Lift Trucks Art · New York
The
Showroom.
New paintings. Foundry bronzes. Ancient casting vessels. Twenty-five years of international galleries. We are now open to American collectors.
25+
Years · European & Japanese Galleries
3
Continents · Gallery Relationships
First Time
Available to American Collectors — Directly
A New Access Point
“While continuing an unprecedented 25-to-30-year relationship with galleries in Europe, Japan, and Beverly Hills — American collectors can now see new work directly, in a showroom unlike anything else.”
— Tom Christopher · Lift Trucks Art
What you will find at the studio is not a white-box gallery presentation. The new paintings are being shown alongside foundry sculptures and crucibles — the actual vessels used in bronze casting. Lions. Figures. Molds. Bronzes that trace back to Richard Bellamy’s Oil and Steel Gallery and to Socrates Sculpture Park.
This draws from a tradition the Japanese have long perfected: luxury goods and objects displayed alongside artwork. Each makes the other more visible. The weight of a cast vessel makes the painter’s color more electric. The painting gives the object a story it did not have alone.
The gallery relationships in Paris, Tokyo, and Beverly Hills continue. This showroom is an addition — not an alternative — to that system. For American collectors who have followed the work internationally, this is a direct path to new work.
Ongoing · 25–30 Years
Europe, Japan & Beverly Hills
Gallery relationships that remain active and ongoing. The studio is additive to this history, not a departure from it.
Gallery · New York
Richard Bellamy’s Oil & Steel Gallery
Bronze works and paintings — one of the most significant galleries in postwar American art.
Institution · Long Island City
Socrates Sculpture Park
Large-scale figurative sculpture — New York’s foremost public venue for contemporary sculpture.
Broadway · New York
Satchmo at the Waldorf
Scenic design — Broadway World Award, Best Scenic Design.
Inside the Studio
The Room Is the Experience.
The showroom at Lift Trucks Art cannot be fully represented online. These images suggest what you will find — but the only way to understand it is to be in the room.
25
Years of Galleries.
Now Open
to You.
The gallery system in Europe and Japan was built for a particular kind of collector — one who traveled to the fairs, knew the gallerists, and had access to the private rooms. That system still exists, and those relationships continue.
What is new is simpler: American collectors can now see the work in a studio environment that is more honest, more direct, and frankly more interesting than any gallery. The paintings live alongside the objects of their making. The bronze vessels used in casting sit on the floor with the new canvases on the wall above them.
This is not a compromise or a workaround. It is a better way to see and understand what you are acquiring.
3
Continents
25+
Years Active
Direct
Studio Access
Foundry Artifacts · Available
The Objects Also
Tell a Story.
The crucibles on the floor were used in bronze casting — they held molten metal at extreme temperatures. Their scarred, textured surfaces are not decoration. They are the record of a process.
We are recasting bronzes originally shown through Richard Bellamy’s Oil and Steel Gallery and from Socrates Sculpture Park. The foundry artifacts on view help explain the casting history and the lineage of each piece.
Select foundry objects are available as collectible artifacts. Full provenance and documentation included. Inquire for details.
Object Type
Foundry crucibles, casting molds, bronze reliefs
Provenance
Lift Trucks Art foundry, active use
Recast Bronzes
From Oil & Steel Gallery, Socrates Sculpture Park
Availability
Select pieces — inquire
Gallery History
The Relationships That Continue.
25–30 Years · Active
Europe, Japan &
Beverly Hills
The gallery relationships built over a quarter century remain entirely intact. This studio is not a departure from that history — it is what that history made possible. American collectors are now the beneficiaries of access that only existed abroad.
Gallery · New York
Oil & Steel Gallery
Richard Bellamy’s legendary gallery — the most important bronze works were first shown here.
Institution · LIC, NY
Socrates Sculpture Park
Large-scale figurative bronze on New York’s foremost public sculpture waterfront.
Broadway · Award
Satchmo at the Waldorf
Broadway World Award — Best Scenic Design. The range of the practice in full.
Come See the Studio.
The Room Tells You Everything.
Private visits. No gallery floor. No sales pressure. Paintings alongside foundry objects, bronze alongside canvas — exactly as they were meant to be seen. Always on your schedule.
Collector Inquiry
Private Studio
Access.
Whether you are interested in a specific work, want to understand what is available, or simply want to come and look — write to us. All visits are private, unhurried, and on your terms.
Works available: paintings, bronze sculpture, foundry objects, and mixed media. The complete catalogue is available on request.
Kirk Rundhaug
(917) 892-5000
3 East Cross Street (Rt. 22)
Croton Falls, NY
By appointment
Interested in the Paintings Themselves?
See Tom Christopher’s full body of work — paintings, mixed media, and the exhibition history behind each piece.