Harry Stendhal is an American gallerist, arts organization founder, and entrepreneur.

Galleries

As an art dealer he operated the Stendhal gallery in the

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section of

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and then the Maya Stendhal Gallery in

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section of New York City (in partnership with his sister Maya) and exhibited among other artists; the painters Ron English and Rick Prol, the

Dada Dada () or Dadaism was an art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century, with early centres in Zürich, Switzerland, at the Cabaret Voltaire (in 1916). New York Dada began c. 1915, and after 1920 Dada flourished in Pari ...

ist Hans Richter and the Fluxus group members

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and Larry Miller. In 2007 Hans Richter's artistic archives were displayed at the Gallery in an exhibition comprehensive of his Dada years and collaboration with

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, a fellow Dadaist who created the groundbreaking film ''Symphonie Diagonal'' and Hans Richter ''Rhythmus 21''. The exhibition titled "Universal Language and the Avant-Garde" was covered in

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. After exhibiting George Macunias' work at his now closed commercial gallery he opened the foundation in 2011. The organization which when it had an artspace purpose' was to exhibit the entire inter-disciplinary body work of

George Maciunas George Maciunas (; lt, Jurgis Mačiūnas; November 8, 1931 – May 9, 1978) was a Lithuanian American artist, born in Kaunas. A founding member and the central coordinator of Fluxus, an international community of artists, architects, composers ...

the Lithuanian born co-founder of the

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art movement. Stendhal's exhibitions of Maciunas' work were covered by among others Anthony Haden-Guest in the

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and Fionn Meade in ArtForum. In 1991 the Soho gallery hosted a benefit organized for the charity

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which brings meals to homebound people with Aids and other serious illnesses organized by late fashion photographer

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and featuring men's suits by such designers as Issac Mizrahi,

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and

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which were then embellished (painted upon) by such artists as

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and Ron English. In 2004 Harry and his sister Maya commissioned the painter and filmmaker Jeff Scher to create an animated film portrait of their friend Susan Shin and then offered the ability to commission a similar rendering to gallery clients. This endeavor which was reported on by ''

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''. Stendhal himself is a presence on the New York City social scene whose events draw press coverage as does his goings on about town. During the second incarnation of his gallery Harry Stendhal became ensnared in legal imbroglios with graphic designer and visual artist

Paula Scher Paula Scher (born October 6, 1948, Washington, D.C.) is an American graphic designer, painter and art educator in design. She also served as the first female principal at Pentagram, which she joined in 1991.Scher, Paula." (n.d.): Oxford University ...

and the filmmaker and visual artist

Jonas Mekas Jonas Mekas (; December 24, 1922 – January 23, 2019) was a Lithuanian-American filmmaker, poet, and artist who has been called "the godfather of American avant-garde cinema". Mekas' work has been exhibited in museums and at festivals worldwi ...

, a then-octagenarian, who accused the gallerist of selling his artwork without his consent and or reimbursement for among other things as an avenue for Stendhal to cover his tab at

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. The Mekas case was eventually settled out of court.

Fluxus llc. and the Fluxhouse

In 2013 he co-founded Fluxus llc, a privately held construction technology firm. In 2020 Fluxus with cooperation with Arcadis presented "Harnessing Prefabrication to Tackle the Affordable Housing Challenge: A Global Partnership Approach" at the Advancing Prefabrication conference in Dallas, Texas. Their prototype the "Fluxhouse" is currently shown in Augmented reality on the website of the

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for whom Fluxus llc. is helping to implement augmented reality technology.

References

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