The Nailya Alexander Gallery is an American art gallery that was founded in
New York City in 2004.
A member of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers,
the gallery is known for its collection of rare and vintage
gelatin-silver prints by the pioneers of the
Russian avant-garde
The Russian avant-garde was a large, influential wave of avant-garde modern art that flourished in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, approximately from 1890 to 1930—although some have placed its beginning as early as 1850 and its e ...
, as well as for its representation of contemporary American and European photographers.
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The gallery has served as a venue for solo shows for contemporary artists
Irina Nakhova
Irina Isayevna Nakhova (russian: Ирина Исаевна Нахова; born 1955 in Moscow) is a Russian artist. Her father, Isai Nakhov, is a philologist. At 14 years old her mother took her to Victor Pivovarov's Atelier. Pivovarov played an ...
,
Pentti Sammallahti,
George Tice, and
Alexey Titarenko. Group photography exhibitions have included the "AIPAD Photography Show" (2014), "Classic Photographs Los Angeles" (2016), "Constructing The Frame: Composition Among The Early Soviet Avant-Garde", (2019) "Masters Of Early 20th Century Soviet Photography" (2019), "Russian Photography After the Revolution" (2017), "Soviet Photomontage 1920s-1930s" (2017), and "
TASS Windows: World War II and the Art of Agitation" (2019).
Since 2010, the gallery has been located in New York's historic
Fuller Building, where its first exhibition was of the works of Titarenko, titled "St. Petersburg in Four Movements".
[''Photograph'' (2010), p. 21.] In 2019 the gallery commemorated its fifteenth anniversary with the show ''Color of Light: Fifteen Years of Nailya Alexander Gallery''.
References
External links
Official web site
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American photography organizations
Art galleries established in 2004
Photography museums and galleries in the United States
Art museums and galleries in Manhattan