Jamali NYC Gallery

Whether you might like the art or not is a matter of taste. Personally I find it derivative and amateurish.
The «artiste» likes to think of himself as some kind of spiritual being, which is totally contradicted by his mercenary approach to business and high pressure sales tactics. The whole place has bad karma.
I particularly «like» Jamali’s use of «as featured in Architectural Digest». No its not featured in that magazine… you paid for an advertisement. Nicely sums up the entire operation…

About 1 month ago, my wife and I were taking an afternoon stroll with friends and happened to enter some of the galleries in the area. We entered Jamali’s gallery and we had a very similar negative experience to the ones written here on Unilocal.
We had been admiring a few pieces and were offered a visit to the area downstairs. Next thing we know, we were suddenly being given a high pressure showing of several pieces ranging in price between 5 and 6 digits. We remained polite but completely non-​commital. They then proceeded to show prints of some of the more expensive artwork with prices between $ 3 – 5,500. I was a bit surprised at the high pressure sell of what amounted to printed copies of the art. Mr. Jamali eventually showed up and, along with the sales director and two other salespeople they continued a high pressure push of the prints for at least 20 – 30 minutes more. It got even worse when they found out about our lines of work! I’m almost certain they put two of the salespeople as sort of «guards» on the staircase back upstairs to keep the pressure on. It truly felt like an ambush.
We were also told of what an «amazing and unique an opportunity» it was, and how the artist himself would sign the prints for us and take a picture with us (gee thanks!). We excused ourselves with the pretext of lunch and they finally let us go only after they got a phone number from us for «follow up» and given us an invoice offer. I tried to just give an email but they continued to push and we were ready to do almost anything to just get out! We finally left and later I received 2 – 3 calls (to voicemail) and texts over the next 24 hrs. Nice gallery, nice (if a bit repetitive) art, very pushy salespeople.
DO NOT go downstairs unless you are willing to spend an extra ½ hour getting berated.

I just randomly walked into this place. The gallery was nice and the guy we talked to was also nice. The art work seemed a little pricey for what it looked like. I totally understand appreciating art and all that jazz but $ 60k is more than a years salary for a lot of people.
The gallery was pristine and shiny! I liked his hands and heart exhibition. The man there told us the artist used powder paint on a cork board to create different levels and textures which was very cool to see. However all the art work kind of started to look the same after a while.
Also, I thought it was weird that the guy kept saying the artist this, the artist that and the artist lalala. He finally told me his name after I asked him 10 mins later. Sorry I didn’t see the name on the awning sign.

Nice gallery and artwork and I was very much of a fan of Mr Jamali, the artist, until I’ve meet him at this gallery. The experience started out very casual and assistance was offered, which we did not necessarily need, however we went along with being engaging and social. The sales person quickly became very aggressive by making selections of artwork on our behalf, like we are ready to proceed with a purchase and further pressuring us by bringing the artist along and making sarcastic remarks trying to bully us into a purchase. When we pushed back and we were not willing to play along with the bullying style of sales technique, the artist just rudely left. In essence, the experience we’ve had was quite negative, with focus on sales rather than on appreciation of the artwork itself. Needless to state, we are no longer a fan of the artist.