As a time marked by underground political dissent, the 1970s was a decade when artists began working small, working privately, and working beyond the boundaries of commercial gallery system. (clevelandart.org)
Mediating a collaboration with artist Tsuyoshi Osawa, curator of the miniature so - called «Nasubi Gallery» which takes its form from the once - common Japanese milk - box, the self - appointed «Smallest Gallery in the World» was first launched in 1993 as a parody and protest against the prevailing commercial gallery system. (spsl-studio.com)
Too often museum exhibitions of contemporary art rely excessively on the commercial gallery system, a process which risks becoming cliché. (brooklynrail.org)