Sally Gall
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Sally Gall | Vertical World
June 5th - July 18th, 2025
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Wächter Fine Art
530 West 25th Street
New York, NY 10001
Winston
Winston Wächter Fine Art is pleased to present Vertical World, an exhibition of new large-scale photographs by Sally Gall, which continues her decades long exploration of the natural world. In her second solo show with the gallery, Gall examines the most elemental of earth’s raw materials: rock.
During a rafting trip through the Grand Canyon in 2021, Gall was thrilled by the monumental walls of rock seen at eye level. She describes the experience: “I was dwarfed by a massive alien world, a world that was writhing, a beautiful world that felt very alive.” Thus began her photographic investigation of rock walls that have been shaped over time by rain, erosion, mudslides, earthquakes, geothermal activity; natural phenomena continually and often imperceptibly, transforming the planet.
Subsequently, she made several photographic trips to the Colorado Plateau, investigating rock with variegated texture and color. By eliminating context and through her compositional means, Gall’s photographs become abstract. Emphasizing the unique markings on the surface of the rock, she references frescoes and painted murals. Referencing eroded “ruins” seen in her travels (cave churches in Anatolia, Turkey, Hindu temples in Khajuraho, India, Mayan temples on the Yucatan Peninsula,) Gall photographed walls of rock which seem from certain vantage points to be architectural, human built.
“I set out to make photographs that would encompass the changing nature of this landscape, this skin of the earth. My goal was to photograph the earth in action; a sculptural world created by wind and rain and time. Actions which are infinitesimally slow, and conceptually hard to embrace, as they bear no relationship to our human time.” – Sally Gall
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Vertical World invites viewers to consider the extraordinary in the ordinary, and to connect with the natural world as a place that is continually transforming, and alive.
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Sally Gall lives and works in New York City. Her work is held in numerous museums and private collections worldwide, notably the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Guggenheim Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Sally is the recipient of prestigious fellowships, including two MacDowell Colony Fellowships, a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Residency, and a National Endowment for the Arts Visual Artist’s Fellowship. She has published three books of photographs: The Water’s Edge, Chronicle Books, San Francisco, 1992, Subterranea, Umbrage Editions, New York City, 2003, and Heavenly Creatures, powerHouse Books, New York City, 2019.
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Gall Monument, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, 2APs
Available in various sizes
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
Sally
All inclusive edition of 10, 2APs Available in various sizes
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel 50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
In
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Sally Gall
Head of Colossus, 2022
Archival pigment print
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The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
In
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Screen: Wind and Mist, 2022
Archival pigment print
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Betsy Eby
Sally Gall
Satellite View: Polar Region, 2022
Archival pigment print
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
Sally Gall
Satellite View: Evidence of Water, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
Sally Gall
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
Available in various sizes
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
Sally Gall
Fracture Zone: Ochre, 2022
Sally Gall
Monastery, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
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The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
In
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Sally Gall
Kama Sutra Temple, 2021
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Sally Gall
Fracture Zone: Chocolate, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
Available in various sizes
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Betsy Eby
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Sally Gall
Apse, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
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Chigir-e, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
Sally Gall
Sally Gall
Wall Street, 2022
Archival pigment print
All inclusive edition of 10, plus 2APS
Available in various sizes
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
Betsy Eby
SALLY GALL
1956 Born in Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION, AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2018
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Director ’s Guest
1999
Rockefeller Foundation Residency, Bellagio Study and Conference Center, Bellagio, Italy
1997
Moonhole Residency, Engelhard Foundation and Institute for Contemporary Arts, Boston, MA
1990
MacDowell Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, NH
1989
MacDowell Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, NH
1986
Cultural Arts Council Grants to Artists, Houston, TX
1983
National Endowment for the Arts, Visual Artist Fellowship
Betsy Eby
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1982
Clare Hoyt Degolyer Memorial Fund, Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, TX
1978
B.F.A. Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Elemental, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2020
Digital Exhibition: Sally Gall, In Black and White, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Special Editions: Sally Gall, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
Visions of Spring, Winston Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2019
Heavenly Creatures, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Heavenly Creatures, Accesso Galleria, Pietrasanta, Italy
Heavenly Creatures, Julie Saul Gallery, New York,
2017
Aerial, Jackson Fine Arts, Atlanta, GA
2016
Aerial, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Unbound, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2012
KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT
2009
KMR Arts, Washington Depot, CT
2008
Crawl, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2007
Blossoms, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2005
A Survey: 1980-2005, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, VA
2003
Subterranea, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Marsha Ralls Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2001
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
2000
Into Darkness, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Stephen Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Gail Gibson Gallery, Seattle, WA
1999
Hope Pingree Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Vicki Basetti Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Marsha Ralls Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1998
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Town Hall, Montalcino, Italy
1995
The Water’s Edge, Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
University of California at Long Beach, CA
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, FL
1994
Museum of Photography, Charleroi, Belgium
1993
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
1992
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1991
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1990
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
1989
Julie Saul Gallery, New York, NY
1988
Betsy Eby
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, TX
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Untitled, Art Miami Beach
2021
25th Anniversary Exhibition, Part Two, Winston
Wächter Fine Art, New York, NY
2020
“In Focus: New Acquisitions in Photography,” Muscarelle Museum of Art, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, VA
Summer Mood, curated by Natasha Schlesinger, Topping Rose House, Bridgehampton, NY
2019
New World Water, Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
She, Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Water/Bodies, Southampton Art Center, Southampton, NY
Cowgirls, Brick Gallery, Catskill, NY, Curator Rich Timperio
2011
Homage, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2009
L’Art del Mar, Fundacia Forum, Tarragon, Spain
Looking Forward: New Works and New Directions from the Permanent Collection, Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
2008
On Location, Women’s Photographs from the Hofstra Museum Collection, Hofstra University, New York, NY
2007
Contemporary Photography and the Garden-Deceits and Fantasies, Hudson River Museum, NY
Brasil: des Focus, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
Paper Trails: A Century of Women’s Prints, Drawings, Photographs, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
2006
Picturing Eden, George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY
Garden as Paradise in Contemporary Art, Arsenal Gallery, Central Park, New York, NY
Contemporary Photography and the Garden, Mid-
College Art Museum, Middlebury, VT
The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
Columbia Museum of Art, SC
Sally Gall: Selected Landscapes, Hofstra University Museum, Hempstead, NY
2005
Tacoma Art Museum, WA
2003
By the Sea, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
2000
Expanding Horizons: Landscape Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
Nudes, Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ
1999
Humidity, Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
1998
Formication, Laurence Miller Gallery, New York, NY
1996
Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Avon Collection, International Center for Photography, New York, NY
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Figure and Landscape Revisited: Nine Contemporary Photographers, Montgomery Glasoe Fine Art, Minneapolis, MN
1995 Water, Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
Blind Spot, Dallas Artists Research and Exhibition, Dallas, TX
The Landscape, New York University, New York, NY
1993
Great Women in Photography, Jones Troyer Fitzpatrick Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Picturing Paradise: Art and the Rainforest, curated by Walter Hopps, Fernbank Museum of Natural History, Atlanta, GA
1992
Focus on Photography: 1980-1990, Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, VA
1991
Reveries and Wanderings, curated by Linda Marchisotto, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Gallery, New York, NY
Aqua Puro: Images of Water in Contemporary Art, Home Box Office Gallery, New York, NY
Betsy Eby
Light in the Darkness, Lintas, NY
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
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1989
The New Expeditionary Photographers, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
G. Ray Hawkins Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988
Around the World in 80 Days, Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1986
Swimmers, Burden Gallery, Aperture, New York, NY
The Texas Landscape, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
1985
Contemporary Photographers: The Presence of the Sublime, San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Women of the American West, The Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CT
1983
Printed by Women: A National Exhibition of Photos and Prints, Philadelphia, PA
Film and Photo, Santa Fe Center for Photography, Santa Fe, NM
1981
The New Photography, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
Texas Photo Sampler, Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1980
SECA Invitational, San Francisco Museum, San Francisco, CA
PUBLICATIONS AND REVIEWS
2019
Gall, Sally. “Heavenly Creatures,” powerHouse Books, Brooklyn, New York. August 27, 2019.
2016
Lam, May-Yang. “These Incredible Abstract Photos Features Something Found in Every House,” Washington Post October 2016.
Knoblauch, Loring. “Sally Gall, Aerial @ Julie Saul,” Collector Daily September 2016.
Dawson, Jessica. “Sally Gall,” Village Voice September 2016.
Kazanjian, Dodie. “Fall Art Guide: 13 Shows to See This Season,” Vogue 30 August 2016.
“About the Cover,” Photograph Magazine September 2016.
Robertson, Rebecca. “Sally Gall Transforms Laundry Day,” Photo District News September 2016.
“View: Sally Gall’s New Aerial Series,” Departures Magazine September 2016.
“Pictures at an Exhibition,” Art News 9 September 2016.
Aletti,Vince. “The Sly Eroticism of Laundry on the Line,” The New Yorker 7 September 2016.
2013
Blanche, Andrea. “Sally Gall, Unbound,” Musee Magazine
“Goings on About Town, Sally Gall: Unbound,” The New Yorker
2009
Lopate, Phillip. “Sally Gall: Crawl,” Aperture Fall 2009.
2008
Hope, Terry. “The World’s Top Ten Photographers: Landscape,” Rotovision, UK, Switzerland 2008.
2006
Klochko, Deborah. “Picturing Eden,” Steidel Publishers, Germany and George Eastman House 2006.
Betsy Eby In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel 50 x 44 inches
Monthly Photo, Korea 2006.
2005
Sheets, Hillarie M. “Reviews: New York, Sally Gall, Julie Saul,” ArtNews November 2005.
Princenthal, Nancy. “Sally Gall,” Art in America December 2005.
2004
Padon, Thomas. “Deceits & Fantasies: Contemporary Photography and the Garden,” New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 2004.
Johnson, Patricia C., “Complex views of the world help draw unique parallels,” Houston Chronicle 12 April 2004.
Indyke, Dottie. “Reviews: National, Sally Gall, Ralls Collection,”ArtNews February 2004.
2003
Gottlieb, Jane. “Landscape Photography: Journey to the Center of the Earth,” Photo District News October 2003.
Yenelouis, Berbard. “Sally Gall, Subterranea,” BOMB Summer 2003.
“The Twilight Zone,” Conde Nast Traveler February 2003.
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“Subterranea,” The Nature Conservancy Magazine 2003.
“Nether-Netherland,” New York Magazine 17 February 2003.
“Sally Gall: Subterranea,” The Art Newspaper February 2003.
Gall, Sally. “Subterranea,” New York: Umbrage Editions, Brooklyn, New York. 2003.
McQuaid, Cate. “Illuminating the Beauty of Earth’s Darkness,” The Boston Globe 26 September 2003.
“Off the Face of the Earth, Sally Gall: Subterranea,” Chicago Reader June 2003.
“Sally Gall at Catherine Edelman,” Chicago Tribune 4 July 2003.
2002
“Sally Gall,” Hasselblad Forum, No.3 Issue 38, 2002.
Hostetler, Sue. “Oceans,” Rizzoli, 2002.
2000
Robinson, Joan Seeman. “Entering the Underworld,” SPOT Fall 2000 / Winter 2001.
Goldberg, Vicki. “How Worshipers, Too, Can Denature Nature,”The New York Times 8 September
Greene, Alison de Lima. “150 Works from the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,” Harry Abrams, 2000.
Budick, Ariella. “Shifting Landscapes,” Newsday 20 August 2000.
“Subterranean Style,” New York Magazine 1 May 2000.
Reader’s Digest August 2000.
The New Yorker 8 May 2000.
1999
The New York Times 25 July 1999.
1998
Aletti, Vince. Village Voice 28 April 1998.
New York Magazine 20 April 1998.
The New Yorker 11 May 1998.
1996
Jones, Peter. “We’ve Got Gall,” Sky, Delta Airlines March 1996
1995
Gall, Sally. “The Water’s Edge,” Chronicle Books, San Francisco, California. 1995
1993
“Sally Gall & April Gornik Dialogue,” BOMB Summer 1993.
Spring, Justin. Artforum March 1993.
Hagen, Charles. The New York Times 1993.
Stretch, Bonnie Barrett. Art News March 1993.
1991
Jones, Peter. “High Times and Misdemeanors,” Aperture Fall 1991.
1990
Jones, Peter. “Hot Photographers,” Connoisseur November 1990.
D’Hooge, Alain. “Dangereuse Luxuriances,” Cliches February 1990.
1989
D’Hooge, Alain. “Les Chloix de Sens,” Cliches 1989.
1988
Dobyns, Stephen. “Swimmers,” Aperture 1988.
Portfolio, Photo/Design, September/October 1988.
1987
Hagen, Charles. Artforum November 1987.
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In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022 Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
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Tucker, Anne. “Lone Star Statement,” American Photographer May 1987.
1986
Borhan, Pierre. “Danger D’Amour,” Cliches October 1986. Kalil, Susie, “The Texas Landscape 19001986,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1986.
Messer, William. “Houston Photo Fest,” European Photography July 1986.
1980
“The Diana Show, Pictures Through a Plastic Lens,” The Friends of Photography Untitled 21, Carmel, CA
Betsy Eby
In The Moment It Was All She Knew, 2022
Oil, hot wax and cold wax on panel
50 x 44 inches
June 5th - July 18th, 2025 Winston Wächter Fine Art
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