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Pivot Points
I:
Defining MOCA's Collection
On View : MOCA, North Miami
March 25 – May 11, 2008
Image Credit: Pierre Huyghe, Two Minutes out of Time - Ann Lee, 2000. Video with sound, 4 min 09 sec, edition of 4 + 1 AP (from No Ghost Just a Shell). Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and the American Fund for the Tate Gallery. Gift of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, 2007.
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Since 1995, the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami has been developing a collection of pivotal works by international contemporary artists. MOCA’s focused approach to collecting concentrates on works connected by concepts and methodology, as opposed to chronology, style or medium. Each work in this exhibition contributed to the development of the museum’s collection and is essential in establishing the direction for its continued growth. Among the featured works are recent gifts by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, which were jointly donated to MOCA and Tate in London by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz, and include the complete project, No Ghost Just a Shell, a multi-media collaboration originated by Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno; and the large-scale installation, Diorama, by Thomas Hirschhorn, a gift of the Martin Z. Margulies Family Foundation.
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Pivot Points II: New Mythologies
On View: MOCA @ Goldman Warehouse
April 12 – June 28, 2008
Image Credit: Matthew Barney, Cremaster 2: The Metamorphosis, 1999. C-print in acrylic frame, 54 in x 43 in x 1 in. Promised gift of Joan and Michael Salke
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This exhibition of works from MOCA’s permanent collection explores the use of self-mythologization and the dependence on narrative by contemporary artists as the basis for creating their work. Works by Matthew Barney, Hernan Bas, Jose Bedia, William Cordova, Tracey Emin, Phillip Estlund, John Espinosa, Luis Gispert, Isaac Julien, Guillermo Kuitca, Mariko Mori, Raymond Pettibon, Ali Prosch, Matthew Ritchie, Ann-Sofi Siden and Kyle Trowbridge will be featured.
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Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
On View: MOCA, North Miami
May 31 – September 8, 2008
This group exhibition of approximately 100 works is the most serious and comprehensive look at the intimate and inspired relationship between the visual arts and rock-and-roll culture to date, charting their intersection through works of art, album covers, music videos, and other materials. Since the late 1950s the unlikely hybrid of rhythm-and-blues and country music has had an undeniable impact on society while drastically changing with the times. Artists from the 1960s to the present have maintained a strong connection to rock, beginning with Andy Warhol’s involvement with The Velvet Underground. More recently, artists such as Slater Bradley, Raymond Pettibon, and Mike Kelley have created album covers and music videos for rock bands, while many noted rock musicians such as John Lennon, Bryan Ferry, and Peter Townsend have emerged from art schools. The exhibition explores the importance of specific cities such as London, New York, Los Angeles, and Cologne; rock and roll’s style, celebrity, and identity politics in art; the experience, energy, and sense of devotion rock music inspires; and the dual role that many individuals play in both the sonic and visual realms. Organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, this exhibition is curated by Dominic Molon, the Pamela Alper Associate Curator at MCA, Chicago.
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