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artists & participants
Vito Acconci,
Franz Ackermann,
Ansel Adams,
Peter Alexander,
Max Almy,
Laurie Anderson,
Diane Arbus,
Richard Artschwager,
Eugene Atget,
John Baldessari,
Rudolf Baranik,
Jean-Michel Basquiat,
Romare Bearden,
Larry Bell,
Billy Al Bengston,
Wallace Berman,
Joseph Beuys,
Chris Burden,
Daniel Buren,
Victor Burgin,
Scott Burton,
David Byrne,
John Cage,
Louis Cane,
John Chamberlain,
Bruce Charlesworth,
Chiho Aoshima,
Sue Coe,
Robbie Conal,
Bruce Conner,
Robert Crumb,
Imogen Cunningham,
Stuart Davis,
Willem De Kooning,
Daniel Dezeuze,
Rineke Dijkstra,
Marcel Duchamp,
Marlene Dumas,
Carroll Dunham,
Sam Durant,
Nicole Eisenman,
Max Ernst,
Walker Evans,
Öyvind Fahlström,
Jean Fautrier,
Lyonel Feininger,
Judy Fiskin,
Dan Flavin,
Terry Fox,
Sam Francis,
Robert Frank,
Helen Frankenthaler,
Isa Genzken,
Alberto Giacometti,
Gilbert & George,
Nan Goldin,
Leon Golub,
Felix Gonzalez-Torres,
Arshile Gorky,
Gran Fury,
Toni Grand,
Group Material,
Guerrilla Girls,
Hans Haacke,
Richard Hamilton,
Rachel Harrison,
George Herms,
Eva Hesse,
Lewis Hine,
Thomas Hirschhorn,
David Hockney,
Jim Hodges,
Roni Horn,
Robert Irwin,
Ron Janowich,
Alfred Jensen,
Jasper Johns,
Ray Johnson,
Donald Judd,
Wassily Kandinsky,
Allan Kaprow,
On Kawara,
Jerry Kearns,
Mike Kelley,
Ellsworth Kelly,
Joanne Kelly,
Anselm Kiefer,
Edward Kienholz,
Yves Klein,
Franz Kline,
Martin Kobe,
Jeff Koons,
Paul Kos,
Barbara Kruger,
Robert Kushner,
Suzanne Lacy,
Dorothea Lange,
Fernand Leger,
Les Levine,
Helen Levitt,
Sol LeWitt,
Roy Lichtenstein,
Donald Lipski,
Morris Louis,
Mary Lucier,
Kim Macconnel,
Leo Malet,
Edouard Manet,
Piero Manzoni,
Brice Marden,
Tom Marioni,
Agnes Martin,
Georges Mathieu,
Henri Matisse,
Roberto Matta,
Gordon Matta-Clark,
Paul McCarthy,
John McCracken,
Ana Mendieta,
Piet Mondrian,
Dave Muller,
Elizabeth Murray,
Wangechi Mutu,
Bruce Nauman,
Louise Nevelson,
Barnett Newman,
Cady Noland,
OHO,
Helio Oiticica,
Claes Oldenburg,
Catherine Opie,
Gabriel Orozco,
Eric Orr,
Bernard Pages,
Nam June Paik,
Gina Pane,
Raymond Pettibon,
Judy Pfaff,
Pablo Picasso,
Jean-Pierre Pincemin,
Howardena Pindell,
Lari Pittman,
Sigmar Polke,
Jackson Pollock,
Ken Price,
Richard Prince,
Neo Rauch,
Robert Rauschenberg,
Ad Reinhardt,
Jason Rhoades,
Gerhard Richter,
Faith Ringgold,
Larry Rivers,
James Rosenquist,
Martha Rosler,
Mimmo Rotella,
Mark Rothko,
Allen Ruppersberg,
Ed Ruscha,
Robert Ryman,
Betye Saar,
David Salle,
Lucas Samaras,
Miriam Schapiro,
Julian Schnabel,
Kurt Schwitters,
Jill Scott,
Jim Shaw,
Cindy Sherman,
David Smith,
Art Spiegelman,
Frank Stella,
May Stevens,
Alfred Stieglitz,
Hiroshi Sugimoto,
Skip Sweeney,
Mark Tansey,
Antoni Tapies,
Herve Telemaque,
Fred Tomaselli,
James Turrell,
Richard Tuttle,
Cy Twombly,
Vincent van Gogh,
Steina and Woody Vasulka,
Edin Velez,
Claude Viallat,
Bill Viola,
Peter Voulkos,
Kara Walker,
Andy Warhol,
Matthias Weischer,
Franz West,
Edward Weston,
Doug Wheeler,
Sue Williams,
Robert Wilson,
Andrea Zittel
curator
press release
MOCA's First Thirty Years
30 Works for 30 Years
On the occasion of its 30th anniversary, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA), unveils Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years, the largest comprehensive installation to date of its renowned permanent collection. MOCA's collection, which numbers nearly 6,000 works dating from 1939 to the present day, is internationally regarded as one of the most important collections of postwar art in the world. While works from the collection have been seen in over 100 thematic exhibitions at MOCA since the museum's founding in 1979, the new installation will make a significant portion of the collection accessible to the public on an long-term basis. The layout of Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years will be chronological, providing a comprehensive history of the last 70 years of contemporary art and touching on every significant movement and development during this period. Filling the galleries at both of MOCA's downtown Los Angeles locations, the installation will occupy 24,000 square feet of exhibition space at MOCA Grand Avenue with works dating from 1939 through 1980, and an additional 26,000 square feet of exhibition space at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA with works dating from 1980 to the present. Geographical as well as ideological overlaps and distinctions will be highlighted, and a mix of well established and lesser-known artists will be featured. Collection: MOCA's First Thirty Years will include works in various media by Diane Arbus, Chris Burden, Willem de Kooning, Öyvind Fahlström, Alberto Giacometti, Nan Goldin, Robert Irwin, Donald Judd, On Kawara, Mike Kelley, Franz Kline, Paul McCarthy, Piet Mondrian, Bruce Nauman, Claes Oldenburg, Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Mark Rothko, and Antoni Tàpies, among many other artists.
Collection: MOCA’s First Thirty Years is presented by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation.
The exhibition is made possible by generous support from Wallis Annenberg and the Annenberg Foundation; Anonymous; Maria and Bill Bell; The Suzanne M. Nora Johnson and David G. Johnson Foundation; Ovation TV, the Official Network Partner of MOCA; Yannick Mathieu and Kimberly Chang; and The MOCA Contemporaries.
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