Gemini G.E.L.

Gemini G.E.L.
Formerly	Gemini Ltd.
Company type	Privately held company
Industry	art gallery, print workshop, arts organization
Founded	1966
Founder	Rosamund Felsen; Sidney Felsen; Elyse Grinstein; Kenneth E. Tyler; Stanley Grinstein
Headquarters	8365 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, California 90069
Number of locations	1

Gemini G.E.L., formally Gemini Ltd., is an artists‘ workshop, exhibition space, and publisher of limited edition prints and sculptures, located at 8365 Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, California.

History

Gemini Ltd. was founded in 1965 by master printer Kenneth E. Tyler, who was an alumnus of the Tamarind Lithography Workshop (now Tamarind Institute) founded by June Wayne.^[1] Several months later, he was joined by two business partners, Sidney Felsen and Stanley Grinstein, and together they launched Gemini G.E.L. (Graphic Editions Ltd.) on January 1, 1966.^[1]^[2] The workshop has collaborated with artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Isamu Noguchi, Robert Motherwell, Roy Lichtenstein, Julie Mehretu, Willem de Kooning, Claes Oldenburg, and Ed Ruscha, among many others, to create editioned multiples in media including lithography, etching, screenprinting, woodcut and a wide variety of sculptural materials.^[3]

In 1981, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. established the Gemini G.E.L. Archive, which functions as a study center for scholars and collectors, and contains a complete history of the workshop. Twenty-two artists were represented in the initial gift, including Jasper Johns, Rauschenberg, Oldenburg, David Hockney and Lichtenstein. Further gifts by donors are expected to provide a complete representation of prints published by Gemini since its founding.^[4]

Artists who made prints at Gemini G.E.L.

References

^ ^a ^b "Kenneth Tyler printmaking collection, About Kenneth Tyler". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2021-08-19.
^ Lehmbeck, Leah (2001). Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California. Getty Publications in association with the Norton Simon Museum. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-1606060933.
^ Rosenthal, Mark (1993). Artists at Gemini G.E.L.: Celebrating the 25th Year. New York: Abrams. ISBN 0810925591.
^ National Gallery to Set Up A Graphic-Art Archive New York Times, March 22, 1981.

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[:0-1] "Kenneth Tyler printmaking collection, About Kenneth Tyler". National Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 2021-08-19.

[2] Lehmbeck, Leah (2001). Proof: The Rise of Printmaking in Southern California. Getty Publications in association with the Norton Simon Museum. pp. 31–33. ISBN 978-1606060933.

[3] Rosenthal, Mark (1993). Artists at Gemini G.E.L.: Celebrating the 25th Year. New York: Abrams. ISBN 0810925591.

[4] National Gallery to Set Up A Graphic-Art Archive New York Times, March 22, 1981.

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