TheWhiteBox

What does the “rarified neutral” mean in the age of artificial intelligence? The traditional “White Box” gallery has long provided a pristine, sacred enclosure that directs our focus toward scarce physical art artifacts, while the artist’s presence is reduced to a concise label on the wall. Meanwhile, the audience—intruding upon this liminal space— acts as a disruptor.

In this exhibition, seven artists who integrate AI into their practices examine how these boundaries between curator, artist, viewer, and object are shifting in a world where access to creative technology is increasingly widespread. Thanks to AI tools available to anyone with an internet connection, the line between professional artists and casual experimenters dissolves. A never-ending supply of imagery, combined with the emergence of entirely new mediums, heightens the role of the audience: no longer passive observers, they become co-creators who shape and reinterpret artworks through online engagement, social media, and their own forays into AI-driven production.
Against this backdrop, the notion of gatekeeping itself is forced to evolve. As visual outputs proliferate, how do we define excellence, authorship, and originality? If, in some sense, we are all now creators, what does that imply for our most basic definitions of art? Each piece in this show invites deep reflection on how these reconfigurations challenge the “neutrality” of the gallery, asking us to reconsider who holds the power to create, curate, and critique in the age of AI.