BARRY GERSON
b. 1939, United StatesBarry Gerson (b.1939, Philadelphia, PA), whose current practice includes video, cinematic fragment pieces and mixed painting/photo works, is most noted for his films, which have been on display in solo exhibitions at The Whitney Museum (1976, 1978), MoMA (1970, 1978, 1985), The Guggenheim (1971) and many other venues internationally. His work was included in The American Century, The Whitney Museum (2000) and in shows/screenings at Montreux Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Leo Castelli Gallery, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (Denmark), Moderna Museet (Stockholm) and Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam), to name just a few. Such institutions as MoMA, the Moderna Museet (Stockholm), and the Centre Pompidou (Paris) have his work in their collections.
Gerson’s exhibition, The Parting of the Clouds, took place at the gallery in February/March 2015.
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