Moca Cleveland Opening Floods Building With New Art

Sat 1/29-Sun 6/5

Moca Cleveland reopens Saturday January 29 with a whole batch of brand-new & intriguing winter/spring exhibitions.

They include three mixed-media, installation-type pieces by artists from around the world. There’s a complex, multi-layered mixed-media sound/video installation called At Once Terrifying and Equally Freeing, by Kenyan artist Jerome AB. Los Angeles-based J.J. Adams’ Flowers in Temporary Hands, a book, video performance, sound and sculptural landscape, explores privilege, race and identity; and Korean immigrant fiber/performance artist Aram Han Sifuentes’ Who Was This Built to Protect?, features six large silk curtains with writing developed during the artists’ Moca residency that look at immigration, citizenship and who belongs in this country.

In two other shows, Cleveland-based black photographers aim their cameras at their own community. Ryan Harris’ Sincerely, Us, features his old and new work looking at the black experience. And rising Cleveland star Amber N. Ford (pictured), currently Moca’s artist in residence, looks at race and identity in her perceptive portraits.

Also opening is Flyfall, by Northeast Ohio’s Dana Oldfather, whose distinctive paintings are well-known in the region. It’s described as a “site-responsive drawing” that features cartoon-like female characters and a flock of Canada geese.

All the exhibits run through June 5, with the exception of Harris’ which runs through March 5.

mocacleveland.org/exhibitions/upcoming

 

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