Internal politics be damned, David Zwirner celebrates the artists working on the inside.

In the summer of 2012, Zwirner mounted an unconventional summer group show called “People Who Work Here.” The self-explanatory name couldn’t begin to capture the internal comradery the exhibition fostered. Now, four years later, the second iteration, curated by Marina Gluckman and Jaime Schwartz, demonstrates that the show was not only a successful experiment but one worth repeating. “It was a personal favorite of David Zwirner’s, and he’s been wanting to do again ever since then,” said Schwartz. “This year, he kept bringing it up, so I decided to take it on.”

The initial exhibition included 16 artists, most of them art handlers. The 2016 version is much more expansive, embracing almost 40 artists, including Ben Berlow, Justin Anderson, and Emily Shanahan. Unlike most summer shows, the participants were self-selected, having answered a companywide call for submissions. Gluckman and Schwartz were charged with conducting studio visits to select the works that would appear in the show, which swallows one of Zwirner’s 19th Street spaces. “The gallery has gotten much larger, so we really got to get to know our colleagues outside of work. Of course, some we knew better than others,” Schwartz said of the experience. “Personally, I didn’t know much about all of their practices, so it was really interesting to go into these different environments to see where their art had come from and how it had developed over time.”

Like the gallery’s usual programs, “People Who Work Here” mixes sculpture, drawing, video, and painting, producing a dynamic intersection between different generations and mediums. Refreshingly diverse and young, the show highlights the creativity simmering behind David Zwirner’s doors, as well as the individuals who make the high-octane gallery run.

One needn’t dig far into art history to discover that major figures like Robert Gober and Rirkrit Tiravanija began as art handlers. And the pieces on offer here reside at a level substantially lower than Zwirner’s usual price point. So the show offers a unique opportunity to get in on the ground floor, taking a chance on young talents backed by one of the most established names in the industry. “Last time around, a lot of the work sold, and it sold mostly to people who work here,” Schwartz explains. “So, it’s a nice opportunity, not only for the staff in the show but for staff as a whole to come together and see what everyone is doing.”

“People Who Work Here” opens June 30 at David Zwirner, 533 West 19th Street.