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03.10.2010

A Walkthrough of Collection with Judy Fiskin

Judy Fiskin, Untitled,1974, Gelatin-silver print, 7 x 5 in., The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Gift of the artist

Artist Judy Fiskin discusses her work as well as the work of other artists included in Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years whom have influenced her photo and video-based practice throughout her career.

Recorded Sunday February 28 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

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42:02 (48.1mb)


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COLLECTION: MOCA's First Thirty Years

03.02.2010

Bennett Simpson on Reneé Green's Import/Export Funk Office

Renée Green, Import/Export Funk Office, 1992–93, installation with audio, video, and reading materials, dimensions variable, collection of The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, gift of Gaby and Wilhelm Schürmann

MOCA Associate Curator Bennett Simpson leads an in-depth discussion of Reneé Green's Import/Export Funk Office; currently on view at Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years.

Recorded Thursday, February 18 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

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30:27 (34.9mb)


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COLLECTION: MOCA's First Thirty Years

02.16.2010

A walkthrough of Folly—The View from Nowhere

Frank Escher and Ravi GuneWardena of EscherGunwardena lead a walkthrough of their exhibition Folly—The View from Nowhere. On view December 6, 2009 through February 28, 2010 at MOCA Pacific Design Center.
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TWO ART TALKS ON FOLLY—THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE

02.16.2010

Frank Escher and Paulette Singley on Escher GuneWardena's
Folly—The View from Nowhere

Two recent Art Talks presented in conjuntion with Folly—The View from Nowhere.

Installation of Folly—The View from Nowhere, on view December 6, 2009 through February 28, 2010 at MOCA Pacific Design Center, photo by Brian Forrest

Dr. Paulette Singley, professor in the School of Architecture at Woodbury University, discusses the exhibition. Recorded February 7, 2010 at MOCA Pacific Design Center.

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40:37 (46.5 mb)
 

Frank Escher, co-organizer of Folly--The View from Nowhere with Ravi GuneWardena, continues his discussion of architectural follies, past and present. Recorded Januaray 31, 2010 at MOCA Pacific Design Center.

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52:19 (59.9 mb)
 
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A WALKTHROUGH OF FOLLY—THE VIEW FROM NOWHERE

12.03.2009

Before MOCA: Two Artists' Perspectives of Los Angeles
in the 1970s

William Leavitt and Allen Ruppersberg, both of whom are featured in Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years, spoke with independent curator Carole Ann Klonarides about the experience of making and presenting work in the 1970s. This event was hosted by X-TRA, Los Angeles's longest running contemporary art journal and recorded on November, 19 2009 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 
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44:30 (50.9 mb)
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44:47 (51.3 mb)
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COLLECTION: MOCA'S FIRST THIRTY YEARS

08.03.2009

A Conversation with Ball-Nogues Studio

On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio, Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues discuss their installation and the process behind it.

Installation view of Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio, on view July 26–November 15, 2009, MOCA Pacific Design Center, photo by Brian Forrest
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FEATHERED EDGE: A NEW INSTALLATION BY BALL-NOGUES STUDIO

07.26.2009

The making of Feathered Edge

Feathered Edge: A New Installation by Ball-Nogues Studio is an ambitious site-specific project by the innovative Los Angeles–based design and fabrication firm led by Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues. In this exhibition, curated by Brooke Hodge and coordinated by MOCA Curator Alma Ruiz, over 21 miles of colored strings configured in catenary curves span the gallery space to form a dynamic environment.

Filmed in the weeks leading up to the exhibition, this video documents the fabrication and installation of Feathered Edge, on view July 26–November 15, 2009 at MOCA Pacific Design Center.

 
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FEATHERED EDGE: A NEW INSTALLATION BY BALL-NOGUES STUDIO

04.17.2009

Paul McCarthy on Dan Graham

On the occasion of the opening of "Dan Graham: Beyond", artist Paul McCarthy spoke on the work of Dan Graham. Recorded February 13, 2009 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 
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The Dan Graham: Beyond gallery guide.

  03.04.2009

Dan Graham on Los Angeles

The work of Dan Graham has been central to the development of art since the 1960s—from the rise of minimalism, conceptualism, and video and performance art to explorations of architecture and the culture of rock and roll. In this video, the artist discusses New York and his experiences in working with artists from Los Angeles.

 
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The Dan Graham: Beyond gallery guide.

  03.04.2009

Mirror/Dash plays Dan Graham: Beyond

A special performance by Mirror/Dash, with Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore, at the opening of Dan Graham: Beyond.

Recorded February 14, 2009 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 

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The Dan Graham: Beyond gallery guide.

  03.04.2009

Dan Graham in conversation with Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon of Sonic Youth

On the occasion of the opening of Dan Graham: Beyond, MOCA hosted a special conversation featuring Dan Graham in conversation with musicians Kim Gordon and Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.

Recorded February 15, 2009 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 

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The Dan Graham: Beyond gallery guide.

12.03.2008

Lisa Mark and Lynda Bunting on
To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book

Exhibition curators Lisa Mark and Lynda Bunting discuss the exhibition To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book

Installation view of To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book at MOCA Pacific Design Center, 2008, photo by Brian Forrest
 
Lynda Bunting
MOCA librarian
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29:44 (30.9 mb)
Lisa Gabrielle Mark
MOCA director of publications
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40:43 (42.1mb)
 
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The To Illustrate and Multiply: An Open Book online catalogue
11.18.2008

Frances Morris on Louise Bourgeois

Frances Morris, exhibition curator and head of collections at Tate Modern, discusses Louise Bourgeois.

Recorded October 26, 2008, at MOCA Grand Avenue.

Installation view of Louise Bourgeois at MOCA Grand Avenue, 2008, photo by Brian Forrest
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1:03:03 (66mb)
 
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The Louise Bourgeois gallery guide
10.29.2008

Susanne Kippenberger Art Talk

In conjunction with the Villa Aurora, MOCA presented a special evening with Susanne Kippenberger, Berlin-based writer and author of Kippenberger. Der Künstler und seine Familien, an acclaimed 2007 biography on the life of her brother, Martin Kippenberger.

Recorded October 23, 2008, at MOCA Grand Avenue.

Installation view of Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective at MOCA Grand Avenue, 2008, photo by Brian Forrest
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36:26 (45mb)
 
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Kippenberger. Der Künstler und seine Familien on Amazon.de
The Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective gallery guide


10.3.2008

Diedrich Diederichsen on Martin Kippenberger

On the occasion of the opening of Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective, Diedrich Diederichsen, curator, professor of Theory, Practice, and Transfer of Contemporary Art at the Vienna Art Academy, and author of a forthcoming German monograph on Kippenberger, discusses the artist’s work.

Recorded September 21, 2008, at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 
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19 min.
watch part two
20 min.
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18 min.
watch part four
24 min.
 
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1hr. 22min.
83mb
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The Martin Kippenberger: The Problem Perspective gallery guide.


9.16.2008

This Language Of Image: Index Collaborative Poetry Reading

Four celebrated Los Angeles poets have written new poems in response to specific works in the exhibition Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection. Listen to the poems by Elena Karina Byrne, David St. John, Paul Vangelisti, and Gail Wronsky, and view the works that inspired them below.

Elena Karina Byrne
Mermaid Triad: Desire

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Elena Karina Byrne
Pain - Elegy for Jack Goldstein

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David St. John
Asphalt Jungle

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David St. John
The Window

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Paul Vangelisti
Azusa: A Sequel for Wallace Berman and Stuart Z. Perkoff

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Gail Wronsky
Faster Pussycat Kill! Kill! (1965/1990)

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Gail Wronsky
Splendor in the Grass (1961/1990)

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The Index: Conceptualism in California from the Permanent Collection gallery guide.


8.20.2008

Connie Butler on Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave

Exhibition curator Connie Butler, MOCA Ahmanson curatorial fellow and The Robert Lehman Foundation chief curator of drawings at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, leads a walkthrough of Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave. Recorded Sunday August 3, 2008 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 
Installation view of Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave. Photo by Brian Forrest.
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1:00:38 (54.8mb)
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The Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave audio tour.


7.15.2008

Marlene Dumas on Measuring Your Own Grave

Listen to the artist discuss select works from her exhibition Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave.

Genetiese Heimwee (Genetic Longing) (1984), The Look-Alike (2005), and Duct Tape (2002–05)

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3:59
Dead Girl (2002), Martha—My Ouma (1984), and Het Kwaad is Banaal (Evil Is Banal) (1984)

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6:20
The Woman of Algiers (2001)

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2:32

The Secret (1994)

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1:11
The First People (I–IV) (1990)

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2:27

Magdalena (Newman’s Zip) (1995) and Magdalena (Manet’s Queen) (1995)

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3:36
Leather Boots (2000), Cracking the Whip (2000), and High Heeled Shoes (2000)

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3:43

Immaculate (2003), Miss Pompadour (1999) and Fingers (1999)

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3:36
Miss World (c. 1963)

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3:43

Black Drawings (1991–92)

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2:36
Models (1994)

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3:31

Measuring Your Own Grave (2003) and Moshekwa (2006)

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4:19
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The Marlene Dumas: Measuring Your Own Grave gallery guide


7.17.2008

Morgan Fisher
on Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE

Artist Morgan Fisher leads a special closing-weekend discussion of Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.

 

 
Installation view of Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. Photo by Brian Forrest
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54:09 (66.6mb)
 
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The Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE gallery guide (pdf)


6.05.2008

Exploring Kaprow’s Environments

On Sunday May 18, MOCA Curator Philipp Kaiser moderated a discussion between Skylar Haskard, Allen Ruppersberg, Barbara T. Smith, and Paul McCarthy exploring the artist’s reinventions of Allan Kaprow’s Environments and Happenings, created for Allan Kaprow–Art as Life.

 

 
Installation view of Allan Kaprow–Art as Life. Photo by Brian Forrest
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42:55 (32.6mb)
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45:03 (32.8mb)
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Allan Kaprow–Art as Life


3.27.2008

Allan Kaprow and Paul McCarthy

On the occasion of Paul McCarthy’s midcareer retrospective in 2000, MOCA hosted a conversation between McCarthy and Allan Kaprow. Kaprow was a teacher and mentor to McCarthy, and the two were in a dialogue with one another beginning in the late 1960s.

Paul McCarthy has served as an advisor to the exhibition Allan Kaprow–Art as Life, currently on view at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA

 
Allan Kaprow in conversation with Paul McCarthy. Photo by Sylvia Mautner
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39:28 (31.6mb)
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38:55 (31.6mb)
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Allan Kaprow–Art as Life


1.10.2008

Dick Hebdige on Takashi Murakami

Dick Hebdige, professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and exhibition catalogue contributor, discusses ©MURAKAMI.

Recorded December 2nd, 2007 at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA.

 
Installation view of Artists' Gifts: Michael Asher at MOCA Grand Avenue, 2007, photo by Brian Forrest
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42:22 (32.6mb)
 
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© MURAKAMI


12.13.2007

Mason Williams

Artist and musician Mason Williams discusses his work in conjunction with the exhibition Artists’ Gifts: Michael Asher. Recorded December 9, 2007 at MOCA Grand Avenue.

 
Installation view of Artists' Gifts: Michael Asher at MOCA Grand Avenue, 2007, photo by Brian Forrest
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53:48 (42.2mb)
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59:16 (48.2mb)
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Artists' Gifts: Michael Asher
Mason Williams online


 
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