Upcoming Exhibitions /

	shinique smith : Menagerie Knight Exhibition Series September 16 - November 19, 2010 MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series will feature Shinique Smith’s first large-scale U.S. museum exhibition. Smith will use MOCA’s flexible gallery space to explore new ways of working and installing her work, weaving a line both physically and figuratively throughout the space. Since bursting onto the scene in 2002, this New York-based artist has produced works that combine complex social and cultural references with a broad array of art historical sources, including abstract expressionism, color field painting, minimal sculpture and Japanese calligraphy. Her sculpture and installations are composed of collections and accumulations of found objects and second-hand clothing, which she ties together to form minimal cubes or wraps into bulbous bundles. Urban life is suggested both in her sculptures of castoffs as well as the graffiti-like gestures of her exuberant paintings. Shinique Smith: Menagerie is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami in association with Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI, and is curated by MOCA, North Miami Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. Shinique Smith: Menagerie is made possible by the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment, Francie Bishop Good and David Horvitz, and Funding Arts Network. The exhibition will be on view at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art from January 22 – May 8, 2011. An illustrated catalog co-published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and Madison Museum of Contemporary Art will accompany the exhibition featuring essays by Bonnie Clearwater, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jane Simon, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Curator of Exhibitions and Paul D. Miller (aka DJ Spooky.)
	Pivot Points IV: Selections from MOCA’s Permanent Collection September 16 – November 7, 2010 Highlighting works from MOCA’s permanent collection, this exhibition includes key pieces such as an early painting by Leon Golub, sculpture relief by Robert Morris, an installation by Rivane Neuenschwander, work by pioneering feminist artist Hannah Willke, photographs by Elad Lassry and a video projection by Alex Hubbard, Ann-Sofi Sidén among other pivotal works in MOCA’s holdings. Pivot Points IV is co-curated by MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater and MOCA Associate Curator Ruba Katrib.
	REPLICA: Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer, Judith Sanchez Ruiz November 13, 2010 (Performance) REPLICA is a collaborative performance piece by Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer, and Judith Sanchez Ruiz that examines memory loss pattern recognition and perceptual faculties as they apply to the human body. The piece employs sets, objects, lighting, video and still images to create the illusion of an expanded space and creates situations onstage that could not veritably exist, suggesting another dimension and landscape. Through creative use of video and built spaces, the performance appears to be transported to different locations just outside the audience’s sightline. In 2007, MOCA collaborated with Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center on the Merce in Miami celebration of pioneering choreographer Merce Cunningham. Among MOCA’s roles was to recommend then 24-year-old Daniel Arsham to Cunningham to create the sets for a new production to premiere in Miami. Out of this experience, Arsham and former lead Cunningham dancer Jonah Bokaer formed a collaboration that resulted in the creation of REPLICA. REPLICA will be performed at both MOCA and Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center in November. REPLICA choreography by Jonah Bokaer with Judith Sanchez Ruiz. Video by Jonah Bokaer. Set by Daniel Arsham. Original Commissioned Music: ARP/Alexis Georgopoulos. REPLICA has been commissioned by Cultural Programs of the National Academy of Sciences (CPNAS), Washington D.C with support from the Harman Center. Additional support for REPLICA has been provided by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, The New Museum, Musee Carré d’Art in Nîmes, and U.S. Artists International, a program of Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and Trust for Mutual Understanding. REPLICA in Miami is made possible by the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, in partnership with the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami & Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center. The performance at MOCA is made possible in part by Hal Phillips, Carl and Shirley Schwartz.
	Bruce Weber: Haiti / Little Haiti Knight Exhibition Series November 18, 2010 to February 13, 2011 This exhibition includes approximately 75 photographs of Miami’s Haitian community from 2003 to the present by photographer Bruce Weber, as well as Weber’s films; Liberty City is My Paris, and A Letter to True (both filmed in Miami). In 2003, The Miami Herald published a magazine supplement of Bruce Weber's extraordinary photographs of Miami's Haitian community. These photographs put a human face on the consequences of the United State's immigration policy at that time, a policy that resulted in the incarceration of Haitians who had fled their country for asylum and a better life. Weber felt compelled to tell the story of the struggle of Haitian immigrants and immersed himself in the Haitian community, which he has continued to chronicle through the present. Although Weber is best known for his fashion photography and celebrity portraits for Vogue and Vanity Fair, among other publications, he also considers himself a street photographer in the tradition of Henri Cartier-Bresson. Unlike Cartier-Bresson's Paris of the 20th Century, people living in most cities today have become self conscious about being the subject of candid street photographs, but in Miami's Haitian communities, such as Little Haiti and Liberty City, Weber's presence is welcomed. These neighborhoods have become Weber's location of choice for his assignments for Vogue and other luxury magazines (A selection of these photographs will also be on view.) In this way, Weber brings the images of these neighborhoods to a wider international audience. The exhibition’s timeliness is underscored by the renewed debate about U.S. immigration policy and aftermath of Haiti’s 2010 earthquake. Weber’s recent documentation of the heroism of medical teams and victims of Haiti’s devastating earthquake, bring attention to the resiliency of the Haitian people and are aimed at focusing the world’s attention on Haiti’s recovery from this catastrophe. A catalogue with essays by Bonnie Clearwater, and writers including Edwidge Danticat, will accompany the exhibition. Bruce Weber: Haiti / Little Haiti is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and is curated by MOCA Executive Director and Chief Curator Bonnie Clearwater. The exhibition is made possible with major support from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Media sponsorship is provided by The Miami Herald.
	jonathan meese : sculpture Knight Exhibition Series November 30, 2010 – February 13, 2011 This mid-career survey of German artist Jonathan Meese is part of MOCA’s Knight Exhibition Series and will be the artist’s first major solo museum exhibition in the U.S., focusing on his sculptural work. Meese is best known for his expressionistic style of painting, but his powerful bronze sculptures reflect his fixation on movie stars, fictional characters and his family. Also included are early works of miniature dioramas and tableaux that provide him the opportunity to combine sculpture with painting and models for opera stage sets. Jonathan Meese is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and is curated by Bonnie Clearwater. The exhibition is made possible through the MOCA Knight Exhibition Endowment.
	Chris ofili March 17 – June 5, 2011 This exhibition of works on paper by Trinidad-based, British artist Chris Ofili, covers his oeuvre with his particular iconography drawn from traditional African techniques and ideologies, as well as contemporary culture. The exhibition is organized by the Arts Club of Chicago.
	open process : new work by miami artists March 17 – June 5, 2011 Open Process is an exhibition that features new work by young Miami artists commissioned by MOCA. The featured artists will have access to resources provided by MOCA, including the museum’s archives and collection, and will receive professional guidance as they research and create new projects. This exhibition provides an opportunity for the artists to develop unrealized ideas and reconsider their artistic practices within the context of the museum. The exhibition is organized by the Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and is curated by MOCA Associate Curator Ruba Katrib.
	Pablo Cano: Seven Wonders of the Modern World May 7 – May 28, 2011 This new multi-media musical production features marionettes created from found objects by Miami artist Pablo Cano and is a collaboration with Miami-based choreographer Katherine Kramer. Cano’s marionettes take the form of his personal selection of the modern world’s wonders. Seven Wonders of the Modern World is Pablo Cano’s 12th annual MOCA-commissioned production. When not in production, the marionettes and set will be on view as an exhibition during museum hours.
	ryan trecartin : any ever June 30 – October 30, 2011 This exhibition will feature seven new video installations coordinated by MOCA Associate Curator Ruba Katrib, that Trecartin produced during his yearlong research-based residency in Miami in 2009. Trecartin has established a singular video practice that in form and function advances understandings of 21st century technology, narrative and identity, and also propels these matters as expressive mediums. Any Ever is currently on an international tour that began at the Power Plant in Toronto, traveled to LA MOCA’s Pacific Design Center and will continue on to other international venues after it’s presentation at MOCA, North Miami. Forthcoming print and digital catalogs will be the first publications uniquely dedication to Trecartin’s work and will reflect the entirety of his practice to date.