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Andrea Rosen Gallery is an
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in
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, founded by Andrea Rosen in 1990. With two locations in the Chelsea neighborhood of
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, the gallery specializes in
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and
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, representing an international group of established and emerging artists, as well as historical artist estates.


History and program

Andrea Rosen Gallery opened in January 1990 with an inaugural exhibition of paper stack works by Felix Gonzalez-Torres at the gallery's original location at 130 Prince Street in
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This exhibition would set the agenda for the gallery's program, conceptually rigorous and advocating an awareness of our responsibility as artists and participants within both the
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world and history. Since its inception, a key part of the gallery program has been to juxtapose historical material with contemporary work, as well as artists working out of distinct histories. "How do you put works in context with each other in a way that allows you to see more in them?" asks Andrea Rosen, "I'm interested in works that expand our perception of what we might already think." Andrea Rosen had a role in developing the early careers of such artists as John Currin, Rita Ackermann,
John Coplans John Rivers Coplans (24 June 1920 – 21 August 2003) was a British artist, art writer, curator, and museum director. A veteran of World War II and a photographer, he emigrated to the United States in 1960 and had many exhibitions in Europe and ...
, Sean Landers, and
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, as well as
Andrea Zittel Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an List of American artists, American artist based in Joshua Tree, California, Joshua Tree, CA. Her art and community work encompasses modes of living and design practice in an ongoing investigation that explores the ...
, Ryan Trecartin and Lizzie Fitch, Mika Rottenberg, and David Altmejd whom the gallery continues to represent. In 1998, the gallery moved to its current primary location at 525 West 24th Street in Chelsea, opening with
Andrea Zittel Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an List of American artists, American artist based in Joshua Tree, California, Joshua Tree, CA. Her art and community work encompasses modes of living and design practice in an ongoing investigation that explores the ...
's seminal exhibition ''Raugh,'' featuring a series of A-Z Administration living environments. As a content- and experience-driven and experimental expansion of the primary gallery program, the Andrea Rosen Gallery 2 program was initiated in October 1999. First housed within the main gallery at 525 West 24th Street, Gallery 2 moved to its current location at 544 West 25th Street in 2012. The Gallery 2 program has developed a reputation for shedding light on lesser-known aspects of prominent artists' practices, as well as presenting significant historical exhibitions, first-time one-person shows of emerging artists, experimental projects by gallery artists, and artist-curated shows. The inaugural show, ''Cellblock II: An Essay in Exhibition Form,'' was curated by
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and curator Robert Hobbs and featured works by
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,
Alice Aycock Alice Aycock (born November 20, 1946) is an American sculptor and installation artist. She was an early artist in the land art movement in the 1970s, and has created many large-scale metal sculptures around the world. Aycock's drawings and sculp ...
,
Robert Gober Robert Gober (born September 12, 1954) is an American sculptor. His work is often related to domestic and familiar objects such as sinks, doors, and legs. Early life and education Gober was born in Wallingford, Connecticut.Donald Judd Donald Clarence Judd (June 3, 1928February 12, 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism.Tate Modern websit"Tate Modern Past Exhibitions Donald Judd" Retrieved on February 19, 2009. In his work, Judd sought autonomy and clarity for ...
, Robert Morris,
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,
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, and Sterling Ruby, among others. In 2015, the Andrea Rosen Gallery celebrated its 25th anniversary. In commemoration, the gallery published a
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set of twenty-six books, comprising twenty-five volumes dedicated to notable curated group exhibitions, as well as a complete exhibition chronology.


Represented artists and estates

* David Altmejd *
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Lynda Benglis Lynda Benglis (born October 25, 1941) is an American sculptor and visual artist known especially for her wax paintings and poured latex sculptures. She maintains residences in New York City, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Kastellorizo, Greece, and Ahmedaba ...
* Aaron Bobrow * Will Boone * John Currin *
Hayden Dunham Hayden Frances Dunham (born June 16, 1988) is a performance artist, designer, singer, songwriter and DJ. They grew up in Austin, Texas and attended the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU. They are best known for their work as QT (an ...
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Walker Evans Walker Evans (November 3, 1903 – April 10, 1975) was an American photographer and photojournalist best known for his work for the Resettlement Administration and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documenting the effects of the Great ...
* Lizzie Fitch/ Ryan Trecartin * Llyn Foulkes * Simon Fujiwara * Felix Gonzalez-TorresNumbers: Which New York Gallery Represents the Most Warhol-ian Artists?
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Al Hansen Alfred Earl "Al" Hansen (5 October 1927 – 20 June 1995) was an American artist. He was a member of Fluxus, a movement that originated on an artists' collective around George Maciunas. He was the father of Andy Warhol protégé Bibbe Ha ...
* Elliott Hundley * Craig Kalpakjian
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* Tetsumi Kudo * Friedrich Kunath * José Lerma *
Josiah McElheny Josiah McElheny (1966, Boston) is an artist and sculptor, primarily known for his work with glass blowing and assemblages of glass and mirrored glassed objects (see Glass art). He is a 2006 recipient of the MacArthur Fellows Program. He li ...
* Josephine Meckseper *
László Moholy-Nagy László Moholy-Nagy (; ; born László Weisz; July 20, 1895 – November 24, 1946) was a Kingdom of Hungary, Hungarian painter and photographer as well as a professor in the Bauhaus school. He was highly influenced by Constructivism (art), con ...
* Katy Moran *
Robert Motherwell Robert Motherwell (January 24, 1915 – July 16, 1991) was an American Abstract Expressionism, abstract expressionist Painting, painter, printmaker, and editor of ''The Dada Painters and Poets: an Anthology''. He was one of the youngest of th ...
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Yoko Ono Yoko Ono (, usually spelled in katakana as ; born February 18, 1933) is a Japanese multimedia artist, singer, songwriter, and peace activist. Her work also encompasses performance art and filmmaking. Ono grew up in Tokyo and moved to New York ...
* Dan Peterman *
Michael Raedecker Michael Raedecker (born 12 May 1963) is a Dutch artist who works in the United Kingdom. Raedecker was born in Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. From 1985 to 1990 he studied fashion design at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam, and then, f ...
* Matthew Ritchie * Matthew Ronay * Mika Rottenberg * Borna Sammak * Michael St. John * Alina Szapocznikow *
Wolfgang Tillmans Wolfgang Tillmans (born 16 August 1968) is a German Fine-art photography, photographer. His diverse body of work is distinguished by observation of his surroundings and an ongoing investigation of the photographic medium’s foundations. Tillman ...
* Ryan Trecartin *
Richard Tuttle Richard Dean Tuttle (born July 12, 1941) is an American postminimalist artist known for his small, casual, subtle, intimate works. His art makes use of scale and line. His works span a range of formats, from sculpture, painting, drawing, print ...
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Hannah Wilke Hannah Wilke (born Arlene Hannah Butter; (March 7, 1940 – January 28, 1993) was an American painter, sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist. Her work is known for exploring issues of feminism, sexuality and femininity. Bio ...
* Erik Wysocan *
Andrea Zittel Andrea Zittel (born 1965) is an List of American artists, American artist based in Joshua Tree, California, Joshua Tree, CA. Her art and community work encompasses modes of living and design practice in an ongoing investigation that explores the ...


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