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The John Gibson Gallery History

 

1972-81 John Gibson Gallery Inc. 392 West Broadway, NY 10021, 

1981-1984 John Gibson Gallery Inc. 205 East 78th Street, NY 10021, 

1984-2001 John Gibson Gallery Inc. 568 Broadway at Prince, NY 10012.

 

1967 [John Gibson Gallery - Projects for Commissions, 27 East 67th Street, NY 10021]

November 11-December, 1967: The Hanging Floating and Cantilevered Show.  

January 6 - 31, 1968: Christo "Projects of Packages, Storefronts, and Barrels for the National Gallery, Rome"

February 24 - March 29, 1968: Les Levine "Scale Models for the Star Machine"

March 30 - May 10, 1968: Forrest Myers, Scale models and plans of newly realized projects:

May 4 - May 23, 1968: Dennis Oppenheim "Furrows, Hedges, Trenches, Mounds, Water, Earth, Grass"

Christo II, Scale Models, Photomontages & Drawings: Saturday June 1-thru ?, 1968 (or is this 1969?)

 

Anti-Form: Saturday October 5 thru November 7, 1968 

The Great Southwest Projects, November 23 1968 

"The Clean Machine", Fischbach Gallery/John Gibson Gallery, 1968 

1969

Vito Acconci, Following Piece(photo) and others, John Gibson Commissions, 1969 

--Performance Test, 1969 (photo) 

Group exhibition (Gordon Matta-Clark, Photo Fry): 1969 

 

Dennis Oppenheim, "Below Zero Projects": January 11 - February 14, 1969 

 

Richard Long, Saturday, February 22 - March 14, 1969 

 

Peter Hutchinson: Saturday March 15 - April 11, 1969 

 

Panamarenko, Closed Systems Power Devices for Space Portable Air Transport Gas Turbines Saturday: April 19 through May 9, 1969 

 

Ecologic Art: May 17-June 28, 1969 

 

Christo, The Australian Projects: Saturday November 1 - November 28, 1969 

 

Will Insley, Channel Space: Saturday November 29 thru December 20, 1969 

1970

Group exhibition (Gordon Matta-Clark): 1970 (Is this exhibition Performance & Activities?) Peter 

Hutchinson, Paricutin Volcano: Feb 14-Mar 31, 1970 (announcement card and artists' book) 

Dennis Oppenheim: April 11-May 30, 1970 

Documentations 1970, June 13-August 29, Christo, Hutchinson, Insley, Kaprow, Oppenheim 

Allan Kaprow, Days Off: A Calendar of Happenings, October 4-thru October 31, 1970* 

 

Performances & Activities: Acconci, Christo, Hamish Fulton, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, Allan Kaprow, Gordon Matta, Dennis Oppenheim, Michael Snow, & Others, Fall, 1970 

 

1971

Vito Acconci, Step Piece, Room Piece, Learning Piece, Service Area, Trademarks, Overtaking Piece, Rubbing Piece (photos), John 

Vito Acconci: Saturday March 27 - April 24, 1971 (also Acconci bio on John Gibson Commissions letterhead) 

John Gibson, New York, Paris: Galerie Templon, Acconci, Christo, Graham, Hutchinson, Insley, Kaprow, Oppenheim, June 2-19, 1971 (announcement card) - date may not be accurate. 

 

Graham, 1971? (needs verification) 

 

Vito Acconci, Some Notes on Activity and Performance 

 

Roger Welch,1972 

 

Robert Cumming, March 8-29, 1972 (?) 

Dennis Oppenheim: Protection, 1971, Lithograph, Published by John Gibson and Multiples, NY, 1973 (Is this same listing as the portfolio?) 

Gordon Matta-Clark: 1973 

Janet Rifkin, Saturday January 6 - 31, 1973 

 

Joseph Beuys, Collected Editions, Saturday February 10-March 3, 1973 

 

Bill Beckley, "the origin of and", March 10-30, 1973 

 

Story (group exhibition), April 3 - May 3, 1973 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Breaking In from the Video Tape Shoots, Saturday May 5 - June 7, 1973 

 

Bill Beckley, Performance, June 6, 1973 

 

Robert Cumming, June 9 -30, 1973 

 

Roger Welch, Photo-Graphic Works, Films, September 22-October 16, 1973 

 

Arman, Selected Activities 1960-1973: October 20-November 21, 1973 (exhibition catalog) 

 

David Askevold, Kepler & Kohoutek and Other Occurences: November 24 - December 22, 1973 

 

??Welch: 1974 (Is the same as the film?) 

 

Joseph Beuys, Collected Editions II: January 5- 24, 1974 

 

Jean le Gac: January 26 - February 13, 1974 

 

Roger Welch, "Welch: a film by Roger Welch, 1972", February 14, 1974 

 

Dennis Oppenheim: February 16 - March 6, 1974 

 

Niele Toroni, March 9-27, 1974 

 

Narrative 2 (group exhibition): March 30-April 17, 1974 (Where is this card?) 

 

Robert Filliou, Telepathic Music, May 1-24, 1974 

 

Roger Cutforth, May 4-22, 1974 

Bill Beckley, "Performance, John Gibson Gallery, 393 West Broadway, New York, June 6 (1974) 8:30 p.m." 

 

Gordon Matta-Clark: Saturday Septemberember 21-October 16, 1974 

 

Verbal-Visual, International Kunstmarkt, Cologne: October 19-24, 1974 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Alphabet Series: Opening Saturday October 19, 1974 (exhibition catalog) 

 

Bill Beckley: November 23-December 21, 1974 

 

Dennis Oppenheim: January 4 - January 29, 1975 (press release in the Art in the Mind file) (poster produced) 

 

Mac Adams, Mystery Environment and other works, February 7- March 3, 1975 

 

Arman, Conscious Vandalism Event, April 5-19, 1975 

 

Dan Graham, Video/Performance Works, April 26-May 17, 1975 (poster/announcement) 

 

David Askevold: 1. Muse Extracts. 2. Synapses. 3. Green Willow for Delaware - a film at 3 & 5, May 24 - June 1, 1975 

 

Robert Cumming, June 9 -30, 1975 

 

James Collins: Septemberember 6-30, 1975 

 

Ben Vautier, Ideas, Projects and Details of my Life: October 4 - November 12, 1975 

 

Peter Hutchinson, The Anarchist's Story, John Gibson Gallery, November 15 - December 20, 1975 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Natural Histories and Other Stories: 1975 

 

Joseph Beuys: Collected Editions III, 1975 

 

Group Exhibition (including Dennis Oppenheim): 1976? 

 

Le Gac 1. Voyages 2. Drawing Master Series, January 3 - February 4, 1976 

 

Mac Adams, Mystery Environments: February 11 - March 11, 1976 

 

Roger Cutforth, March 6-31, 1976 

Bill Beckley: April 3 - 26, 1976 

15, Septemberember 18 - October 30, 1976 

 

Broodthaers, Collected Editions: November 13 - December, 1976 

 

David Askevold, The Ambit, nine clauses and their allotments, 1977), January 8 - February 2, 1977 

 

John Fernie, February 5 - March 2, 1977 

 

Jean Le Gac, "and the painter", March 5-30, 1977 

 

Robert Cumming: April 2-May 4, 1977 

 

Dennis Oppenheim: May 7 - May 25, 1977 

 

Janet Rifkin, Intrusions on a Sliding Function: May 28-June 18, 1977 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Selected Works 1968-1977: Septemberember 1- October 27, 1977 (exhibition catalog) 

 

William Childress, November 5-December 17, 1977 

 

Roger Cutforth: January 7-31, 1978 

 

Structure (group exhibition), Saturday March 18 - April 19, 1978 (exhibition catalog) 

 

John Hilliard, April 29-May 24, 1978 

 

James Carpenter: Saturday Septemberember 16 - October 18, 1978 

 

Bill Lundberg: Saturday October 21 - November 22, 1978 

 

Leandro Katz: November 25 - December 23, 1978 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Year: May 5 - June 16, 1979 (exhibition catalog) (two copies) 

 

Jean le Gac, Selected Works, 1968-78, February 10 - March 7, 1979 

 

Dennis Oppenheim, Recent Work: March 10 - March 31, 1979 (poster) 

1981(?) 

 

John Gibson Gallery Inc. 205 East 78th Street. NY 10021 (new address card) 

Peter Hutchinson, Drawings, 1968-1980, May 12-June 26, 1981, (Is it 1964-1980?) 

 

Five English Artists: Adams, Cutforth, Hilliard, Hutchinson, November 4-December 19, 1981 

 

Joseph Beuys Selected Editions 1965-1980, 1981 

 

Marcel Broodthaers, Collected Editions, 1981 

 

Seventies (Adams, Arman, Beckley, Beuys, Broodthaers, Childress, Filliou, Le Gac, Matta-Clark, Toroni, Five French Artists, Jan 13 - March 6, 1982 

 

Jean Le gac: Felt Multiples, Party and Private Viewing, November 2, 1982 

 

"Ten American Artists", group exhibition: 1982 

 

"Structure II", group exhibition: 1982 

 

Marcel Broodthaers, Drawings & Graphics, 1982 

 

Bill Beckley: New Paintings & Drawings, April 14-June 11, 1983 (limited edition collage on announcement card) 

 

Peter Hutchinson, "The End of Letters", New Sculpture, Photographs & Drawings, 1983 

 

Deborah Whitman, Activities: 1984 (exhibition catalog) 

Deborah Whitman, January 5-28, 1984 

 

Mark Rutkowski, Beehives: Works on Paper, February 5-March 3, 1984 

 

John Armleder, Sculptures, Paintings & Drawings, March 8-31, 1984 

 

Jeanette Cole, Paintings & Drawings, April 5-28, 1984 

 

William Childress, Sculptures & Drawings, May 3-June 30, 1984 

 

Helmut Federle: Paintings and Drawings, 1984 (poster) 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Mountain Grammar, November 17 - December 22, 1984 

 

Susan Smith, Paintings, January 5-31, 1985 

 

Jeanette Cole, New Paintings, March 2-23, 1985 

 

Peter Hutchinson, Atlas Mountain Grammar, November 9 - December 21, 1985 

 

Bill Beckley, Selected Works 1970-1985, 1985 

 

Steel Stillman, Mixed-Media Photographs, February 1 - 26, 1986 

 

Merrill Wagner, New Paintings on Slate, March 1-29, 1986 

 

Deconstruct: June 4 - July 31, 1986 [exhibition catalog] (see Reconstruct) 

 

John Armleder, Furniture Sculpture, May 3-31, 1986 (two different announcement cards) Nancy Haynes, Paintings, Septemberember 6-31, 1986 

 

Joseph Beuys, The Posters of His Exhibitions, October 18-November 19, 1986 (two versions of cards) 

 

Bill Beckley: 1986 

 

Marcel Broodthaers, 1986 

 

Olivier Mosset, New Paintings, January 10 - February 11, 1987 

 

Reconstruct: March 21 - April 25, 1987 (exhibition catalog) (See Deconstruct) 

 

John Armleder, Furniture Sculpture, May 2-June 27, 1987 

 

Peter Hutchinson Earthworks, Septemberember 11- October 3, 1987 

 

The New Poverty: Curated by Collins & Milasso, October 10 - November 7, 1987 (catalog) 

 

Olivier Mosset, Olivier Mosset & Andreas Pfanner, Works 1987-1988, March 5-26, 1988 

 

European Sculpture Made in USA: March 31-April 23, 1988 (exhibition catalog) 

 

Artists & Curators, October 15-November 12, 1988 

 

Dennis Oppenheim: 1989 

 

"Intuition" (group exhibition): June 10-July 28, 1989 (exhibition catalog) 

 

Frank Schroder, New Work, Septemberember 9-October 7, 1989 

 

Daniel Reiser, New Sculpture, November 18-December 23, 1989 

Text and Photograph (group exhibition): 1989 

 

Buena Vista, Colllins & Milazzo: 1989 (catalog, ed. 1000) 

 

Peter Hutchinson, New Land Art Photographs & Sculptures, February 10 - March 10, 1990 

 

Dennis Oppenheim, "Recent Sculpture & Drawings": April 28 - May 26, 1990 

 

Trans-Europe Express (group exhibition): June 2 - July 27, 1990 (exhibition catalog) 

 

Eberhard Bosslet, New Sculpture, October 13-November, 1990 

 

American Express (group exhibition): 1990 

 

Oliver Mosset, New Work, 1990 

 

Frank Schroder, New Work, February 16-March 16, 1991 "Sixties" (group exhibition): October 19 - November 23, 1991 

 

Bill Beckley: 1991 

 

John Armleder, 1991 

 

Mac Adams, New Sculpture, February 22 - March 28, 1992 

 

Cameron Shaw, New Works, April 4-May 2, 1992 

 

Eighties (Armleder, Bosslet, Federle, Haynes, Lavier, Mosset, Reiser, Robbe, Weidmann), May 9-June 27, 1992 

 

Joseph Beuys 

 

Olivier Mosset. Red Monochrome Multiple 1992, John Gibson Editions, Invitation 

 

Joseph Beuys, Prints: 1965-85, February 20-April 3, 1993 Allan Kaprow, Beauty Parlor, April 13 - April 23, 1993 (poster) Conceptual Photographs: October 23 - December 23, 1993 

 

Conceptual Photographs II: (photos), (checklist in collection), April 2 - May 7, 1994 

1994 

 

Alan Charlton, May 12 - June 18, 1994 

 

"1107", June 17 (verify year) 

Katz, Kunce, Merrick, Peterman, Reilly, Universe, June 25-July 30, 1994 

 

Shelagh Keeley, Septemberember 10 - October 15, 1994 

 

Steven Parrino, New Work, October 22- November 19, 1994 

 

Thomas Merrick, November 26- December 31, 1994 

 

Olivier Mosset, Recent Paintings, 1994 

 

Jennifer Bolande, February 18 - March 25, 1995 

 

Alan Kaprow, "this is a tidy situation", May 6-June 19, 1995 

 

William Childress: Septemberember 6-30, 1995 

 

Marcel Broodthaers: October 6 - November 11, 1995 (checklist in collection) 

 

Conceptual Photographs III: Nov 18 - Dec 30, 1995 

 

Holiday Greeting Card: 1995 

 

Joseph Beuys Prints and Multiples, 1995 

 

Bill Schwarz, Sculpture, January 6 - February 3, 1996 

 

Janine Gordon, "I've got mad love to give", Photographs, February 10 - March 9, 1996 

 

Bladen, Haynes, Mosset, March 16- April 13, 1996 

 

Eve Andre Laramee, Sculptures and Drawings, April 27-May 25, 1996 

 

21c. Sculpture: June 8-July 26, 1996 

 

Conceptual Photographs IV: Septemberember7-Nov 2, 1996 

 

Artists Photographs: Nov 9, 1996 - January 3, 1997 Holiday Greeting Card: 1996 

 

German Photographs: Jan 11 - Feb 22, 1997 

 

Bill Beckley, The Nineties: March 8-April 5, 1997 

 

(Mother Nature) Keeley, Laramee, Kunce: April 19 - May 24, 1997 

Lisa Bowman: Sep 11-Oct 25, 1997 

 

The Pleasure of Reading, An Exhibition and Sale of Art Books and Catalogues: Nov 7 - Dec 31, 1997 

 

Art Monographs: "Sixties and Seventies" and Supplement (checklists) and "Eighties and Nineties". 

 

Holiday Greeting Card: 1997 

 

Donald Lipski, Book Works 1982-1997: Jan 10 - Feb 14, 1998 

 

Raw Ideas: April 4 - May 16, 1998 

 

Thom Merrick: May 23-June 27, 1998 

 

Ben Vautier, Statements with Clocks, October 10 - November 14, 1998 

 

Arman, Fragmentation-Concerto for 4 Pianos, November 17, 1998 - January 9, 1999 (postcard/poster) 

 

Project Plans (Group exhibition): 1998 

 

Editions: Lipski, Arman, Vautier, Kunce, 1998 (announcements) 

 

Art Monographs: April 10, 1999 (opening) 

 

Peggy Bates: Water Rocks, January 14-February 20, 1999

 

BKH Gutmann, Photographs: April 10-May 15, 1999 

 

Sara Garden Armstrong, Marking Time: May 20-June 30, 1999 (catalogue, ed. 1000) 

 

Matej Andraz Vogrincic, Clothes Sculpture: Thursday, Septemberember 23 - October 30, 1999 

 

Floria Sigismondi: November 4 - December 23, 1999 

 

Samm Kunce, Dune, February 27-April 3, 1999 

 

Donald Lipski: Selected Works from Passing Time and Building Steam, January 13 - February 26, 2000 

 

Monika Kulicka: Septemberember14-Oct 30, 2000 

 

Eberhard Bosslet, Interventions: Nov 4-Dec 23, 2000 

 

Bill Beckley: Dierdre's Lips & Other Works, 2000 

 

Jan Henle, Selected Works 1973-2000: December 2, 2000- January 6, 2001 (exhibition checklist) Season's Greetings Card 2000 

 

Monika Kulicka (book)/Season's Greeting Card, December 2000 

40th Anniversary: February 1 - April 7, 2001 (newspaper article, exhibition checklist) 

 

Publications: 

Dan Graham, Some Photographic Projects, 1970 (artists' book) 

Dan Graham, Performance 1, 1970 (artists' book prepared in connection with December 14, 1970 performance (see below) 

Dan Graham, 1966: 1970 (artists' book) 

Editions: 

Steve Reich, Drumming for Eight Small Tuned Drums, Three Marimbas, Three Glockenspiels, Male and Female Voices, Whistling and Piccolo (Limited Edition LP and printed score), John Gibson and Multiples, NYC, 1972, ed. 500, Artist proof 80/100 

Robert Cumming, "A Girl's Story", early artists' edition of the John Gibson Gallery, black and white photo print, 1972, ed. 50 

Dennis Oppenheim, Projects, 1973 (announcement card for the portfolio of 10 lithographs in collection, not the portfolio) 

Dennis Oppenheim: Protection, 1971, Lithograph, Published by John Gibson and Multiples, NY, 1973 (Is this same listing as the portfolio?) 

Robert Cumming: "A Girl's Story" (Edition), 1972, Black and white photo print, Edition of 50 

ARMAN (Amand Fernandez 1928-2005) Accumulation Munich, Schellmann et New York John Gibson Gallery, 1973, 470x320x84mm, tampons, papier, bois, plexiglas. Tirage de 100 exemplaires numérotés. Jean Le Gac: The Painter (1974), Limited edition work. Color photographs mounted on board with text. 

Narrative Art (Askevold, Beckley, Cumming, Hutchinson, Le Gac and Welch with a preface by James Collins), portfolio, ed. 75, Published by John Gibson and Atelier Laage, 1975 (announcement in collection, not portfolio). 

Bill Lundberg: Cardplayers (1975). A film sculpture. Projection on a tabletop. Super-8 sound projector and color film, projector stand, mirror, wire, four chains, and speaker in table. Edition of 3. --Silent Dinner (1975). A film sculpture. Projection on a tabletop. Super-8 sound projector and color film, projector stand, mirror, wire, four chains, and speaker in table. Edition of 3. 

John Armleder, Painting with Coat Hanger, John Gibson Editions, ed. 60, 1985 (verify date) 

Olivier Mosset, Painting Multiple, Oil on Paper, ed. 50, 1987 

John Armleder, Guitar Multiple, ed. 12, 1987 (also announcement card for multiple) 

John Armleder, "346", Three-Piece Suit from Brooks Brothers, ed. 12, 1988 

Olivier Mosset, Red Monochrome Multiple, 1992 

Ben Vautier, "Take Your Time", 1998, John Gibson Multiples, ed. 30 1998 

Arman, "Fragmentation: Concerto for 4 Pianos, Silkscreen on Saunders Waterford, Edition of 30, 1998 

Performance and Activities, New York University, The Art Students' Association, produced by John Gibson: 

Performances & Activities (1st in the series), Dan Graham, Performance, Film, Television, & Tape, Monday, December 14, 1970 

Performances and Activities (2nd and 3rd in the series), Vito Acconci, Terry Fox, Dan Graham, Dennis Oppenheim, Wednesday, January 20, and Monday, February 22 and Bruce Nauman, Richard Serra, Michael Snow, Wednesday, February 3 and Tuesday, February 23. (poster from Art in the Mind archive) 

"Body" (Documentation) Group exhibition): Saturday February 20 - March 19, 1971 (also see Performance & Activities) 

Performances & Activities (6th in the series), Peter Hutchinson, Bernar Venet, Christo Gibson), March 31, 1971 

Performances & Activities (7th in the series), Vito Acconci, April 9, 1971 

Filme von: Acconci, Christo, Graham, Hutchinson, Oppenheim (organized by John Gibson), Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, June 8, 1971 (Look to see if invitation is in the collection before purchasing.) 

*Days Off - A Calendar of Happenings published by the Junior Council of MOMA, 1970. 

**Described as sixth in the series of Performance and Activities produced by John Gibson. How many were done and what are they? 

*needs further confirmation 

**Is this same exhibition as the one listed below it? 

*** Are "Body" and "Body Art" (both in 1971) the same exhibition? 

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