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| 415 West 13th Street | | New York, New York 10014 USA | | Tel: | (212) 999-7337 | | Fax: | (212) 999-7338 | | 10am-6pm | Gian Enzo Sperone
Angela Westwater
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Sperone Westwater Fischer was founded in 1975, when Italian art dealer Gian Enzo Sperone, Angela Westwater, and German art dealer Konrad Fischer opened an exhibition space in Soho, New York.
(The gallery's name was changed to Sperone Westwater in 1982.) The original goal of the gallery was to showcase European artists who had little or no recognition in the United States, along with a collection of American painters and sculptors to whom the three founders were commited. Notable early exhibitions include "Aspects of Recent Art from Europe," a 1977 group show featuring important work by Joseph Beuys and Jannis Kounellis; German artist Gerhard Richter's first solo exhibition in New York in 1978; and the installation of one of Mario Merz's celebrated glass and neon igloos in 1979.
In 2002, Sperone Westwater moved from Soho to a 10,000 square foot exhibition space in the Meat Packing District in West Village. Today, nearly thirty years after its conception, the gallery continues to exhibit the work of artists both established and cutting edge, of diverse nationality, age, and style. Renowned American artists Bruce Nauman and Susan Rothenberg have been with Sperone Westwater since 1976 and 1987, respectively. They are joined by such eminent talents as Richard Tuttle, Malcolm Morley and Guillermo Kuitca, as well as up-and-coming young artists like Tom Sachs, Charles LeDray and Wim Delvoye. The gallery’s 2006 exhibition program includes shows of work by Lucio Fontana, Carla Accardi, William Wegman, and Laurie Simmons.
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