Ground Zero Gallery was an art gallery formed in the East Village / Lower East Side of Manhattan , New York in the summer of 1983 as a vehicle for the partnership of artist James Romberger and his co-founder Marguerite Van Cook . In 1984 the gallery found its first physical home on East Eleventh Street and showed the work of many East Village artists who went on to gain national recognition . It was an early proponent of installation art . Ground Zero served as the production name for many projects in various media undertaken by the team of Van Cook and Romberger , until the September 11 attacks gave a new meaning to the term " ground zero " in New York City
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Ground Zero Gallery