1. GALLERIES ON STAGE CALENDAR
Jim Shaw, Not Since Superman Died (detail), 2015
It's Super, Man (on view now)
Pulitzer Prize-winning Boston Globe critic Sebastian Smee calls our Entertaining Doubts,
the largest-ever U.S. show of California-based artist Jim Shaw's work, a "knock-out," and
"the show of the summer." The exhibition spans two floors and includes over 115 works.
Since you might not be able to get here today, we put together a virtual gallery walk of this
fantastic exhibition. Click to take a stroll through Entertaining Doubts; then come visit us
for your own gallery walk soon.
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2. Clifford Ross, Mountain IV, 2004
Worth a thousand words
May 23 kicks off a year of photography at MASS MoCA, and our exhibiting artists make
stunningly beautiful and disparate work. Boundary-pushing photographer Clifford
Ross' Landscape Seen & Imagined spans two buildings, six galleries, and an exterior
performing arts courtyard. The centerpiece of his expansive exhibition is a 90-foot long
photograph of Mt. Sopris in Colorado, printed on raw wood. The resolution of Ross' works
is so rich, you'll want to pick a leaf off a tree.
Also on view is photographer-without-a-camera Liz Deschenes' Gallery 4.1.1, featuring
new work that draws from sculpture and architecture as much as it does
photography. Displayed in free-standing frames, Deschenes' seductive blue
prints constantly change in response to the natural light that floods our first-floor galleries.
While she's here, Deschenes will also co-curate Artists' Choice: An Expanded Field of
Photography, featuring work by six artists — Dana Hoey, Craig Kalpakjian, Miranda
Lichtenstein, Josh Tonsfeldt, Sara VanDerBeek, and Randy West — whose
photographically grounded works expand into realms of video, painting, and sculpture.
All three exhibitions open on May 23.
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3. Francesco Clemente, Standing With Truth Tent (exterior view), 2013
Bursts of Color
Later, in June, Francesco Clemente's Encampment, an erotic, nomadic collection of tents
and lush watercolor paintings, fills up MASS MoCA's largest gallery. Seattle artist
collective SuttonBeresCuller's Big Top Grand Stand kicks off the Solid Sound festival
with a circus-themed work that truly "pops" (and remains on view through September).
Kidspace begins a four-year examination of empathy's role in problem-solving with a
group show entitled Walk in My Shoes. MASS MoCA favorite Ran Hwang keeps us on
pins and needles (and buttons) when she tranforms our Hunter mezzanine with
Untethered. And in July, look for Williamstown-based Barbara Takenaga translating a
new painting from her Nebraska series onto a 100' gallery wall adjacent to the museum
lobby.
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4. WHAT'S NEXT
May 18
North Adams Free Day
May 23
Live Music: The Lone Bellow with Arc Iris
June 6
Live Music: Natalia Zukerman
June 13
Kids' Music: The Pop Ups
June 19
Film: James Baldwin: The Price of the Ticket
IN THE GALLERIES
Jim Shaw: Entertaining Doubts
Through January 2016
Kidspace: It's Only Human
Through May 25, 2015
Christopher Chiappa: Stasis Horror
Through June 29, 2015
Sayler/Morris with Elizabeth Kolbert: Eclipse
Through September 1, 2015
Bibliothecaphilia
Through January 4, 2016
Mark Dion: The Octagon Room
On view now
Save the dates
Summer Hours: (June 26-September 7)
Sundays-Wednesdays: 10am-6pm
Thursdays-Saturdays: 10am-7pm
Exhibitions Openings:
Clifford Ross: Landscape Seen and Imagined: Saturday, May 23
Liz Deschenes: Gallery 4.1.1: Saturday, May 23
Artists' Choice: An Expanded Field of Photography: Saturday, May 23
Francesco Clemente: Encampment: Friday, June 12
Kidspace: Walk in My Shoes: Saturday, June 20
Ran Hwang: Untethered: Saturday, June 20
Barbara Takenaga: Nebraska: Saturday, July 11
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5. Festival: Solid Sound Festival
July 3
Movie at the Airport: Top Gun
September 18-20
Festival: FreshGrass Music Festival
On view now
Anselm Kiefer
On view now
Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective
Through 2033
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art
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