Mass Moca One Floor Higher

Katharina grosse one floor up more highly.

Mass moca one floor higher.

For one floor up more highly grosse seized full advantage of mass moca s cavernous mill spaces producing a body of work on a scale that amounts to one of the artist s most ambitious to date. Ground floor wall drawing 19 is one of four drawings that were first shown as a four part series drawn on the four walls of the dwan gallery in 1969. For wall drawing 19 sol lewitt divided the east wall of the dwan gallery into six vertical panels each containing two of the four kinds of line directions vertical horizontal diagonal left. Read an interview with katharina grosse in bomb.

The result a psychedelically charged glacial landscape is dominated by four landfill sized mounds of dirt and debris pierced through at intervals. Established in 1979 we are the only artist founded museum in los angeles. Housed in the sprawling old sprague electric company mill complex the museum offers hours of enjoyment as you peruse the maze like structure and currently showcases a multi floor sol lewitt exhibit that in my honest opinion deserves its own post on this blog. 1040 mass moca way north adams ma 01247 contact.

1040 mass moca way north adams ma 01247 subscribe. 1040 mass moca way north adams ma 01247. Floor plan map essential see 901 traveler reviews 541 candid photos and great deals for north adams ma at tripadvisor. Wall drawing 853 one of sol lewitt s early painted wall drawings explores combinations of complementary colors or colors that are opposites on the color wheel such as red and green.

Katharina grosse is known for the vibrant palette and exuberant gestures of her large scale canvases and raucous installations which merge painting sculpture and architecture. At mass moca wall drawing 853 which features blue and orange alongside red and green is displayed on the same wall as wall drawing 852 which is composed. Read an interview with katharina grosse about one floor up more highly in artforum s 500 words column. Built by the arnold print works which operated on the site from 1860 to 1942 the complex was used by the sprague electric.

The massachusetts museum of contemporary art mass moca is a museum in a converted arnold print works factory building complex located in north adams massachusetts it is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the united states.