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chitect's rendering of interior of Bill Brady Gallery, 1505 Genessee Street.

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m Leedy installation at Dolphin Gallery.

ManhattanGallerist Close

Doors,Brings NewGalleryto Kansas City

By BLAIR SCHULMAN

In February 2012, New Yorkgallerist and Kansas City nativBrady opens a new space at 1Genessee Street in the StockyDistrict of the West Bottoms. The joins John OBriens establiDolphin Gallery and new kids othe block, PLUG projects. As t

citys arts community continuethrive with talented artists andintelligent programming, thisaddition adds to a collectivevisibility.

Retiring the ATM Gallery namestalwart in Manhattans Chelseneighborhood, he will operate Kansas City as Bill Brady.

Brady says he is returning to aold school gallery way. He plto have around five, seven- toeight-week exhibitions a year. good judge of talent, he hopesbe a conduit for Kansas City as

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UG Projects, 1613 Genessee Street.

arts community produces andshows homegrown and migrattalent.

Brady graduated from the KanCity Art Institute in 1991 and won to attend the SkowheganResidency Program in SkowheMaine. He attended graduateschool at the School of Visual in New York City and worked aGuggenheim Museum of Art aChase Manhattan Bank, whereoversaw their growing collectio

fine art. In fall 2001, his first gaopened in a small storefront spin New Yorks East Village. Asway of financing the gallery heinstalled an operational ATM infront window, thus becoming AGallery. He later moved to hislargest location in Chelsea.

The gallery became known for

introducing emerging contempartists such as Japanese artistTomoo Gokita, whose work haSurrealist and Op-Art flavor,traditional documentaryphotographer Peter Sutherlandand abstract conceptualists likKCAI alumni Gordon Terry andSall are also among his stable New York artists.

Looking for new talent here, Bsays its the dealers job to puta historical mode. By working itandem with these artists he aother Kansas City galleries illuthe citys wealth of talent.

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nessee Street Looking north with Kansas City Livestockchange Building on the left.

Gravitating toward what artiststo make, Brady will employ theartists as a divining rod to helpshape the civid cultural dialogu

Through phone interview and tmessaging, Brady says he isdiscussing the possibility of a tperson show at his new spaceinternationally-recognizedminimalist Joe Bradley.

Known for his easy assemblyirony and slacker aesthetic,Bradley uses a highly simplifiepainterly quality that suggestsassociations with mass media futuristic style. He often finds fart's commodifying influences addressing the simpatico ofcommodification and contempoart.

Hoping to find a strong collectobase in Kansas City, Bradyunderstands theyre already heand will look for new avenues understanding visual art that ehere already and underscoringnew and current collectors.

As the city continues an upwarcultural trajectory, Bill Brady puwelcome example of its organi

prominence into perspective.

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Archie Scott Gobber, For Sale Ownerat Dolphin Gallery.

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phin Gallery, 1600 Liberty, two blocks east of Genessee Street.

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nessee Street, looking south to Kemper Arena.