- Envoy gallery
Envoy gallery (Envoy Enterprises known as envoy) in the Lower East Side neighborhood of New York City, is a leading contemporary art gallery with a commitment to new artistic talent. [ [http://www.walkernewyork.com/gallerywire/category/event/ event : Gallery Wire ] ] Envoy was founded by
Jimi Dams in 2005 and was the first gallery to abandon its prime location in Chelsea for the Lower East Side in 2007.Home to major cross-over exhibitions, envoy functions as a think tank. The gallery represents a cross-generational group of international artists with multi-disciplinary practices and works for the long-term development of each artist’s career.Envoy acts as a liaison to international galleries and museums, places works in collections, creates an historical archive and acts as a public space in which it offers its visitors challenging exhibitions.
Aside from the exhibitions in its gallery space, envoy presents video and performance artists as well as emerging bands both in the gallery and at Home Sweet Home, located in the basement underneath the gallery. Known for showcasing music acts such as
Scott Matthew , Jay Brannan, Americans in France, Whore’s Mascara and Kind Monitor, envoy encourages artists and public alike to "think outside of the box." Examples of this include former fashion designer Christoph Broich's sculptural installations and the exploration of video and film by artists such as Simon Henwood (throughRoisin Murphy ,Kanye West ) and Raphael Neal (throughSalim Kechiouche ,Scott Matthew ,Chris Garneau ).Widely featured in The New York Times, The New York Sun, New York Magazine, Time Out New York, Harper’s Bazaar and The Village Voice, envoy is a cutting-edge gallery whose artists have exhibited at: The Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art Athens, The Institute of Contemporary Arts London, The Venice Biennial Venice, Museo d’Arte Moderna Modena, Palais de Tokyo Paris, Centre Pompidou Paris, Museum of Modern Art Paris, MAMAC Nice, Contemporary Art Museum Lyon, MAMCO Geneva, Künstlerhaus Betanien Berlin, Würtembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, Künstlerhaus Vienna, Palais Des Beaux Arts Brussels, Museum of Modern Art Brussels, MUHKA Antwerp, SMAK Ghent, Museum of Modern Art Copenhagen, Museum of Contemporary Art Montreal, ICA Boston, ICA Philadelphia, UCLA Hammer Museum Los Angeles, Spertus Museum Chicago, Whitney Museum of American Art New York, Brooklyn Museum New York, Queens Museum New York, The Kitchen New York and White Columns New York.
A two-minute walk from the New Museum, Envoy showcases two exhibitions simultaneously every 5 weeks.
Read Also
[http://www.observer.com/2007/fine-art-finds-bowery?page=0%2C1 The New York Observer]
[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/24/arts/design/24gall.html?_r=1&oref=slogin The New York Times]
[http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/07/last_call_1.html New York Magazine]
[http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2007/08/scrip_central_1.html New York Magazine]
[http://nymag.com/guides/fallpreview/2007/art/36601/ New York Magazine]
[http://chelseanow.com/cn_52/onlineart.html Chelsea Now]
[http://www.artkrush.com/mailer/issue69/ Art Krush]
References
External links
[http://www.envoygallery.com Gallery website]
[http://envoy.typepad.com/envoy/ Gallery blog]
[http://vernissage.tv/blog/2007/09/25/simon-henwood-and-raphael-neal-at-envoy-gallery-new-york/ Vernissage TV]
[http://vernissage.tv/blog/2007/03/06/vincent-geyskens-envoy-gallery-new-york/ Vernissage TV]
[http://www.artnet.com/magazineus/people/barone/barone9-14-07.asp Artnet]
[http://www.watchlocalvideos.com/watch-161925.htm Performance]
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