Dominique White wins Max Mara Art Prize for Women
Dominique White, the winner of the ninth edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women, presents a new body of work, Deadweight, realized during a six-month residency organized by Collezione Maramotti. A thought-provoking exploration of rebellion and transformation, Deadweight comprises four large-scale sculptural works that continue the artist's interest in creating new worlds for ‘Blackness’ and fascination with the metaphoric potency and regenerative power of the sea.
The title of the project derives from a nautical term that collapses everything on a ship into a single unit which determines the ship’s ability to float and function as intended. White deliberately inverts this, offering disruption as opposed to stability - a reckoning with the tipping point of the ship to offer the possibility of emancipation through abolition.
The biannual Max Mara Art Prize for Women was established in 2005 and is a collaboration between Whitechapel Gallery, Max Mara, and Collezione Maramotti. It is the only visual art prize of its kind for UK-based emerging women-identifying artists, aiming to promote and nurture them at a crucial stage in their careers through increased visibility, and the space, time, and resources to develop an ambitious new work.
