Alison Jacques Gallery
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Alison Jacques Gallery is one of London's leading contemporary art
galleries. The gallery, established in 2004 in a small townhouse off Bond Street, London W1, relocated in 2007 to an ambitious 3500 square feet (325.2 m²) space at 16-18 Berners Street opposite the Sanderson Hotel in Fitzrovia. The new space, previously a furniture show room, was rebuilt and designed by Mike Rundell and Associates who also designed the White Cube Gallery spaces as well as working closely with Damien Hirst on his properties. The resulting space for the Alison Jacques Gallery while modest in size, is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful commercial gallery spaces for contemporary art in London with over 5 metres ceiling height and a New York Chelsea feel to the facade and interior of the space.
Alison Jacques, formerly New Editor of Flash Art Magazine in Milan and Curator of the British School at Rome, trained as an art dealer with Leslie Waddington in Cork Street. Since opening her own gallery in 2004, Alison Jacques has developed a unique exhibition program of both young and established artists, championing the Estates of artists such as Lygia Clark, Hannah Wilke and Ana Mendieta who had not been shown in the UK previously.
In 1999, Alison Jacques became the first young gallery to work with the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, and continues to be the sole representative of his Estate in the UK. Jacques's curatorial approach and seemingly uncomercial focus on unknown bodies of work by Mapplethorpe such as his early Polaroids from the 70s or his Unique works and Sculptures which were little known and previously not exhibited, has resulted in the building of a strong comercial market for Mapplethorpe as an artist rather than as a photographer per se. The gallery also represents Catherine Yass a key figure in British photography and film who was nominated for the Turner Prize and recently realised a major Art Angel commission in Glasgow and London. Ryan McGinley also had his first solo show in London at the Alison Jacques Gallery and continues to work with the gallery in the UK.
The gallery represents the following artists, as of 10 December 2010.
• Haluk Akakçe
• André Butzer
• Lygia Clark
• Bjorn Dahlem
• Tomory Dodge
• Dan Fischer
• Saul Fletcher
• Matt Johnson
• Ian Kiaer
• Klara Kristalova
• Graham Little
• Robert Mapplethorpe
• Ryan McGinley
• Ana Mendieta
• Paul Morrison
• Ryan Mosley
• Helio Oiticica
• Tom Ormond
• Bernd Ribbeck
• Michael van Ofen
• Mathew Weir
• Hannah Wilke
• Catherine Yass
• Thomas Zipp
The gallery often holds events and talks in conjunction with the current exhibition, with well known curators and critics.
The gallery also publishes books in collaboration with public spaces, including monographs, on Paul Morrison, Catherine Yass, Ian Kiaer, Ryan McGinley, Robert Mapplethorpe, and André Butzer.
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
galleries. The gallery, established in 2004 in a small townhouse off Bond Street, London W1, relocated in 2007 to an ambitious 3500 square feet (325.2 m²) space at 16-18 Berners Street opposite the Sanderson Hotel in Fitzrovia. The new space, previously a furniture show room, was rebuilt and designed by Mike Rundell and Associates who also designed the White Cube Gallery spaces as well as working closely with Damien Hirst on his properties. The resulting space for the Alison Jacques Gallery while modest in size, is widely acknowledged as one of the most beautiful commercial gallery spaces for contemporary art in London with over 5 metres ceiling height and a New York Chelsea feel to the facade and interior of the space.
Alison Jacques, formerly New Editor of Flash Art Magazine in Milan and Curator of the British School at Rome, trained as an art dealer with Leslie Waddington in Cork Street. Since opening her own gallery in 2004, Alison Jacques has developed a unique exhibition program of both young and established artists, championing the Estates of artists such as Lygia Clark, Hannah Wilke and Ana Mendieta who had not been shown in the UK previously.
In 1999, Alison Jacques became the first young gallery to work with the Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, and continues to be the sole representative of his Estate in the UK. Jacques's curatorial approach and seemingly uncomercial focus on unknown bodies of work by Mapplethorpe such as his early Polaroids from the 70s or his Unique works and Sculptures which were little known and previously not exhibited, has resulted in the building of a strong comercial market for Mapplethorpe as an artist rather than as a photographer per se. The gallery also represents Catherine Yass a key figure in British photography and film who was nominated for the Turner Prize and recently realised a major Art Angel commission in Glasgow and London. Ryan McGinley also had his first solo show in London at the Alison Jacques Gallery and continues to work with the gallery in the UK.
The gallery represents the following artists, as of 10 December 2010.
• Haluk Akakçe
Haluk Akakçe
Haluk Akakçe is a contemporary artist living and working in New York and Istanbul whose work explores the intersections between society and technology through video animations, wall paintings and sound installations. He trained in architecture at Bilkent University, Ankara, then graduated with...
• André Butzer
André Butzer
-Biography:Butzer was born in Stuttgart, Germany and lives in Rangsdorf near Berlin. He makes semi-abstract paintings that feature cartoon-like characters and objects. Butzer is interested in the comic genre, whose ambivalence comes on the one hand from a childlike inflation of effect and on the...
• Lygia Clark
Lygia Clark
Lygia Clark was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-20th century and the Tropicalia movement...
• Bjorn Dahlem
Bjorn Dahlem
Bjorn Dahlem is an artist based in Berlin.Dahlem was born in Munich. He makes sculptures based on space and astrophysics out of ordinary household materials.-Selected exhibitions:2000...
• Tomory Dodge
Tomory Dodge
Tomory Dodge is an American artist.-Childhood:Born Jason Tomory Dodge in Denver, Colorado, the eldest of three sons. His mother, Madeleine Dodge, an accomplished regional artist in Denver, Colorado and his father, David C. Dodge III, a physician both encouraged his development as an artist from a...
• Dan Fischer
• Saul Fletcher
• Matt Johnson
Matt Johnson (artist)
Matt Johnson is an artist based in Los Angeles,Johnson was born in New York. He is a sculptor who creates humorous works out of everyday materials...
• Ian Kiaer
Ian Kiaer
Ian Kiaer is an artist based in London.Kiaer received his MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art, London in 1998 and his BA in Fine Art from Slade School of Fine Art, University College London, in 1995...
• Klara Kristalova
• Graham Little
• Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe
Robert Mapplethorpe was an American photographer, known for his large-scale, highly stylized black and white portraits, photos of flowers and nude men...
• Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley
Ryan McGinley is an American photographer living in New York City who began making photographs in 1998. In 2003, at the age of 25, McGinley was one of the youngest artist to have a solo show at the Whitney Museum of American Art. He was also named Photographer of the Year in 2003 by American Photo...
• Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta
Ana Mendieta was a Cuban American performance artist, sculptor, painter and video artist who is known for her "earth-body" art work....
• Paul Morrison
Paul Morrison
Paul Morrison is the name of:* John Paul Morrison , aka Paul Morrison or J. Paul Morrison, Canadian computer programmer* Paul Morrison , British film director & screenwriter...
• Ryan Mosley
• Helio Oiticica
Hélio Oiticica
Hélio Oiticica was a Brazilian visual artist, best known for his participation in the Neo-Concrete group, for his innovative use of color, and for what he later termed "environmental art", which included Parangolés and Penetrables, like the famous Tropicália.- Early work :Oiticica's early works,...
• Tom Ormond
• Bernd Ribbeck
• Michael van Ofen
• Mathew Weir
• Hannah Wilke
Hannah Wilke
Hannah Wilke was an American painter, sculptor, photographer, video artist and performance artist.-Biography:...
• Catherine Yass
Catherine Yass
Catherine Yass is an English artist.Catherine Yass was born in 1963 in London and in her early years lived in Hampstead. She later studied at the Slade School of Art, London and then at Hochschule der Künste, Berlin...
• Thomas Zipp
Thomas Zipp
Thomas Zipp is an artist based in Berlin.Zipp studied at the Städelschule, Frankfurt and the Slade School, London from 1992-1998....
The gallery often holds events and talks in conjunction with the current exhibition, with well known curators and critics.
The gallery also publishes books in collaboration with public spaces, including monographs, on Paul Morrison, Catherine Yass, Ian Kiaer, Ryan McGinley, Robert Mapplethorpe, and André Butzer.