Leo Valledor, Source, 1969-70, Acrylic and oil on canvas, 60"
Park Place Gallery: Founders and Friends, Then and Now David Richard Gallery Presents a Survey of the Park Place Group Including Founding Members and Friends with Paintings and Drawings from the 1960s and Selections of Later Career Artworks from Each Artist, Opening February 3, 2017 Featuring: Dean Fleming, Linda Fleming, Patsy Krebs, Ronnie Landfield, Ed Ruda, Robert Swain, Leo Valledor, Neil Williams and Mario Yrisarry February 3 through March 25, 2017 Opening Reception with artists: Friday, February 3 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM Gallery Talk with Artist Patsy Krebs and Curator David Eichholtz Saturday, February 4 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM
The Park Place Gallery, initially located at 79 Park Place in lower Manhattan, became an important artist collective and exhibition venue for experimental art in New York in the 1960s. The founding members, many transplants from the West Coast, were comprised of five painters: Dean Fleming, Tamara Melcher, David Novros, Edwin Ruda, Leo Valledor and five sculptors: Mark de Suvero, Peter Forakis, Robert Grosvenor, Anthony Magar and Forrest Myers. The gallery director was Paul Cooper. Working in diverse materials and approaches, the group formed in 1962 to explore their mutual interest in literal and illusory space, music and social concerns. The founders invited their friends and younger artists to exhibit at Park Place Gallery where together they explored cutting edge and experimental art that included geometric abstraction, Op Art, shaped canvases, minimalism and large-scale sculpture. Their friends and guest exhibitors included many notable and important artists, including Sol LeWitt, Al Held, Brice Marden, Carl Andre, Eva Hesse, Peter Reginato and Joan Jonas among others. The gallery moved in 1965 to West Broadway in SoHo where it remained until 1967. David Richard Gallery is pleased to present “Park Place gallery: Founders and Friends, Then and Now”. The focus of the exhibition will be on paintings and drawings from the 1960s as well as later career works from founding members Dean Fleming, Edwin Ruda and Leo Valledor along with several of their friends and quest exhibitors at Park Place: Linda Fleming, Patsy Krebs, Ronnie Landsfield, Robert Swain, Neil Williams and Mario Yrisarry. The exhibition will be presented February 3 through March 25, 2017, with an opening reception and several of the artists present on Friday, February 3 from 5:00 - 7:00 PM. There will be a gallery talk with artist Patsy Krebs and curator David Eichholtz on Saturday, February 4 from 3:00 - 4:00 PM. David Richard Gallery is located at 1570 Pacheco Street, Suite A1, Santa Fe, NM 87505, P: 505-983-9555.