The John Gibson Gallery was a contemporary

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, in operation from November 1967 to 2000, and founded by . Early on, the gallery specialized in selling contemporary monumental–sized sculptures.

History

Precursor

The Park Place Gallery in New York became a center of attention for the downtown art scene and their original gallery members were all of the cutting edge. John Gibson was the first director of

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from 1963 to 1965. By 1966, the SoHo neighborhood of New York City had a growing artist community, and had revolutionized what was possible for young artists.

John Gibson Gallery

John Gibson later opened his own gallery in 1967, in the neighborhood of

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. Gibson was aided in running the John Gibson Gallery by his wife, Susan Gibson. The John Gibson Gallery held its first group exhibition on November 1967, ''The Hanging, Floating, Cantilever Show.'' The first exhibition featured installation art by Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Snelson, Christo, Robert Morris, Forrest Myers, and Sol LeWitt. By 1972, the gallery moved locations to 392 West Broadway in Soho. John Gibson Gallery closed in 2000, and Gibson died on March 1, 2019. The John Gibson Gallery has work in public collections such as the

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Artists

The gallery is primarily known for the Minimalist,

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, arte povera,

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ists and European artists it has represented and whose careers it helped launch.

Gallery locations

*1967–1971, John Gibson Gallery, Projects for Commissions, 27 East 67th Street, New York City, New York, 10021 *1972–1980, John Gibson Gallery, 392 West Broadway, New York City, New York, 10012 *1981–1984, John Gibson Gallery, 205 East 78th Street, New York City, New York, 10021 *1984–2000, John Gibson Gallery, 568 Broadway at Prince, New York City, New York, 10012

Art fairs

* Art Basel (1972, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991), * Art Cologne (1974, 1975)

Notes

External links

Interview with John Gibson,
from

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