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Terrain Gallery

1955 establishments in New York CityAesthetic RealismArt galleries established in 1955Art museums and galleries in ManhattanSoHo, Manhattan
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The Terrain Gallery, or the Terrain, is an art gallery and educational center at 141 Greene Street in SoHo, Manhattan, New York City. It was founded in 1955 with a philosophic basis: the ideas of Aesthetic Realism and the Siegel Theory of Opposites, developed by American poet and educator Eli Siegel. Its motto is a statement by Siegel: "In reality opposites are one; art shows this."

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Terrain Gallery
Greene Street, New York Manhattan

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