Bringing together landmark works of post-war art, long-time visitor favorites, and recent acquisitions, this iteration of Selections from the Permanent Collection highlights the depth and breadth of artworks from MOCA’s renowned holdings of over 7,000 objects.
The exhibition on display at MOCA Grand Avenue showcases a wide range of media and provides surprising and novel juxtapositions, with groupings based on theme, style, method, period, or large-scale installations by an individual artist. This new installation of MOCA’s deep and ever-growing collection invites viewers to consider innovative retellings of the history of art, as well as explore the ways artists respond to recent historical and political events.
Selections from the Permanent Collection includes works by historical figures such as Brassaï, John Chamberlain, Dan Flavin, Ellsworth Kelley, Franz Kline, Lee Krasner, Agnes Martin, Ana Mendieta, Joan Miro, Claes Oldenburg, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Bridget Riley, Mark Rothko, Betye Saar, and Andy Warhol, as well as more recent works by Noah Davis, Thomas Hirschhorn, Josephine Pryde, Sterling Ruby, among many others.