124 Ridge Street Gallery
 Exterior view, 1992. | |
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| Location | Manhattan, New York, United States |
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| Type | Art gallery |
| Genre(s) | Contemporary art, Underground film |
| Capacity | 30 |
| Opened | 1985 |
| Closed | 1997 |
The 124 Ridge Street Gallery was a collective gallery founded in New York's Lower East Side in 1985.[1] Founding members were Susan Bachemin, Elizabeth Evers, Jane Fine, Matthew Harrison, Michael Kaniecki, Robert McGrath, Heidi Marben, Laurie Olinder, and Joe Vinson. Subsequent members included Amy Berniker, Ruth Pomerantz, Paul Rodriguez, Roger W. Sayre, Ann Shea, Paul Villinski and Carla Weisberg.
The gallery exhibited art and film from local artists and filmmakers during the 1980s East Village art gallery scene, including Matty Jankowski’s 1987 mail art show "The Joke is in the Mail."[2] The film screening series Film Crash was founded at the gallery.
The gallery was closed in 1997.
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- Defunct art museums and galleries in Manhattan
- 1985 establishments in New York City
- 1997 disestablishments in New York (state)
- Art galleries established in 1985