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. Early on, the gallery specialized in selling contemporary monumental–sized sculptures.

History

Precursor

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

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.