(Long Island, NY) Gallery North, in Setauket, New York, is celebrating its fiftieth year. On this anniversary, we remember Virginia and Daniel Fuller who formed a private corporation to open an art gallery on Long Island. The founders rented a 1860s farmhouse in which to show the art. Gallery North started as an elite endeavor to show the community the art they loved. Virginia and her friend Sally Plumb became Associate Directors when Gallery North opened its doors on Sunday, September 5th, with a show of art world notables who were living and painting on the East End of Long Island.
For the first ten years, Gallery North was technically a business, but it also became a community institution, attracting a cadre of devoted art lovers and volunteers. Ten years later, Gallery North became a not-for-profit gallery with a formal mission statement: “…to provide the community with education, support, awareness, appreciation and understanding of contemporary arts and crafts, in particular those of the Long Island region.” Today, thanks to generous supporters and patrons, Gallery North continues to showcase the artists of Long Island and the nearby regions.
“Roy Nicholson, Toxic Garden 9 (Lathyrus), 2014, Oil and Acrylic on Linen, 48 x 48”
Photograph: Courtesy of the Artist
In honor of this anniversary, Gallery North is pleased to present an exhibition of artists who have been exhibited at Gallery North over the past fifty years and have been included in major collections internationally and nationally. The artists are: Stan Brodsky, Martin Levine, John Little, Emily Mason, Malcolm Morley, Terence Netter, Roy Nicholson, Alfonso Ossorio, Mel Pekarsky, Howardena Pindell, Joseph Reboli, Neil Scholl, Leon Polk Smith, Esteban Vicente, Kay WalkingStick and Robert White. Works featured will include paintings, etchings, short film, sculpture and photography.
Howardena Pindell, Free, White and 21, 1980, Color video with sound, 12:15 min. Image: Used by permission of The Kitchen, NY
The sixteen artists selected by the Director and Curator for this exhibition, represent some of the best of the hundreds of artists who have shown at Gallery North, during the past fifty years.
Gallery North is open Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm and Sunday 12pm – 5pm.
For more information contact Gallery North, 631-751-2676, www.gallerynorth.org.
