Jessica Morgan of Tate Modern tours Urs Fischer, the first US survey of the Swiss-born artist, which she curated for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. The eponymous exhibition spreads across the two sites of the museum. While the floor of The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is filled with a sprawling clay sculpture entitled Yes -- a rollicking, undulating outpouring of the imaginations of 1,500 Angelenos -- on display at MOCA Grand Avenue is two decades' worth of works that engage a variety of strategies, concepts, and materials. Ultimately, Fischer is drawn to the process of creation and to inevitable decay, undermining our desire for the representational with louche skeletal figures and recasting totemic artistic creations as wax, clay, and food-based ruins-in-waiting.
Urs Fischer curated by Jessica Morgan. MOCA Grand Avenue and The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA. April 21 - August 19, 2013.
Urs Fischer is organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and curated by Jessica Morgan, Curator, International Art, Tate Modern.
The exhibition is made possible by The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, Steven A. and Alexandra M. Cohen Foundation, Larry Gagosian, and Peter Morton.
Generous support of the exhibition is provided by the Margaret and Daniel Loeb Third Point Foundation, The Brant Foundation, Maja Hoffmann, Adam Lindemann and Amalia Dayan, and Eva Presenhuber.
Additional support is provided by Tony G. Salamé, Aïshti Foundation, and Sotheby's.
Directed by Emma Reeves
Edited by Tom Salvaggio
Shot by Stephen Pagano and Tom Salvaggio
Photography courtesy Stefan Altenburger
◇ Urs Fischer - YES, 2013 - MOCA U - MOCAtv - YouTube
http://youtu.be/cO4J2_OiZE0
