Programs • MOCA

Jan January 2020

Thursday
Jan 9, 2020

Artists on Artists: Christina Quarles on The Foundation of the Museum

Lecture
Thursday
Jan 9, 2020

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Christina Quarles on The Foundation of the Museum

Christina Quarles makes expressive, gestural works that reference the history and techniques of painting, but also smartly test its limits. Playing with the identity of the figure to expand the potential for representation in her work, Quarles explores the genre of figurative art as it has been captured in The Foundation of the Museum: MOCA’s Collection by artist Paul Mpagi Sepuya.
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA
Thursday
Jan 23, 2020

In Conversation: Constance Mallinson and Rebecca Lowery

Lecture
Thursday
Jan 23, 2020

Lecture

In Conversation: Constance Mallinson and Rebecca Lowery

The rise of the feminist movement and the globalism that exposed US audiences to other cultures were two energizing forces for artist Constance Mallinson, coinciding with the artist’s late-1970s move to Los Angeles. Mallinson joins MOCA Assistant Curator Rebecca Lowery in a conversation about her practice then, now, and in the context of the exhibition With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985.
MOCA Grand Avenue
Thursday
Jan 30, 2020

Artists on Artists: Sanford Biggers on With Pleasure

Lecture
Thursday
Jan 30, 2020

Lecture

Artists on Artists: Sanford Biggers on With Pleasure

Applying the fractal and geometric logic of decorative quilt patterns to three-dimensional forms, artist Sanford Biggers remixes textiles as a way to explore his idea of sacred geometry. Biggers leads a walkthrough of With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985.
MOCA Grand Avenue

Artists on Artists: Christina Quarles on The Foundation of the Museum

In Conversation: Constance Mallinson and Rebecca Lowery

Artists on Artists: Sanford Biggers on With Pleasure