MONUMENTS
Bethany Collins, Karon Davis, Abigail DeVille, Stan Douglas, Kevin Jerome Everson, Kahlil Robert Irving, Monument Lab, Walter Price, Cauleen Smith, Davóne Tines and Julie Dash, Kara Walker, Leonardo Drew, Torkwase Dyson, Nona Faustine, Jon Henry, Hugh Mangum, Martin Puryear, Andres Serrano, Hank Willis Thomas
Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Tue-Sun 11am-6pm, Thu until 8pm
Admission
$18 for adults; $10 for students with I.D. and seniors (+65); and free for children under 12 and jurors with I.D.
MOCA members always receive free admission to special exhibitions. Programs at The Brick are free and open to the public.
About
MONUMENTS is presented at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012) and The Brick (518 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90004). MONUMENTS Co-organized and co-presented by MOCA and The Brick, MONUMENTS marks the recent wave of monument removals as a historic moment. The exhibition reflects on the histories and legacies of post-Civil War America as they continue to resonate today, bringing together a selection of decommissioned monuments, many of which are Confederate, with contemporary artworks borrowed and newly created for the occasion. Removed from their original outdoor public context, the monuments in the exhibition will be shown in their varying states of transformation, from unmarred to heavily vandalized. Co-curated by Hamza Walker, Director of The Brick; Bennett Simpson, Senior Curator at MOCA; and Kara Walker, artist; with Hannah Burstein, Curatorial Associate at The Brick; and Paula Kroll, Assistant Curator at MOCA, MONUMENTS considers the ways public monuments have shaped national identity, historical memory, and current events.