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Peggy Jarrell Kaplan, Ronald Feldman, 1995. Silver gelatin print © Peggy Jarrell Kaplan. Courtesy of the artist and Ronald Feldman Gallery New York.
by Sophie Haigney
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NEW YORK (NYT NEWS SERVICE ).- Ronald Feldman, the pioneering contemporary art dealer, has stepped down from his role of director at the Ronald Feldman Gallery after nearly 50 years at the helm, for health reasons.
Feldman, 82, founded the gallery with his wife, Frayda Feldman, in 1971 on East 74th Street in New York. In 1982, the gallery moved to SoHo, establishing an early beachhead in Lower Manhattan that seemed to suit an institution that broke boundaries and championed a wide range of risk-taking artists and their (often political) works. Some of his early partnerships included German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys, performance artist Chris Burden, feminist artist Hannah Wilke, and Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the longtime unpaid artist-in-residence at the New York City Department of Sanitation. He and Feldman also developed a friendship with Andy Warhol in the 1980s, and Feldman commissioned Warhol to do portfolios of paintings and prints.
He is so passionate about championing ideas-based work, and advancing and creating platforms for artists that truly engage with the widest range of social issues and political causes in our world, said Mark Feldman, his eldest son, who has taken over the gallerys operations. He supported artists who were really groundbreaking and willing to take risks.
Feldman came to art after a career as a corporate lawyer, which made him miserable, Mark Feldman said in an interview Thursday. He quit and pursued his passion for fine art. In addition to his work in the gallery, Feldman was politically engaged, eventually serving on the National Council on the Arts under President Bill Clinton for five years.
The gallery has remained in SoHo even as many others have migrated to Chelsea.
This is home for this community of artists, Mark Feldman said.
In addition to Mark Feldman, Frayda Feldman will continue to stay active in its next phase.
Were going to continue to try to push boundaries, and continue Rons legacy, Mark Feldman said.
Right now, that includes a solo exhibition of works by Hannah Wilke, titled Force of Nature, which includes more than 50 of her so-called Performalist Self-Portrait images, many of which make use of her body as a medium. In many ways, its the kind of work that Feldman sought to encourage and promote through his life idea-driven, pioneering and politically engaged. Though Feldman played a large part in shaping many notable careers, his son said, he was often in the background.
It was really about the artists and the work, Mark Feldman said. He didnt necessarily want to be part of their story; he wanted to be part of their journey.
© 2019 The New York Times Company
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