One of the most significant and influential artists of his time, Tony Magar produced a remarkable and richly prolific body of work spanning from the mid-1960s until his death in 2023. Born in London, by his early twenties Magar found himself in New York as the gestural painting of Abstract Expressionism was at its peak. There, he participated in the landmark New Forms exhibition with Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, John Chamberlain, and Claud Oldenburg, as well as earlier masters, Dubuffet, Schwitters and Arp. Following this milestone exhibition and heroic entrance into the booming art world, Magar co-founded the Park Place Gallery group, naming renowned gallerist, Paula Cooper, the director. Working in diverse materials and approaches, the group formed in 1962 to explore their mutual interest in literal and illusory space, music and social concerns. The founders invited their friends and younger artists to exhibit at Park Place Gallery, where together they explored cutting edge and experimental art that included geometric abstraction, Op Art, minimalism and large-scale sculpture. Between 1963 and 1967, the group was at the center of all contemporary artistic activity in New York, pioneering SoHo and revolutionizing what is now possible for young and emerging artists.