Anton Kern Gallery

About the Gallery
Anton Kern Gallery is a contemporary art gallery in New York. Established in 1996 with the intention of exhibiting the work of young and emerging artists, the gallery currently represents thirty-two contemporary artists from Europe, the United Kingdom, Asia, South America, and the United States. Some of the gallery's artists have been invited to exhibitions such as the Carnegie International (John Bock, Saul Fletcher, Nicole Eisenman, Mark Grotjahn, Richard Hughes, Matthew Monahan, Manfred Pernice, Wilhelm Sasnal, David Shrigley), the Biennale di Venezia (John Bock, Matthew Monahan, Alessandro Pessoli, Erik van Lieshout), Whitney Biennial (Mark Grotjahn, Nicole Eisenman, Matthew Monahan, Shio Kusaka), Documenta (Anne Collier, John Bock, Nicole Eisenman, Marcel Odenbach), and Skulpture Projects Münster (Manfred Pernice and Nicole Eisenman). In the spring of 2017, Anton Kern Gallery officially opened its doors at 16 East 55th Street.

About the Presentation
Anton Kern Gallery will present a sculptural activation by Francis Upritchard at Independent. Upritchard’s 7.5-foot-tall bronze sculpture Long Legs Long Arms go Eeling in New Zealand (2019-21) depicts a pair of elongated figures draws on the Japanese folklore of Ashinaga-tenaga — symbiotic beings who fish in deep water by combining their respective strengths. The work was originally commissioned for the New Zealand artist’s 2020 exhibition Big Fish Eat Little Fish at Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Belgium.