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Marcelo Zimmler Gallerist, Upsilon Gallery BY B E N N E T T M A R C U S
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psilon Gallery is expanding in Manhattan, with a new 2,000squarefoot space at 23 East 67th Street that opened in February. Specializing in international postwar and contemporary art with a focus on rediscovering overlooked artists within a historical scope, Upsilon Gallery also has a gallery at 146 West 57th Street, which will remain open.
Malzfabrik in Berlin, the Officina delle Zattere in Venice, and the European Museum of Modern Art (MEAM) in Barcelona.
Osvaldo Mariscotti exhibition The new UES space. launched with a solo exhibition of Osvaldo Mariscotti’s paintings, sculptures and mixed media works.. The show focuses on the artist’s study of symbols and the development of language. “Osvaldo is a proper artist’s artist,” Marcelo Zimmler says. “He likes to lock himself up in the studio and paint all day.” Mariscotti’s prolific career as a printmaker, painter and sculptor has spanned over four decades.. In 2015 the artist first participated in the 56th Venice Biennale with his now-iconic Book of Color I. His artwork has been exhibited around the world in prestigious venues including the MIIT Museum in Turin, the
Circuitous Route to the Art World Upsilon Gallery, which launched in 2014, also has representatives in Miami and London. Its founder, Marcelo Zimmler, had a somewhat unusual path to discovering his passion for art and becoming a gallerist. While studying computer science at Pace University in New York, Zimmler’s plan was a graduate program in applied math followed by a career in academia. A study-abroad program in London, where he met a lot of entrepreneurial characters and participated in competitions for business plans, upended those plans. “Coming into London, I thought I knew exactly what I wanted to do, I was already
preparing for the GREs,” Zimmler says. “Then it all flipped upside down. I didn’t like it anymore. I knew it wasn’t my passion.” A museum buff, he’d always been interested in the arts, and once back in New York, he immersed himself in the world of fine arts, and found he loved it. More kismet followed once he’d graduated: he met the artist Osvaldo Mariscotti, who he now represents, and whose show opened the gallery’s new space. “I offered to help him ” says Zimmler, “ Because he needed exposure.” Zimmler designed a website, which received a good response, and built the business out from there, reaching out to art publications and initiating collaborations with several art groups within the US and Europe. “Eventually I put together an e-commerce site and a number of applications that combined Mariscotti’s aesthetics with things like sound synthesis and
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