In 1959, Richard Bellamy was a witty, poetry-loving beatnik on the fringe of the New York art world who was drawn to artists impatient for change.
As a dealer, he helped discover and champion many of the innovative successors to the abstract expressionists, including Claes Oldenburg, James Rosenquist,.
By 1965, he was representing Mark di Suvero, was the first to show Andy Warhol\'s pop art, and pioneered the practice of ``off-site`` exhibitions and introduced the new genre of installation art.
In 1959, Richard Bellamy was a witty, poetry-loving beatnik on the fringe of the New York art world who was drawn to artists impatient for change