artist and illustrator Woodrow White this Saturday. The gallery space is being transformed into a video-rental store, complete with hand-painted DVDs and large-scale movie posters from the artist’s created universe of ﬁctitious ﬁlms.

While the solo show’s concept is downright fun, the dark-humored titles and themes are meant to challenge the viewer. Woodrow White’s paintings look to go deeper with its messaging about societal norms, Hollywood, and escapism. “White’s work speaks to the anxiety surrounding the validity of information, where trust in images has been irreparable damaged by mass consumption.” Staying in step with our current times, which are filled with its anxiety-inducing headlines on the regular, White’s work also “draws upon politically divisive topics like climate change, social inequalities, economics, and war.”