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Collecting History: Highlighting Recent Acquisitions
Museum of Contemporary Art
The wording of the title of the show “Collecting History” creates a convenient ambiguity. Is MOCA presenting the history of its collecting?—probably not, since these are recent acquisitions, and therefore this is not a show displaying its history. More likely MOCA is claiming with this title that through these acquisitions MOCA is collecting (verb) history.
The introductory wall text is the only “educational” anything in the exhibition. It has a nice tie-in to MOCA’s previous exhibitions, saying the museum acquired works from these amazing shows. Some of these shows were critically well received, but these expensive shows were also one of the causes of MOCA’s financial problems. The intro wall text provides catch-all terms such as “significant works,” “historical, mid-career, and emerging artists,” and also “local, national, and international artists.” So basically anything goes.

Titular Image: Öyvind Fahlström, Africa Banner
Written by exhibitioninquisition
September 21, 2009 at 9:04 AM
Posted in Contemporary, Inquisition, MOCA, Permanent Collection
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