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 wife
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.