Gallery Nature Morte

Nature Morte, New Delhi interior

Gallery Nature Morte is an art gallery in New Delhi India. It was first started by Peter Nagy and Alan Belcher on East Tenth Street in New York City.[1] A branch was opened in Berlin, in Germany, in 2008, and another in Gurgaon in 2011.[2] A branch in Kolkata (Calcutta) was closed after a fire.[2] It now shows mostly Indian contemporary art.[2]

204 East Tenth Street, New York City

The gallery's founder, Peter Nagy originally opened the gallery by the same name in New York City in 1982 with Alan Belcher.[3] It represented a post-modern genre of deconstructionist conceptual photography, sculpture, and painting. Artists who were exhibited at Gallery Nature Morte in New York include: Vito Acconci, Steven Parrino, Thomas Nozkowski, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Keith Sonnier, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Ross Bleckner, Robert Gober, Not Vital, James Welling, Barbara Kruger, David Robbins, Peter Nagy, Haim Steinbach, Richard Pettibone, Allan McCollum, Laurie Simmons, Joseph Nechvatal, James Brown, Jennifer Bolande, Joel Otterson, Howard Halle, Clegg and Guttmann, Steve DiBenedetto, Julie Wachtel, Ken Lum, Gretchen Bender, and Cady Noland.[4][5] It was one of a group of gallery's that were artist run, and sought to create greater creative freedom in the gallery system. In 1988, this gallery was closed followed shortly by Peter Nagy's move to India in 1992.

References

  1. ↑ Richard Milazzo, "Peter Nagy: Entertainment Erases History. Works 1982 to 2004 to the Present" Brooklyn, Eisbox Projects (2014)
  2. 1 2 3 Business Standard (2011-08-06). "An eye for talent". Business-standard.com. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
  3. ↑ Richard Milazzo, "Peter Nagy: Entertainment Erases History. Works 1982 to 2004 to the Present" Brooklyn, Eisbox Projects (2014)
  4. ↑ Richard Milazzo, "Peter Nagy: Entertainment Erases History. Works 1982 to 2004 to the Present" Brooklyn, Eisbox Projects (2014)
  5. ↑ Gallery Nature Morte NYC
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