MOCA Pacific Design Center
Eric Wesley’s large-scale sculptural works combine crafted objects with performance elements and social criticism. For this exhibition, Wesley created a monumental new installation called Thirty Three Point Three Three Three (2006), comprising an elevated stage, a fake column, a framed window trailing a rubber hose, a burned-out spotlight, a manual, a wrecked Vespa motorbike, a rotating floor section, and a video element depicting two men wrestling or spinning on this large, grounded “turntable.”
The exhibition is accompanied by a catalogue.
Begun in 1992, the original Focus Series (1992–1998) was dedicated to presentations of distinct bodies of work by artists working in all media and featured a roster of distinguished local and international artists.
The Focus Series quickly became core to the museum's mission and identity as the artist's museum. Over a subsequent three-year period in the mid-2000s, the series was revived briefly but powerfully, featuring primarily LA-based artists and representing the first LA museum exhibition for artists including Eric Wesley (2006), Lecia Dole-Recio (2006), Alexandra Grant (2007), and Sterling Ruby (2008).
MOCA Focus: Eric Wesley is organized by Connie Butler, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.