"Sperone Westwater was founded in 1975 in SoHo as Sperone Westwater Fischer. (Konrad Fischer, the gallery's third namesake dealer, split off in 1982 and died in 1996. The Düsseldorf-based gallery that he founded is still in operation.) The gallery's first show was for Carl Andre, with ones staged for Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, Brice Marden, and other key artists of the era in the year that followed."
"During the '80s, Sperone Westwater became a destination for a kind of painting that was termed Neo-Expressionism for the way it revived gestural brushwork. Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Sandro Chia, and Enzo Cucchi-three painters who were considered protagonists of Italian subset of the movement known as transavanguardia-showed here alongside the American painter Susan Rothenberg. A range of less easily classified artists also showed with the gallery, including Wim Delvoye, Not Vital, Guillermo Kuitca, Mario Merz, Alexis Rockman, Wolfgang Laib, and more."
Sperone Westwater will close on December 31 after 50 years, as co-founders Angela Westwater and Gian Enzo Sperone pursue separate endeavors. The gallery will still participate in Art Basel Miami Beach next month. Sperone Westwater was founded in 1975 in SoHo as Sperone Westwater Fischer; Konrad Fischer split off in 1982 and later died. The gallery's early program included a first show by Carl Andre and early exhibitions of Douglas Huebler, On Kawara, and Brice Marden. The gallery became a center for Neo-Expressionist painting in the 1980s, showing Francesco Clemente, Mimmo Paladino, Sandro Chia, Enzo Cucchi, and Susan Rothenberg. A wide range of international artists, including Wim Delvoye, Not Vital, Guillermo Kuitca, Mario Merz, Alexis Rockman, and Wolfgang Laib, also exhibited with the gallery over its history.
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