MOCA's 40th year has been an active one for acquisitions. Gifts and purchases range from a 1963 stainless steel sculpture by Beverly Pepper to new work by established artists and buzzy newcomers: Larry Bell, Sadie Bening, Diedrick Brackens, Kitty Brophy, Christina Quarles, Paul Sietsema, D'Angelo Lovell Williams, and Xu Zhen (the levitating performance,
In Just a Blink of an Eye). At top is a witty collage,
I Own a Morandi (2009), by an artist I never would have guessed: Noah Davis.
Commissioned for the Grand Avenue plaza, Larry Bell's red cubes have made sunset the magic hour in Bunker Hill.
Bill and Coo at MOCA's Nest is a gift of museum Trustee Carol Appel and husband David Appel.
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Larry Bell, Bill and Coo at MOCA's Nest, 2019. Photo by Zak Kelley |
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Beverly Pepper, Untitled Stainless Steel, 1963 |
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Christina Quarles, Bad Air/Yer Grievances, 2018 |
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Zoe Leonard, Wax Anatomical Model With Pretty Face, 1990 |
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Sadie Benning, Blow Up #18, 2018. Purchased with funds provided by Judy Fiskin |
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D'Angelo Lovell Williams, Structural Dishonesty, 2016 |
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Xu Zhen, In Just a Blink of an Eye, 2005-2019. Photo by Myles Pettengill |
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Diedrick Brackens, Immersion Circle, 2019 |
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Larry Bell, Bill and Coo at MOCA's Nest (detail), 2019. Photo by Zak Kelley |
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Of course, if the museum both reduces display space and also runs up the budget, as another LA museum is doing, that will be the worst of all worlds.