Laurence Miller Gallery

{{Short description|Art gallery in New York City}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

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| name = Laurence Miller Gallery

| type = Art gallery

| founded = {{Start date and age|1984|paren=yes}}

| founder = Laurence Miller

| hq_location = 521 West 26th Street

| hq_location_city = Chelsea, Manhattan)

| hq_location_country = United States

| website = {{URL|www.laurencemillergallery.com/}}

}}

The Laurence Miller Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in New York City, and has been described as "one of the longest-running American galleries devoted to photography".{{cite web|url=https://www.wmagazine.com/story/laurence-miller-gallery-anniversary|title=Colom's Women|first=Vince|last=Aletti|website=W Magazine}}

History

The proprietor of the gallery, Laurence Miller, began his gallery career with the Quivira Photography Gallery in New Mexico, where Miller was affiliated with the art department of University of New Mexico.Flo Wilks, "Book Exhibit Reveals New Photography Trend", Albuquerque Journal (November 11, 1973), p. 29. After serving as assistant director of the Light Gallery in New York, and a showing of his own photographs at the M.F.A. Gallery of the Rochester Institute of Technology,Sally Eauclaire, "Photographing Funky Feet", Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (April 25, 1979), Section C, p. 1, 4. Miller opened a gallery in his own name in 1984 on East 57th Street.Lalla Essaydi, Amanda Carlson, Converging Territories (2005). In 1986, the gallery moved to a larger space on Spring Street, and moved to West 57th Street in 1998. The following year, the gallery published a portfolio of prints by late photojournalist Larry Burrows, with the assistance of his son Russell Burrows."Vietnam Photo Exhibit on Display at Chrysler", Newport News Daily Press (September 29, 1985), Section I, p. 11.

In 1995 it was reported that the gallery "specializes in showing established contemporary photographers in its main room", with an exhibit at that time titled "Berlin Before the Wall" featuring the work of German photographer Arno Fischer. The gallery was further reported as mounting "exhibitions of vintage prints in its smaller, adjoining space".Terrence James, "Creative Visions: Galleries Show What Makes a Photograph Art", The Hackensack Record (January 21, 1995), p. 16. In 1999, Miller advocated for giving equal treatment to digital and non-digital photography, stating that "[y]ou wouldn't ask a poet, 'Did you use a keyboard or a pen to write your poem?'"Lisa Stein, "A Quick Fix", Chicago Tribune (July 11, 1999), Section 7, p. 14. By 2005, it was reported that the gallery "has presented more than two hundred exhibitions that span the history of photography". In 2014, the gallery celebrated its 30th Anniversary "with a show of work by 31 photographers it has represented or shown over the years". The gallery participated in The Armory Show in 2019.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/arts/design/armory-show-art-piers.html|title=At the Armory Show, Solo Exhibitions and Colossal Displays|first=Martha|last=Schwendener|work=New York Times|date=March 6, 2019}}

As of 2020, the gallery was located at 521 West 26th Street, in Chelsea, Manhattan.

Notable exhibitions

  • Peter Bialobrzeski, "Neon Tigers" (March 25 - May 15, 2004)
  • Barbara Blondeau, "Permutations" (June 3 - July 1, 2010)
  • Luca Campigotto, "Gotham and Beyond" (2013)
  • Petah Coyne (1997)"Artists' Works Now Showing", The Rocky Mount Telegram (August 20, 1997), p. 6-B.
  • Stephanie Couturier (2007)Jan Sjostrom, "Dealers: Art Fairs Blend Business, High Fashion", Palm Beach Daily News (December 8, 2007), p. 7.
  • Arno Fischer, "Berlin Before the Wall" (1995)
  • Lee Friedlander, "Cherry Blossom Time in Japan" (November 12 - December 13, 1986)

:*"Cray at Chippewa Falls" (1988)

:*"Like a One-Eyed Cat: Photographs by Lee Friedlander 1956-1987" (1989)

:*"A Selection of Nudes" (1991)

:*"Work in Progress/Sonora Desert" (1991)

  • David Graham, "Where We Live" (2015); other exhibitions (1987, 1989, 1991)
  • Philippe Halsman (2010){{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/24/arts/design/24halsman.html|title=The Joys of Jumpology|first=Roberta|last=Smith|work=New York Times|date=May 23, 2010}}
  • Fred Herzog, "Betwixt and Between" (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2019/sep/12/betwixt-between-moments-to-anticipate-in-pictures|title=Two, four, six, eight, anticipate! – in pictures|publisher=The Guardian|date=September 12, 2019}}
  • Les Krims, "Fictions 1969-1974" (2004){{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/16/arts/art-in-review-les-krims-fact-or-fiction.html |title=ART IN REVIEW; Les Krims -- 'Fact or Fiction' |first=Ken |last=Johnson |date=April 16, 2004 |work=The New York Times |accessdate=December 24, 2009}}
  • Mark Mann, "Portfolios: Seeing in Series" (2006)
  • Ray Metzker (2014)John F. Morrison, "Ray K. Metzker, 83, Renowned Photographer", Philadelphia Daily News (October 15, 2014)
  • Maggie Taylor, "Landscape of Dreams" (September 15, 2005 - October 29, 2005){{cite web | title = Landscape of Dreams | publisher =Laurence Miller Gallery| url = http://www.laurencemillergallery.com/taylor_dreams.htm| year=2005 |accessdate = 2007-09-02 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070813132131/http://www.laurencemillergallery.com/taylor_dreams.htm |archivedate = 2007-08-13}}
  • Burk Uzzle (2009)Juliette Funes, "An All-Access Pass to the Show", The Los Angeles Times (August 9, 2009), page E-8.
  • Bruce Wrighton, "Downtown Men" (2014)

References

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