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Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd: running a Picture Gallery

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Wednesday, 8 June 2016 to Friday, 15 July 2016
Opening: 
Tuesday, 7 June 2016 - 6:00pm to 8:30pm

‘Keith (Milow), Marcel (Broodthaers), ring Rita Donagh, ring Jasia Reichardt, 3.30pm Jack Wendler, leave key for Rudolf (Zwirner), 8pm reception for Miriam and Barry (bring swim suit)’

Nigel Greenwood office diary, June 29, 1976

 

‘In the early 1970s the number of galleries in London committed to showing international developments in contemporary art, and especially European art, could be counted on the fingers of one hand. Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd was one of the four. The gallery of Nigel Greenwood played a crucial part in introducing the work of emerging artists to the then small audience for contemporary art in London.’

Nicholas Serota

 

‘Nigel was without a doubt the most interesting and perceptive gallery in London — it was a time when other interesting galleries were in fact franchise spaces for New York galleries. As a painter himself Nigel loved painting, and didn't reject it completely, yet accepted art that was searching, conceptual, personal etc.  He was, at a time when it was not easy, one of the greats. Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd was also the only progressive gallery close to the art schools like Chelsea and the Royal College. The best students were frequent visitors. It was part of their education.’

Joel Fisher

 

Over two decades, Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd presented an extraordinary group of artists including Bernd and Hilla Becher, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Rita Donagh, Gilbert & George, Richard Hamilton, Alan Johnston, David Lamelas, Christopher Le Brun, Keith Milow, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, John Stezaker, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle and John Walker.

 

From 1972 to 1985, Greenwood ran the gallery from 41 Sloane Gardens, London, where he also lived. Visitors would encounter ground-breaking shows and enthusiastic conversation about the ‘now’ art on display. The exhibition will explore the special atmosphere of 41 Sloane Gardens, as a public exhibition space and home for Greenwood and an intimate, international group of visiting artists, friends and colleagues. Joel Fisher will be collaborating with students from the Chelsea MA Curating and Collections course to re-create his large-scale Apograph wall drawing (1973) and Marc Camille Chaimowicz has been invited to revisit his 1979 exhibition, Screens, incorporating original public/private domestic artifacts from the gallery and home.

 

The exhibition will include material from the Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd archive which has never been displayed before in public. Works and documentation will revisit landmark shows and publications by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Rita Donagh, Gilbert and George, David Lamelas, Ed Ruscha, John Stezaker, David Tremlett and the influential group exhibition, The Book as Artwork (1972).

 

A publication edited by Phoebe Greenwood, including original contributions from Gilbert & George, Lynda Morris, Richard Cork, Ed Ruscha and Kynaston McShine will accompany the exhibition.

 

Nigel Greenwood (1941-2004) was a gallerist and curator influential in the development of British art during the 1970s and 1980s. An early promoter of Conceptual art, he presented Gilbert & George's Underneath the arches and the first UK exhibition of Ed Ruscha's artists' books at his gallery at Glebe Place, Chelsea (1969-1971). After moving to a new location at Sloane Gardens (1971-1985) and then New Burlington Street (1985-1992) he continued to introduce new British and international artists, including Keith Milow, David Tremlett, Rita Donagh, David Lamelas, John Stezaker and Marcel Broodthaers. He played an important role in artist books’, opening the influential Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd book shop in 1971 and publishing artists' books in relatively large editions (ca. 1,000) to accompany exhibitions, rather than catalogues, He presented the seminal exhibition Book as Artwork in 1972. He curated the Hayward Gallery Annual Exhibition in 1985.

 

Nigel Greenwood Inc Ltd: running a Picture Gallery has been organized with Phoebe Greenwood and the Nigel Greenwood Art Prize. The Nigel Greenwood Art Prize is a new annual residency prize that supports independent-minded artists of all ages and gives them funds and a studio to complete work at pivotal moments in their careers. www.nigelgreenwoodprize.com.

 

The winner of the Nigel Greenwood Art Prize 2016 will be announced on Tuesday 21 June at CHELSEA space, 6-8pm. All welcome.

 

Special thanks to Gilbert & George, Joel Fisher, Marc Camille Chaimowicz, Cabinet Gallery and Tate Archive

Venue ( Address ): 

CHELSEA space

16 John Islip St

London

SW1P 4JU

CHELSEA space , London

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