Commissions
moCa #1, 2012
50" x 40", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #2, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #4, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #5, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #6, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #7, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #8, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
moCa #10, 2012
36" x 36", Pigment Print, Edition of 5
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland
Inside Out and From the Ground Up
October 8, 2012 — February 24, 2013
Inside Out and From the Ground Up, the inaugural exhibition at moCa Cleveland’s new building, spreads throughout the Museum. Considering the building itself as a dynamic sculptural form, the exhibition engages the architecture as both subject and stage. The works on view present the breadth of contemporary practice, from physical constructions and monumentally-scaled painting to minimal gestures and experimental film and video. Inside Out and From the Ground Up calls on viewers to move around, look up close and from afar, and consider multiple perspectives.
Barry Underwood’s photographs provide an inner, transitional view of the building throughout its construction, capturing the energy behind its formation. In contrast to the newness of the architecture, works by Gordon Matta-Clark, Henrique Oliveira, and Jennifer West explore the symbolic potential of aging and soon-to-be-forgotten structures. Works by Louise Bourgeois, Rachel Whiteread, and Haegue Yang signify human presence through objects that bear the subtle marks of use. Oliver Husain, Corey McCorkle, and William Villalongo offer portals to dream-like other worlds, whereas Jeremy Blake and David Hammons take us to particular places, rich with social and historical layers. Paintings by Katharina Grosse and Jacqueline Humphries absorb viewers in perceptual ambiguity. Walead Beshty uses chemical reactivity to alter the surface of materials, while David Altmejd’s work generates vital forces from within.
Through this array of media and approaches, the artists in Inside Out and From the Ground Up explore our active and variable relationship with the built world. Reflecting on how spaces are constructed, divided, and imagined, they shape viewers’ awareness of their own presence and surroundings.
Additional funding from the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation for the commission.
Clarendon Road, 2013
50" x 80" (Diptych), Pigment Print, Edition of 3
Merwin Avenue, The Flats, 2013
50" x 80" (Diptych), Pigment Print, Edition of 3
Cornfield, 2013
50" x 80" (Diptych), Pigment Print, Edition of 3
CMA, 2013
50" x 80" (Diptych), Pigment Print, Edition of 3
The Cleveland Clinic
This series entitled Cuyahoga was commissioned by the Cleveland Clinic. The focus was on areas surrounding Cleveland, Ohio, and its environs: agricultural, industrial, and suburban. The intention of this body of work was to reveal the less iconic parts of the city and outline the larger community. Each print is a dialog – a direct result of nature and the history of how people utilized the land.
Inspired by land art, landscape photography, and minimalist abstract painting the images read as both surreal and familiar. For this site-specific commission, careful consideration was given to both the point of view of the viewers inside the building as they walk down the long corridor where the prints are installed, as well as the commuters driving on Carnegie Avenue, the roadway just outside the building’s corridor where the large windows display the photographic prints.