Paula Cooper Gallery "521 W 21 St." - Past Events
Below is a list of all past events for Paula Cooper Gallery "521 W 21 St.". Current and upcoming events, as well as other details, are available on the venue's page.
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Eric N. Mack Exhibition
For his first one-person exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery, Eric N. Mack will present new work in fabric and found objects that collapse the boundaries between fine art, fashion, and architecture. In...More »
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Luciano Fabro Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an expansive exhibition of works by Luciano Fabro across both New York galleries. This will be the gallery’s first one-person exhibition of Fabro’s work since announcing the...More »
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Sol LeWitt “Wall Drawings & Structures”
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Veronica Ryan “Along a Spectrum”
Recent work by Veronica Ryan will be on display at Paula Cooper Gallery. This coincides with Ryan’s participation in the Whitney Biennial, which opens to the public on April 6th. The concurrent exhibitions...More »
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Julian Lethbridge Exhibition
A remarkable lightness emanates from a group of new paintings by Julian Lethbridge completed over the past two years. In striking contrast to earlier works, the artist’s structural foundation and liberated...More »
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Mark di Suvero and Leonard Contino Exhibition
Opening on Thursday, October 22, 2020, at 521 West 21st Street is a two-person exhibition of work by artists and close friends Mark di Suvero and Leonard Contino. The presentation will include early sculptures...More »
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Ja’Tovia Gary “flesh that needs to be loved”
“flesh that needs to be loved” marks Ja’Tovia Gary’s inaugural exhibition at Paula Cooper Gallery. The presentation includes the East Coast premiere of THE GIVERNY SUITE—an immersive, three-channel extension...More »
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Veronica Ryan “The Weather Inside”
Born in Plymouth, Montserrat and raised in England, Veronica Ryan has engaged with issues of history, identity, dislocation, and belonging throughout her career. Her meticulously handcrafted works—while...More »
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Amy O’Neill “The ZOO Revolution”
Amy O’Neill’s film The Zoo Revolution (2006-2019) combines original and found footage to examine the derelict remnants of twentieth-century Americana through a lens that is both personal and political....More »
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Walid Raad Exhibition
A one-person exhibition of work by Walid Raad includes a number of recent photographic, video and print works from the artist’s ongoing project titled Sweet Talk—a set of self-assigned documentary commissions...More »
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Matias Faldbakken Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents two presentations of work by Matias Faldbakken: a selection of sculptures from his Screen Overlaps series (2016) and FUEL SCULPTURES (2017) in the gallery’s second-floor exhibition...More »
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Alan Shields Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of work by Alan Shields (1944–2005) at 521 West 21st Street. Shields, who showed with the gallery from 1968 to 1991, is known for his magnanimous fluency...More »
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Sol LeWitt “Large Gouaches”
Sol LeWitt: Large Gouaches is an exhibition of painted works on paper by Sol LeWitt (1928–2007). Painted between 1992 and 2005, the selection represents the breadth, significant scale, and playful dynamism...More »
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Peter Moore “1968”
On the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the gallery, October 1968, Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by Peter Moore, the prolific visual historian of the avant-garde in...More »
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Charles Gaines Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a new series of large-scale works by Charles Gaines, entitled Faces 1: Identity Politics. Exploring the relationship between aesthetics, politics, language and systems. ...More »
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Joel Shapiro Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by Joel Shapiro. On view will be new sculptures demonstrating a breadth of material, scale and form, as well as a selection of ink drawings on...More »
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Robert Grosvenor Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery present an exhibition of work by Robert Grosvenor at 521 West 21st Street. Known primarily as a sculptor, Grosvenor has eluded artistic categorization during his more than fifty-year...More »
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Beatrice Caracciolo “Il Bosco Lontano”
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of new drawings and mixed-media paintings by Beatrice Caracciolo. The exhibition, titled Il Bosco Lontano, is the artist’s fourth with the gallery. “Blunt...More »
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Michael Hurson “The Passing of Time: Michael Hurson at Work, 1971-2001”
Curated by Dan Nadel Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of major works by Michael Hurson (1941-2007). Hurson, who exhibited with the gallery from the mid-1970s until his untimely...More »
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Michael Hurson “The Passing of Time: Michael Hurson at Work, 1971-2001”
Curated by Dan Nadel Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of major works by Michael Hurson (1941—2007). Hurson, who exhibited with the gallery from the mid-1970s until his untimely...More »
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Douglas Huebler Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a special exhibition of rarely seen, early work by Douglas Huebler. Created between 1963 and 1968, the selection includes sculptures, wall reliefs, and paintings that shed...More »
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Christian Marclay Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of early works by Christian Marclay. On view are two sculptures and a video created by the artist in the 1990s, as well as a selection of photographs and works...More »
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Group Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a group show of work by Sophie Calle, Sam Durant, Hans Haacke, Charles Gaines, Wayne Gonzales, Peter Moore, Andres Serrano, and Carey Young. Employing a variety of strategies...More »
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Walid Raad “Better be watching the clouds”
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a new series of work by Walid Raad entitled Better be watching the clouds (2000/2017). The presentation will include a selection of fifteen plates from the series. The...More »
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Justin Matherly “A recrudescence”
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent sculpture by Justin Matherly. Ranging from three and a half to seven feet in height, Matherly’s sculptures take inspiration from works of classical...More »
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Bing Wright Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by Bing Wright. The exhibition presents new abstract photographs with silver leaf that explore the interplay of surface and layered space....More »
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Carl Andre “Small Sculptures and Short Words”
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent work by Carl Andre. Though officially retired since 2011, the artist has continued to make small-scale sculptures in a wealth of materials including...More »
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Dan Walsh Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a selection of new work by Dan Walsh, highlighting the breadth of his artistic production. The exhibition will include paintings, drawings and reliefs of various materials....More »
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Paul Pfeiffer Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents Paul Pfeiffer’s second one-person exhibition. The presentation, which includes a selection of recent video work. Known for his innovative manipulation of digital media,...More »
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Sol LeWitt/Liz Deschenes Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents a sweeping celebration of Sol LeWitt’s prolific career in all public locations of the gallery. The presentation will illuminate the pioneering scope of his oeuvre across a...More »
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Bruce Conner Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of large jacquard tapestries by Bruce Conner, as well as a selection of his engraving and photocopy collages. Few have mastered as many...More »
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Jennifer Bartlett Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of diptych oil paintings by Jennifer Bartlett, created between 2007 and 2011. This exhibition marks the artist’s first gallery show in New York since 2011....More »
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Matias Faldbakken “EUROPE IS BALDING”
The Paula Cooper Gallery announces an exhibition of new work by Matias Faldbakken. The artist debuts a video entitled EUROPE IS BALDING, as well as a series of sculptures. Matias Faldbakken’s work...More »
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Jonathan Borofsky Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of early work by Jonathan Borofsky, with painting and sculpture from 1967-1983. Borofsky came to prominence in the New York art world of the mid-1970s,...More »
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“The Xerox Book” Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents a group exhibition inspired by the 1968 publication known as the Xerox Book. The show includes work from all seven artists who participated in the original project: Carl...More »
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Bruce Conner Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of work by Bruce Conner. The exhibition will focus on Conner’s approach to figuration throughout his 50-year career. Few artists have mastered such diverse...More »
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“Dissolving Margins” Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents a group show of works by fourteen artists including Jonathan Borofsky, Sam Durant, Matias Faldbakken, Emily Feather, Liz Glynn, Robert Grosvenor, Douglas Huebler, Christian...More »
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Carl Andre, Dan Flavin and Sol LeWitt Exhibition
Sol LeWitt’s vibrant Wall Drawing #992 unfolds in three sections, each consisting of 10,000 straight lines drawn in color marker. Red lines appear on the left panel, yellow in the center, and blue on the...More »
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Hans Haacke Exhibition
The most recent work on view will be the maquette for Gift Horse, 2013, Haacke’s winning proposal for the Fourth Plinth at London’s Trafalgar Square. The bronze sculpture depicts the skeleton of a horse,...More »
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Sam Durant “Invisible Surrealists”
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents Invisible Surrealists, an exhibition of new work by Sam Durant. The show includes intricate graphite drawings alongside mixed-media sculpture. Inspired by Robin D.G....More »
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“Boursier-Mougenot, Conner, Echakhch, Gaines, Marclay, Oldenburg/van Bruggen” Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents a group exhibition of works addressing the intersection of music and the visual arts. The exhibition will include works by Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Bruce Conner, Latifa...More »
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“CalArts Benefit Exhibition”
The CalArts Art Benefit and Auction is a fundraising effort in which more than 80 important works of art donated by CalArts alumni, faculty and friends will be exhibited and sold this spring. This unprecedented...More »
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Kelley Walker Exhibition
Kelley Walker’s eagerly awaited one-person exhibition will open at the Paula Cooper Gallery. In his newest body of work Kelley Walker sources and manipulates 1950s-1970s Volkswagen Beetle magazine advertisements...More »
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“Film and Video from The Kitchen’s Archive” Exhibition
he Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of film, documentary footage, and archival material organized in collaboration with The Kitchen’s Tim Griffin, Matthew Lyons, and Lumi Tan. The exhibition...More »
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Bing Wright Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent photographs, scrolls and an installation of custom wallpaper by Bing Wright. The exhibition presents the series, Broken Mirror / Evening Sky...More »
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Dan Walsh Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent works by Dan Walsh. Created earlier this year for an exhibition at the Speerstra Foundation in Switzerland, this series of paintings will premiere...More »
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Charles Gaines “Notes on Social Justice”
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of work by Charles Gaines, on view at 521 W 21st Street. For more than forty years, Charles Gaines’ art has explored the relationship between aesthetics,...More »
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Eliot Porter Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of works by renowned photographer Eliot Porter (1901-1990). A dedicated naturalist and amateur photographer since his childhood in Winnetka,...More »
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Bruce Conner Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents a one-person exhibition of works by renowned artist and avant-garde film pioneer Bruce Conner (1933-2008. This exhibition presents a selection of felt-tip pen and inkblot...More »
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Justin Matherly "All Industrious People"
In his first one-person exhibition at the gallery, Justin Matherly takes as his point of departure an excavated temple-tomb, Nemrud Dagi in Turkey. This archeological site contained commemorative stone...More »
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Sherrie Levine & August Sander Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of photographs by August Sander and Sherrie Levine. The German photographer August Sander (1876–1964) is remembered most notably for his monumental documentary...More »
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"Seven Sculptors 2012" Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents Seven Sculptors 2012, a group exhibition of works by seven artists whose approach to contemporary sculpture reflects an engagement with form in its performative and political...More »
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Walid Raad & David Diao Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents recent work by Walid Raad and David Diao, opening on September 22 at 521 West 21st Street. The exhibition is conceived as an encounter in visual form between two artists...More »
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Tauba Auerbach "Float"
The Paula Cooper Gallery announces Tauba Auerbach’s first one-person exhibition at the gallery. San Francisco-born, New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach has described her work as an attempt to reveal...More »
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Douglas Huebler "Crocodile Tears"
The Paula Cooper announces our first one-person exhibition of works by Douglas Huebler (1924-1997). The exhibition will include works inspired by a screenplay Huebler wrote between 1979 and 1981, titled...More »
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Sophie Calle, Christian Marclay, Paul Pfeiffer, Walid Raad, Michael Sailstorfer and Carey Young Exhibition
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"Accumulations" Exhibition
The exhibition includes two striking Bruce Conner works from the 1970s. CROSSROADS, a 1976 film, shows footage from the American nuclear tests in the Bikini Atoll unfolding in extreme slow motion, with...More »
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Robert Wilson "147 Spring Street Byrd Loft"
The exhibition explores the years 1967-1975, a dynamic period during which Wilson created radically alternative performances inspired by new approaches to movement and theater. Byrd Loft was conceived...More »
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Bruce Conner “Falling Leaves: An Anonymous Memorial”
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of drawings and a film by the late artist Bruce Conner. “Falling Leaves: An Anonymous Memorial” comprises a series of drawings, all dating from 2001, that...More »
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"Locations" Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents “Locations,” a group exhibition bringing together 15 contemporary artists using geographical location and mapping as a conceptual framework for art. As many artists in...More »
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"Sculpture" Exhibition
Liz Glynn’s practice explores and questions historical and cultural cycles of growth and decline. In California Surrogates for the Getty (2008), Glynn makes new versions of the looted artifacts returned...More »
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Group Show
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Carey Young "Contracting Universe"
Young’s idea for the exhibition arose from her ongoing interest in legal language and in law as a conceptual space, as well as a concern with Romanticism, with its iconographic references to the moon and...More »
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Bing Wright "Silver"
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of recent photographs by Bing Wright. The exhibition includes works from Wright’s photographic series Silver Prints and Silver on Mirror. In both, Wright...More »
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Christian Marclay "Fourth of July"
The works from Fourth of July are torn fragments of photographs Marclay took of an Independence Day parade in Hyde Park, NY on July 4, 2005. Marclay produced large prints of seven of the many photographs,...More »
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“If My Soul Had A Shape…” Exhibition
The title of the exhibition is taken from the song Blue Hawaiian by the alternative rock band Pavement, "If my soul had a shape, then it would be an ellipse."More »
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Sam Durant "Dead Labor Day"
The show will include a large sculpture based on the scaffold used to hang the famous Chicago anarchists known as the Haymarket Martyrs (shown in the image above). Monument-like in scale, the sculpture...More »
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Dan Walsh "Days and Nights"
Walsh is known for paintings that employ linear geometry while at the same time subverting it with irregularly drawn shapes, inconstant lines and a pervasive wit. Over time, Walsh’s formal (yet purposefully...More »
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Joel Shapiro "Works: 1969 - 1979"
Joel Shapiro began working in the late 1960s at a time when traditional notions of sculpture were being radically redefined by Minimalism and Conceptual Art. Shapiro’s first one-person shows, at the Paula...More »
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Wayne Gonzales Exhibition
The exhibition consists of new paintings. Wayne Gonzales was born in New Orleans in 1957 and started exhibiting in the mid-1990s. Gonzales lives and works in New York.More »
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Carl Andre Exhibition
Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of new sculpture by Carl Andre including works made of Belgian Blue limestone and Eastern pine timbers. Andre’s modular units of prefabricated materials installed...More »
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David Novros "Six Paintings from 1965-1969"
An original member of Park Place, the historic New York artist collective, Novros is well known for his large, abstract paintings on irregularly shaped, multipaneled canvases. With their sensuous and reflective...More »
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Céleste Boursier-Mougenot Exhibition
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot’s work merges the realms of the musical and the visual, mining unexpected sources for their musical potential and creating situations or devices in which sonic events get expressed...More »
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"Commentary" Exhibition
From Jonathan Borofsky’s painting of the Soviet flag to Hans Haacke’s reappropriations of Paine Webber’s advertisements, from Sam Durant’s mirror spray-painted with slogans from May 1968 to Carey Young’s...More »
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"Every Revolution is a Roll of the Dice" Exhibition
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Jackie Winsor Exhibition
Since the late 1960s, Jackie Winsor has been making sculpture that expands a Minimalist vocabulary of simple geometric forms, using unrefined materials and grids to investigate ideas about process and...More »
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Christian Marclay Exhibition
Cyanotypes are unique photographic prints created by placing objects on a photosensitive surface. This early cameraless photographic process was developed in the1840s, and, much like a photogram, results...More »
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Donald Judd " Woodcut Prints"
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of Donald Judd woodcuts at 521 West 21st Street, from 2 May through 31 May, 2008. The exhibition includes over 30 woodcuts on paper in cadmium red, cerulean...More »
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John Tremblay Exhibition
The Paula Cooper Gallery presents an exhibition of new paintings by John Tremblay. The exhibition will be on view from March 29 through April 24, 2008, at 521 West 21st Street. In this exhibition, Tremblay...More »