PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE COLLECTION OF STEVEN GELSTON
2020-01-27“Photographs from the Collection of Steven Gelston,” is an exhibition of exclusively black-and-white prints of nearly all male figurative imagery collected over the past thirty-five years.
Steven Gelston grew up surrounded by art. His parents were intelligent and curious collectors who purchased works by largely living artists of their own generation still within attainable means. The collection came to include pieces by artists such as Josef Albers, Red Grooms, Philip Guston, Barnett Newman, Claes Oldenburg, and Larry Rivers, among many others. Gelston’s parents possessed strong aesthetic tastes and enjoyed researching the artists who caught their attention. Gelston’s mother led art tours for other women in the community through the museums and galleries of Manhattan. She also organized the annual art show in her town, which included works by often very well-established figures. Eventually she pursued her master’s degree in art education at New York University and went on to teach elementary school art classes. After retiring, she worked as a docent at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Opposite – Wouter Deruytter, “Ennis, MT [3385#10]”, 1998
Exhibition runs through to February 29th, 2020
ClampArt
247 West 29th Street, Ground Floor
New York
10001 NY
