Steve McQueen: Into This World 1 Apr - 29 May 2004 11 Duke Street, St James's

The Directors of Thomas Dane are pleased to inaugurate their new gallery in Duke Street with works by British artist, Steve McQueen.

Under the title Into This World, McQueen brings together two pieces: Illuminer, 2001, a 15-minute video projection, and the slide projection and sound work 7th November, 2001.

The words "Into This World..." begin Not I, the play by Samuel Beckett that was performed in the seventies by Beckett's muse, the British actress Billie Whitelaw. During a recent conversation with Steve McQueen, Whitelaw hammered at these words again and again, recalling the intensity and sheer physicality of the performance.

Either as elusive self-portrait or autobiographical tale, both works command similar intensity; a disconcerting resonance within in an extreme economy of means, as well as a suspension of time and logic.

Since his first video works of the early 1990s, Steve McQueen has explored various and unexpected ways of representation. Born in London in 1969, McQueen graduated from Goldsmith's College in 1993 before studying at Tisch School of the Arts in New York University. In 1999 he was awarded the Turner Prize and in 2002 was awarded an OBE. McQueen lives and works in London and Amsterdam.

The Gallery, Thomas Dane's first permanent space in the West End of London, will present solo and group exhibitions by several generations of British and international artists, working in a wide variety of media.