history
Lisson Gallery was founded in 1967 by Nicholas Logsdail as an artists' exhibition space whilst he was a student at the Slade school of art. The gallery quickly came to prominence as the first London space to introduce the generation of American minimalists to a European audience, in its first decade showing Sol Lewitt, Robert Mangold, Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, Carl Andre and Dan Graham.
The gallery has always provided a platform for the careers of emerging artists, working with communities of young like minded artists. In the 1980¹s Lisson Gallery brought to prominence the school of British sculptors, featuring Richard Long, Bill Woodrow, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Richard Wentworth, Anish Kapoor and Julian Opie.
With the advent of the 1990¹s, the continuous growth of Lisson Gallery resulted in a new building designed by Tony Fretton, opening in 1991. The space has been frequently lauded for its design, and has become the icon by which the gallery is known. The gallery continued to plough its own distinctive path, bringing the work of Douglas Gordon, Tony Ourlser, Francis Alys, Jane and Louise Wilson, Pierre Bismuth, Ceal Floyer and Jonathan Monk to the public eye.
Lisson Gallery signalled its intentions at the beginning of the millennium with the opening of a new space on Bell Street, featuring a controversial exhibition by Santiago Sierra. And while still working with the generations of formative Lisson artists, including Lawrence Weiner, Art & Language and Daniel Buren, the gallery has recently showcased Christian Jankowski, Allora & Calzadilla, Tim Lee, Sean Snyder and Gerard Byrne, maintaining its commitment to a generation of younger artists.
Images
Lisson Gallery 52-54 Bell Street Designed by Tony Fretton Completed November 1991
Santiago Sierra Space closed by corrugated metal, Lisson Gallery, London, September, 2002
Portrait of Nicholas Logsdail
Robert Mangold Installation view Lisson Gallery, 52-54 Bell Street, 17th March - 30th April 2005
Sol LeWitt
Art & Language Secret Painting,1967-68 Liquitex on canvas and photostat Part 1: 92 x 92 x 5 cm Part 2 : 92 x 92 x 5 cm
Lawrence Weiner WITHIN A REALM OF RELATIVE FORM, 2005 Language & the materials referred to Lisson Gallery 29 Bell Street, 19th October - 23rd November 2005
Sol LeWitt Lines through, toward and to points 172 Lines through the center of the wall toward midpoints of sides and corners, 1973 Black crayon First drawn by Sol Lewitt & Nicholas Logsdail First installation: Lisson Gallery, London, May 1973
Art & Language Flags for Organizations ,1978 20 Cambric flags and 4 photostats Flags: 99 x 81cm each Photostats: 69 x 52.5 x 3.6cm each
Richard Wentworth Lightweight Chair with Heavy Weights, 1983 Laminated wood,steel,brass,lead & cable 76 x 38 x 39 cm
Daniel Buren Photo-souvenir: Dislocated Skylight, Lisson Gallery, 29 & 52-54 Bell Street, 18th May 2007 - 23rd June 2007
Florian Pumhösl Installation view 52-54 Bell Street, 6 February -15 March 2008
Tony Cragg Red Indian, 1982-3 Plastic 314 x 198 cm
Richard Deacon Installation view Range, Richard Deacon, Lisson Gallery, 52-54 Bell St, London, 30 November 2005 -28 January 2006
Tony Cragg Installation view Lisson Gallery, 52-54 Bell St, 17th May - 24th June 2006
Daniel Buren Photo-souvenir: New Situated Works, Lisson Gallery, 29 & 52-54 Bell Street, 18th May 2007 - 23rd June 2007, detail
Gerard Byrne Installation view Lisson Gallery, 52-54 Bell Street, 23rd March 2007 - 4th May 2007
Allora & Calzadilla Heat Cast , 2004 Steel, electrical wire, infra-red heating elements Variable