John Gibson Gallery

The John Gibson Gallery was a contemporary art gallery in New York City, in operation from November 1967 to 2000, and founded by John Gibson [Wikidata].^[1] Early on, the gallery specialized in selling contemporary monumental–sized sculptures.^[2]

John Gibson Gallery

Formation	November 1967
Dissolved	2000 (aged 28–29)
Headquarters	New York City, New York, U.S.
Leader	John Gibson

History

Precursor

Invitation to contemporary art exhibition, Eighties (1992)

Invitation to contemporary art exhibition, German Photographers (1997)

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.^[3] John Gibson was the first director of Park Place Gallery from 1963 to 1965.^[4] By 1966, the SoHo neighborhood of New York City had a growing artist community, and had revolutionized what was possible for young artists.^[5]

John Gibson Gallery

John Gibson later opened his own gallery in 1967, in the neighborhood of Lenox Hill.^[6] Gibson was aided in running the John Gibson Gallery by his wife, Susan Gibson.^[7] The John Gibson Gallery held its first group exhibition in November 1967, The Hanging, Floating, Cantilever Show.^[6] The first exhibition featured installation art by Donald Judd, Andy Warhol, Kenneth Snelson, Christo, Robert Morris, Forrest Myers, and Sol LeWitt.^[6] By 1972, the gallery moved locations to 392 West Broadway in Soho.

John Gibson Gallery closed in 2000,^[1] and Gibson died on March 1, 2019.^[1] The John Gibson Gallery has work in public collections such as the Harvard Art Museums.^[8]

Artists

The gallery is primarily known for the Minimalist, land art, arte povera, conceptual artists and European artists it has represented and whose careers it helped launch.

• Mac Adams,^{[citation needed]}
• Carl Andre,^{[citation needed]}
• John Armleder,^[9]
• Arman,^{[10] [11]}
• David Askevold,^[12]
• Jennifer Bartlett,^{[citation needed]}
• Didler Bay,^[12]
• Joseph Beuys,^[13]
• Bill Beckley,^{[14] [15]}
• Eberhard Bosslet,^[16]
• Marcel Broodthaers,^[17]
• Daniel Buren,^{[citation needed]}
• James Carpenter,^{[citation needed]}
• Saint Clair Cemin,^{[citation needed]}
• William Childress,^{[citation needed]}
• Tony Cragg,^{[citation needed]}
• Christo,^[1]
• Abraham David Christian,^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Cumming,^[12][18]
• Jan Dibbets,^{[citation needed]}
• Mark di Suvero,^{[citation needed]}
• Peter Fend,^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Filliou,^[11]
• Dan Graham,^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Grosvenor,^[1]
• Peter Halley,^{[citation needed]}
• Noel Harding,^{[citation needed]}
• Nancy Haynes,^[19]
• Eva Hesse,^{[citation needed]}
• John Hilliard,^[20]
• Peter Hutchinson,^[12][21]
• Will Insley,^[2]
• Donald Judd,^[1]
• Allan Kaprow,^[22]
• Leandro Katz,^{[citation needed]}
• Gerad Laing,^[2]
• Eve Andree Laramee,^[23]
• Ange Leccia,^{[citation needed]}
• Jean Le Gac,^[12]
• Sol LeWitt,^[2]
• Richard Long,^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Morris,^[6]
• Gordon Matta-Clark,^{[citation needed]}
• Mario Merz,^{[citation needed]}
• Forrest Myers,^[6]
• Olivier Mosset,^[24]
• Thom Merrick,^{[citation needed]}
• Bruce Nauman,^{[citation needed]}
• Claes Oldenburg,^{[citation needed]}
• Dennis Oppenheim,^[1][25]
• Joel Otterson,^{[citation needed]}
• Panamarenko,^[26]
• Steven Parrino,^{[citation needed]}
• Lucio Pozzi,^{[citation needed]}
• Robert Ryman,^{[citation needed]}
• Richard Serra,^{[citation needed]}
• Salvatore Scarpitta,^{[citation needed]}
• Keith Sonnier,^{[citation needed]}
• Susan Smith,^[27]
• Robert Smithson,^{[citation needed]}
• Kenneth Snelson,^[6]
• Haim Steinbach,^{[citation needed]}
• Niele Toroni,^[11]
• Richard Tuttle,^{[citation needed]}
• Andy Warhol,^[6]
• Meg Webster,^{[citation needed]}
• Lawrence Weiner,^{[citation needed]}
• Roger Welch,^[12]
• Ben Vautier,^[11]
• Michael Zwack.^{[citation needed]}

Gallery locations

• 1967–1971, John Gibson Gallery, Projects for Commissions, 27 East 67th Street, New York City, New York, 10021^[2]
• 1972–1980, John Gibson Gallery, 392 West Broadway, New York City, New York, 10012^[28]
• 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