From its inception in 1990 in SoHo to its relocation to Chelsea in 2003, Harry Stendhal director of Stendhal Gallery has established a unique presence in the art world, introducing an educational program through museum-quality exhibitions and access to scholarly archival documents. Stendhal Gallery champions the work of historical and contemporary masters, namely those involved in Dada, Fluxus, avant-garde film, video art, installation, design, architecture, urban planning, and fine art print-making. The innovative exhibitions at Stendhal Gallery aim to promote works of art with historical and socio-political importance, which continue to impact our present, lived world. Often uncovering unseen artworks or related historical documents, they endeavor to make these rare materials available for public viewing or continued scholarship and research. Stendhal Gallery has exhibited some of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, including George Maciunas, Jonas Mekas, Hans Richter, Ken Friedman, Paula Scher, George Brecht, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Nam Jun Paik andShigeko Kubota, Ben Vautier and Viking Eggeling among others. With a strong reputation for museum-quality exhibitions and has received many critical reviews in Artforum, the New York Times, Art in America, and many other international arts publications.
Stendhal Gallery has supported non-profit institutions both locally and internationally, such as Anthology Film Archives; the Filmmaker’s Cooperative; and the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Hirshorn Museum, Washington DC; the American Composers Orchestra and many other institutions worldwide.
Many overlooked historical figures have been brought back to the forefront of contemporary art through their groundbreaking programming and unique educational remit. Pioneering avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas has deservedly risen to art historical status through his numerous exhibitions and projects with Stendhal Gallery and its continued promotion of his endeavors as an artist and curator, culminating in the opening of Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in his home country of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007, dedicated to exhibiting his work and the work of Fluxus founder George Maciunas.
Dada artist Hans Richter was well respected amongst his fellow New York “avant-gardists” in his lifetime, and is now recognized artist and educator, he helped establish the first film institute in United States in City College in the 1950s where he was the director for 14 years. Stendhal Gallery has exhibited many of his rarely seen experimental films and has accumulated an archive of information about this conceptual genius that is readily available to the public. His 2006 exhibition entitled Hans Richter: Art and Anti-Art, provided a unique opportunity to view an expansive range of his artworks, films, paintings, posters, original documents, lithographs, work-studies, and sculptures. In 2007 his personal archives were exhibited at Stendhal Gallery and included his Dada years and his collaboration with Viking Eggeling, another Dada artist who made the groundbreaking film “Symphonie Diagonal” and Hans Richter “Rhythmus 21“. The exhibition titled “Universal Language and the Avant-Garde” was featured in Artforum.
Named “the grand dame” of Design by The New York Times, Paula Scher has also taken the contemporary art world by storm while working with Stendhal Gallery. Her large-scale map paintings have generated a fresh dialogue in the crossover of design and fine art, and have sparked an interest in cartographic subject matter among artists and institutions. Stendhal Gallery has successfully launched Paula Scher Maps Print Series that has been popular amongst fine art print collectors. Currently, Stendhal Gallery a new exhibition titledPaula Scher:Maps Screenprints 2006-2010 will opening February 4 – March 27. Stendhal Gallery is announcing the publication of 3 New Paula Scher Limited Edition Maps Screenprints; Israel, South America and The World II. Israel release date is in the Spring of 2010, South American in Summer 2010 and The World II in Fall 2010. For a limited time, the screenprints will be available for the special pre-publication price of $3,500.
In recent years the gallery has reasserted the importance of Fluxus founder George Maciunas. After his exhibitions Fluxus: To George with Love;Charts, Diagrams, Films, Documents, and Atlases; and Prefabricated Buildings System reviewed in Architects Newspaper, D.I.Y, From Fluxus To Media Art, among others, he has gained international recognition in museums worldwide. Stendhal Gallery also archived a huge collection of documents and objects from his life and work, now in the permanent collection of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. Now at the forefront of critical dialogue concerning his work as an artist, architect, designer, and art historian, a new foundation has been opened under his name.
In 2009, Harry Stendhal established the George Maciunas Foundation. The non-profit 301 (c)(3) tax exempt arts organization is dedicated to preserving the work and legacy of George Maciunas, as well as ensuring the protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The Foundation facilitates greater access to materials and information surrounding George Maciunas and the Fluxus movement, and aims to continue his vision through providing artist grants and curating contemporary exhibitions. The George Maciunas Foundation pledges to pay tribute to and revitalize the legacy of a man who worked with great principle and dedication to help construct a more equitable and creative way of life for all.
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From its inception in 1990 in SoHo to its relocation to Chelsea in 2003, Harry Stendhal director of Stendhal Gallery has established a unique presence in the art world, introducing an educational program through museum-quality exhibitions and access to scholarly archival documents. Stendhal Gallery champions the work of historical and contemporary masters, namely those involved in Dada, Fluxus, avant-garde film, video art, installation, design, architecture, urban planning, and fine art print-making. The innovative exhibitions at Stendhal Gallery aim to promote works of art with historical and socio-political importance, which continue to impact our present, lived world. Often uncovering unseen artworks or related historical documents, they endeavor to make these rare materials available for public viewing or continued scholarship and research. Stendhal Gallery has exhibited some of the most celebrated artists of the 20th century, including George Maciunas, Jonas Mekas, Hans Richter, Ken Friedman, Paula Scher, George Brecht, Andy Warhol, Yoko Ono, Nam Jun Paik and Shigeko Kubota, Ben Vautier and Viking Eggeling among others. With a strong reputation for museum-quality exhibitions and has received many critical reviews in Artforum, the New York Times, Art in America, and many other international arts publications.
Stendhal Gallery has supported non-profit institutions both locally and internationally, such as Anthology Film Archives; the Filmmaker’s Cooperative; and the Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center, Vilnius, Lithuania, The Ludwig Museum, Cologne, PS1 Contemporary Art Center, New York; Hirshorn Museum, Washington DC; the American Composers Orchestra and many other institutions worldwide.
Many overlooked historical figures have been brought back to the forefront of contemporary art through their groundbreaking programming and unique educational remit. Pioneering avant-garde filmmaker Jonas Mekas has deservedly risen to art historical status through his numerous exhibitions and projects with Stendhal Gallery and its continued promotion of his endeavors as an artist and curator, culminating in the opening of Jonas Mekas Visual Arts Center in his home country of Vilnius, Lithuania in 2007, dedicated to exhibiting his work and the work of Fluxus founder George Maciunas.
Dada artist Hans Richter was well respected amongst his fellow New York “avant-gardists” in his lifetime, and is now recognized artist and educator, he helped establish the first film institute in United States in City College in the 1950s where he was the director for 14 years. Stendhal Gallery has exhibited many of his rarely seen experimental films and has accumulated an archive of information about this conceptual genius that is readily available to the public. His 2006 exhibition entitled Hans Richter: Art and Anti-Art, provided a unique opportunity to view an expansive range of his artworks, films, paintings, posters, original documents, lithographs, work-studies, and sculptures. In 2007 his personal archives were exhibited at Stendhal Gallery and included his Dada years and his collaboration with Viking Eggeling, another Dada artist who made the groundbreaking film “Symphonie Diagonal” and Hans Richter “Rhythmus 21“. The exhibition titled “Universal Language and the Avant-Garde” was featured in Artforum.
Named “the grand dame” of Design by The New York Times, Paula Scher has also taken the contemporary art world by storm while working with Stendhal Gallery. Her large-scale map paintings have generated a fresh dialogue in the crossover of design and fine art, and have sparked an interest in cartographic subject matter among artists and institutions. Stendhal Gallery has successfully launched Paula Scher Maps Print Series that has been popular amongst fine art print collectors. Currently, Stendhal Gallery a new exhibition titled Paula Scher:Maps Screenprints 2006-2010 will opening February 4 – March 27. Stendhal Gallery is announcing the publication of 3 New Paula Scher Limited Edition Maps Screenprints; Israel, South America and The World II. Israel release date is in the Spring of 2010, South American in Summer 2010 and The World II in Fall 2010. For a limited time, the screenprints will be available for the special pre-publication price of $3,500.
In recent years the gallery has reasserted the importance of Fluxus founder George Maciunas. After his exhibitions Fluxus: To George with Love; Charts, Diagrams, Films, Documents, and Atlases; and Prefabricated Buildings System reviewed in Architects Newspaper, D.I.Y, From Fluxus To Media Art, among others, he has gained international recognition in museums worldwide. Stendhal Gallery also archived a huge collection of documents and objects from his life and work, now in the permanent collection of the city of Vilnius, Lithuania. Now at the forefront of critical dialogue concerning his work as an artist, architect, designer, and art historian, a new foundation has been opened under his name.
In 2009, Harry Stendhal established the George Maciunas Foundation. The non-profit 301 (c)(3) tax exempt arts organization is dedicated to preserving the work and legacy of George Maciunas, as well as ensuring the protection of copyrights and intellectual property. The Foundation facilitates greater access to materials and information surrounding George Maciunas and the Fluxus movement, and aims to continue his vision through providing artist grants and curating contemporary exhibitions. The George Maciunas Foundation pledges to pay tribute to and revitalize the legacy of a man who worked with great principle and dedication to help construct a more equitable and creative way of life for all.
Some highlights from Stendhal Gallery exhibitions include: Jose Clemente Arozco Paintings, Drawings, Graphics; Marc Chagall: Paintings 1940-1980; Harriet Logan; Bill Morrison: Decasia; Andy Warhol: The Americans; Jonas Mekas 365 Day Project and www.jonasmekas.com, Ken Friedman-99 Events; George Maciunas:Charts, Diagrams, Films, Documents and Atlases; Shigeko Kubota: My Life with Nam Jun Paik; Hans Richter:Art and Anti-Art, Dreams That Money Can Buy; Paula Scher: Recent Paintings 2008 and The Maps 2006; From Fluxus to Media Art; Fluxus: To George with Love; The Avant-Garde: From Futurism to Fluxus; Anthology Film Archives; Unseen Cinema Early American Avant-Garde Film.
STENDHAL GALLERY
545 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011
P.212.366.1549
Hours: Open to public Wednesday – Friday and by appointment
Please call 212-366-1549 or email – info@stendhalgallery.com
Current Exhibition:
Paula Scher
Sceenprints 2006-2010
February 4 – March 27