The Luhring Augustine Gallery is an art gallery in New York City. The gallery has three locations:

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. Its principal focus is the representation of an international group of contemporary artists whose diverse practices include painting, drawing, sculpture, video and photography.

History

Luhring Augustine Gallery was founded in 1985 by co-owners Lawrence R. Luhring and Roland J. Augustine. From 1989 until 1992, the gallery also partnered with

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on establishing Luhring Augustine Hetzler in Los Angeles. The space was located in a refurbished building at 1330 4th Street in Santa Monica. In 2012, Luhring Augustine opened a space in

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(May 3, 2012)
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. The gallery is a member of the

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(ADAA). Roland Augustine served as president of the ADAA from 2006 to 2009.

Artists

Each artist of the gallery has exhibited widely in museum and gallery contexts and has been regularly included in international exhibitions such as the Venice Bienniale, The Carnegie International, and Documenta. The exhibition program is best characterized by its adherence to a rigorous curatorial model that has incorporated critical monographic exhibitions such as

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(1987),

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(1995) and

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(1999), which have served as historical antecedents for the contemporary program of the gallery. Among others, Luhring Augustine Gallery has been representing the following living artists: *

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* Larry ClarkAndrew Russeth (May 17, 2017)
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(since 2019) * Sanya Kantarovsky (since 2017) * Allison Katz (since 2020) * Ragnar Kjartansson *

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* Reinhard Mucha *

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(since 2012) *

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(since 2020) *

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(since 1992) *

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'', September 7, 2012 In addition to living artists, Luhring Augustine Gallery also handles the estates of the following: *

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(since 2017) * Jeremy Moon (since 2017) * Tunga Luhring Augustine Gallery has in the past represented the following: * Allison Katz (2020–2022) *

Simone Leigh Simone Leigh (born 1967) is an American artist from Chicago who works in New York City in the United States. She works in various media including sculpture, installations, video, performance, and social practice. Leigh has described her work as au ...

(until 2020) *

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(2009-2019) *

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(until 2019) *

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(until 2017) *

Gregory Crewdson Gregory Crewdson (born September 26, 1962) is an American photographer. He photographs tableaux of American homes and neighborhoods. Life and career Crewdson was born in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. He attended John Dewey ...

Richard B. Woodward (January 18, 2004)
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Since its founding, Luhring Augustine Gallery has also specialized in the resale of select works of art from the 20th century by artists such as

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Sigmar Polke Sigmar Polke (13 February 1941 – 10 June 2010) was a German painter and photographer. Polke experimented with a wide range of styles, subject matters and materials. In the 1970s, he concentrated on photography, returning to paint in the 1980s ...

Notable exhibitions

's work ''Gnaw: Lard'' or ''Gnaw: Chocolate'', the artist gnawing on lard and chocolate and turning them into lipsticks and chocolate boxes, was first exhibited at the gallery in 1992.

Paul McCarthy Paul McCarthy (born August 4, 1945) is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Life McCarthy was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1945. He studied art at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah, and later continued ...

's 1996 installation at the gallery, ''Yaa-Hoo'', featured mechanized mannequins performing sexual acts. In addition to exhibiting work of modern and contemporary artists, Luhring Augustine has hosted two historical exhibitions of

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, working in collaboration with Sam Fogg Gallery: ''Of Earth and Heaven'' (2018) and Gothic Spirit (2020).

References

External links

Luhring Augustine Gallery
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