installation view at Galerie Lange + Pult in Zürich raw oil paint on sewn canvas tarpaulins each 36" x 36 inches / 91,5cm x 91,5cm
204 East Tenth Street, New York City, 10003
1982 — 1988
Gallery Nature Morte
204 East Tenth Street, New York City, 10003 Sign designed and painted in May 1982 by Alan Belcher using the gallery brand typeface Copperplate. Photograph by Mary Agnes Smith
Gallery Nature Morte showcased a post-modern genre of deconstructionist conceptual photography, sculpture, and painting. The gallery continues to be recognized as an influence on today’s condition of contemporary art.
Artists who were exhibited at Gallery Nature Morte in New York include:
Vito Acconci, Steven Parrino, Thomas Nozkowski, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Keith Sonnier, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Ross Bleckner, Robert Gober, Not Vital, James Welling, Barbara Kruger, David Robbins, Lisa Beck, Haim Steinbach, Richard Pettibone, Allan McCollum, Laurie Simmons, Joseph Nechvatal, James Brown, Jennifer Bolande, Joel Otterson, Howard Halle, Dennis Adams, Michael Zwack, Robin Weglinski, Clegg and Guttmann, Steve DiBenedetto, Julie Wachtel, Kevin Larmon, Ken Lum, Gretchen Bender, Ericka Beckman, and Cady Noland.
In 1997 Nature Morte was reincarnated by Peter Nagy in New Delhi, with a concentration on Indian contemporary art.
Flash Art Summer Issue 1988 pg.5
Flash Art Summer Issue 1988 pg.6
Flash Art Summer Issue 1988 pg.7
Issue #20 "Collaborations", pg 7 * note the MoMA condo tower atop the Gallery Nature Morte storefront. Ironically, 204 East 10th Street is now a laundromat (see image below).
Details Magazine, January/February 1985, pg. 94 Article by Cookie Mueller, photo by Mark Stern
Real Life Magazine, Number 11/12, Winter 1983 Interview by Rex Reason (David Robbins)
Real Life Magazine, Number 11/12, Winter 1983 Interview by Rex Reason (David Robbins)
Real Life Magazine, Number 11/12, Winter 1983 Interview by Rex Reason (David Robbins)
Real Life Magazine, Number 11/12, Winter 1983 Interview by Rex Reason (David Robbins)
L'uomo Vogue, December Issue 1984 Peter Nagy (left) and Alan Belcher (right) photographed by Stefan Lupino in front of the Sherrie Levine "1917" exhibition at Nature Morte, October 1984
Photographed by Baird Jones at the Louise Lawler "Interesting" exhibition at Nature Morte, May 1985
Catalog for "Infotainment", the traveling group show organized by Nature Morte and Livet Reichard Co., Inc; published by J. Berg Press, New York (1985) Essays by David Robbins and Thomas Lawson, with a forward by George W.S. Trow. Designed by Jim Hinchee ISBN 85-072542 63 pgs
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Image of Salem Menthol and Sea Breeze facial cleanser products in a cross-promo for Nature Morte summer exhibition.
Artforum article written by Peter Nagy, October 1999, pg 129
Artforum article written by Peter Nagy, October 1999, pg 167
During installation of the inaugural group exhibition, May 1982 From left to right: Peter Nagy, Alan Belcher, and Robin Weglinski Photo-montage by Maria Robledo
The continental make-over.
The continental make-over of the laundromat.
The laundromat at 204 E. 10th Street, before it's continental make-over.
The Sherrie Levine "1917" exhibition announcement card (front)
The Sherrie Levine "1917" exhibition announcement card (reverse)
Peter Nagy Entertainment Erases History Works 1982 to 2004 to the Present By Richard Milazzo, published by EISBox Editions In addition to an intensive, chapter-by-chapter analysis of each individual work and period, this first monograph includes a comprehensive history of Peter Nagy's works and exhibitions, a timeline, a complete bibliography, and an index of his works. It gives the history of Nagy's work as an artist and as a co-gallerist of Gallery Nature Morte.
Texas Gallery invitation card for the Infotainment traveling group exhibition organized by Nature Morte. * refer to link for the review from the Philadelphia venue
(L to R): Peter Nagy, Steven Parrino, Joel Otterson, and Alan Belcher; renovation of 204 E.10th Street (NYC) a month before the opening of Gallery Nature Morte in May of 1982. foto by Robin Weglinski
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
These were stuck along Second Avenue, and also all over the city in September 1982 —mostly to pay telephones.
Invitation card for the David Robbins solo exhibition entitled "The David Robbins Show", May 1986
204 East Tenth Street, NYC Page 200 from “No Problem: Cologne/New York 1984-1989”, exhibition catalog published by David Zwirner Gallery, New York
July 1983 Group Exhibition featuring Lisa Beck, Alan Belcher, David Carrino, Dana Garrett, Madelyn Gingold, Kevin Larmon, Ginger Levant, Peter Nagy, Joseph Nechvatal, Joel Otterson, and Steven Parrino.
Peter Nagy at the opening of the first Nature Morte exhibition in India on November 15, 1997 at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi
Typewritten letter from Peter Nagy to Glenn Merchant in Smithville, Tennessee.
Vito Acconci exhibition, November 1984
Invitation card for the Steven Parrino January 1984 exhibition (his first solo show), opening on New Years Day. Silver thermography on white card stock.
Full page gallery advert in Effects Magazine (Issue 2, 1984), featuring Eduardo Paolozzi's "Donald Duck meets Mondrian" from his "Moonstrip Empire News" series.
July group show, 1985
Front of announcement card for the Chicago leg of the Infotainment tour.
The reverse side of the announcement card for the Rhona Hoffman Gallery presentation of the Infotainment exhibition.
Invitation card for the Joseph Nechvatal solo exhibition, March 1984
1985 New York Native, “Nature Morte: The Artist As Dealer”; Issue #112, pg. 32
A modest documentation of the first Nature Morte exhibition, a group show featuring artists Rudie Berkhout, Betsy Berne, James Brown, Charles Edelman, Stephen Greengard, Douglas Jaeger, Ginger Levant, Keving Larmon, Joel Otterson, and Abby Terkuhle.
acrylic on canvas 18" x 36 inches collection Pookie, Amsterdam
Invoice to Le Consortium for purchase of "Cowboy Head" by Steven Parrino
Gallery Nature Morte advert for Zein magazine, Issue #8, 1985
Peter Nagy in front of a Richard Milani painting, 1985 (from Zein magazine, issue #8, 1985)
ZEIN Magazine, Issue #8, 1985 A candid interview with Peter Nagy
from the David Robbins' work "Talent" (1986)
Artforum 1/4 pg advert October 1986 pg 66
Artforum 1/4 pg advert October 1984 pg 16
Artforum 1/4 pg advert December 1984 pg 20
'Actual Photos' exhibition announcement card for the Allan McCollum & Laurie Simmons collaboration, October 1985
Artforum 1/4 pg advert February 1984 pg 16
Artforum 1/4 pg advert May 1986 pg 61
Artforum 1/4 pg advert October 1984 pg 31
On May 15th in 1982, Gallery Nature Morte opened on East 10th Street with an inaugural group show
On May 15th in 1982, Gallery Nature Morte opened on East 10th Street with an inaugural group show
one-of-a-kind Polaroid invite to the Richard Milani exhibition, October 1982
Ken Lum announcement for his February 1986 exhibition
Ken Lum announcement for his February 1986 exhibition
Steven Parrino and Robin Weglinski in front of a James Brown Painting April 1983
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" hardcover exhibition catalog published by Elizabeth Dee text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas ISBN 9781642559200
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years after Infotainment" exhibition catalog text by Alan Belcher and Bob Nickas
"The New Irascibles: Dealers 1", photograph by Timothy Greenfield Sanders, 1985 with Doug Milford, Lisa McDonald, Bill Stelling, Patti Astor, Sur Rodney (Sur), Nina Seigenfeld Velazquez, Alan Barrows, Dean Savard, Rich Collichio, Gracie Mansion, Alan Belcher and Peter Nagy.
whenever possible, artworks shown at Nature Morte were stamped on the reverse, this esp held true on stretchers of exhibited paintings
L'uomo Vogue, December Issue 1984 photographed by Stefan Lupino
in front of her piece at the Setagaya Museum, Japan... we surprisingly bumped into each other that day, halfway across the world.
oversized Xerox pasted to Masonite and wooden structure, signed/dated 21” x 21” x 2¾ inches / 53cm x 53cm x 7cm —the Nature Morte scale racetrack features Nagy, Wachtel, Richter, Parrino, Vital, Bender, Levine, Nozkowski, Belcher, Otterson, and Larmon
announcement for the November 1982 design exhibition
announcement for the November 1982 design exhibition
press release for 'The David Robbins Show' exhibition, May 1986
announcement for the June 1984 group exhibition with image by Stephen Frailey
announcement for the June 1984 group exhibition
announcement for the July 1982 group exhibition with image by Maria Robledo
announcement for the July 1982 group exhibition
press release for the 'Interesting' exhibition by Louise Lawler, May 1985 photocopy 11" x 8½ inches / 28cm x 21,6cm collection MoMA
1/4 pg advert in East Village Eye for opening group exhibition May 1982
Village Voice advert for the July 1982 group exhibition
with the legendary Margo Leavin and Peter in Los Angeles, 1989