Ethel Schwabacher

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BERRY CAMPBELL TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ARMORY SHOW 2024

NEW YORK, NEW YORK, August 13, 2024–Berry Campbell is pleased to announce its participation in The Armory Show 2024. Located at booth 119 at the Javits Center, Berry Campbell Gallery will present a modern take on Women Choose Women (1973), the first large-scale museum exhibition devoted solely to women artists and curated by a committee of women artists at the New York Cultural Center, for The Armory Show 2024.

With an expertise in championing the careers of underrepresented female artists, elevating their markets to record breaking prices, Berry Campbell’s presentation is organized with the belief that advocacy for and by women in the arts is just as necessary now as it was 50 years ago. The exhibition will feature 11 paintings and works on paper from a cross-generational selection of artists, with highlights including Lynne Drexler, Alice Baber, Elaine de Kooning, Yvonne Thomas, Perle Fine, and Beverly McIver. Women Choose Women reflects Berry Campbell’s dedication to the rediscovery and advancement of women artists, commemorating the diversity and perseverance of women artists working in the art world from mid-century to now.

Artists included in this group presentation are Alice Baber, Bernice Bing, Janice Biala, Lillian Thomas Burwell, Nanette Carter, Elaine de Kooning, Nanette Carter, Dorothy Dehner, Lynne Drexler, Perle Fine, Judith Godwin, Beverly McIver, Ethel Schwabacher, and Yvonne Thomas. A highlight of the exhibition is a never-before-seen masterwork by Lynne Drexler newly released by the Lynne Drexler Archive.  It will be on view for the first time at The Armory show.

ABOUT THE GALLERY
Christine Berry and Martha Campbell opened Berry Campbell Gallery in Chelsea, New York, ten years ago. The gallery has a fine-tuned program representing artists of post-war American painting that have been underrepresented or neglected, particularly the women of Abstract Expressionism. Since its inception, the gallery has developed a strong focus on research to bring to light artists overlooked due to age, race, gender, or geography. This unique perspective has been increasingly recognized by curators, collectors, and the press.

In 2022, Berry Campbell moved to 524 W 26th Street, one of the most prestigious blocks in Chelsea. The 9,000 square foot space was previously inhabited by art world icons such as Paula Cooper Gallery and Robert Miller Gallery.