“It’s therapeutic because when you’re working with power tools, you’re feeling all kinds of different emotions”: Jack White returns to his furniture-making roots with a new exhibition of his ‘hardware store art’
US musician and artist Jack White sits on "Sam Phillips Sofa" (2016) as he attends a photocall for the "Jack White: These Thoughts May Disappear" exhibition at Newport Street Gallery on May 28, 2026 in London, England. The exhibition marks the first public presentation of works by the American artist and musician Jack White, featuring his monumental sculpture The Red Tree (2015). (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images).
Jack White has become the latest rock star to exhibit his own art and has been talking about it in an interview with The Sunday Times.
As many fans know, before the White Stripes took off, White was an upholsterer and it’s with these same skills that the guitarist has created his works of art – he apparently calls it “hardware store art”.
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