MOMA

Kata Legrady : Felgrenade No 2: 2012

Sanja Iveković, Mihaela, 2002, ink-jet print, 55 1/8 x 39 3/8".

“Kraftwerk is an influential force not only in music, but also in visual culture,” says Mr. Biesenbach.

The most genius proposition of the season. Good money down that the audience will be jammed with fashion all-stars (I see you Raf Simons).

THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART PRESENTS THE FIRST LIVE RETROSPECTIVE OF THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEERS KRAFTWERK
Kraftwerk–Retrospective 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Comprises Complete Experience with Music, Ambient Sound, Video, Set Design, and Performance Entire Repertoire of Eight Conceptual Albums Performed Live Over Eight Consecutive
Evenings from April 10 to 17

Tickets on Sale February 22

Jim Lambie's iconic Found Flowers Painting

You loved the way Lambie's Zobop Fluoro, 2004 amped out the entry space of MOMA for that epic "Color Chart: Reinventing Color" exhibit and the "Found Flowers" series which featured iconic pop stars like George Micheal and Grace Jones swaddled in high chromatic flowers, has been a massive cult influence for a certain body of Belgian fashion designers (check the Raf Simons inspiration board).

As such this contemporary artist has a very acute understanding of the function of fantasy in activating pop culture glamour. As a reference point for art directors of all ilk , this work reminds you that a great visual stylist can express an emotion of joy in lushly visual terms.

Here is the artist's description of his process:

Iveković’s celebrated series Double Life in which the artist juxtaposed pictures of herself with commercial ads

As a pioneering feminist, activist, and video and performance artist in the 60's and 70's , Iveković emitted work that fought valiantly against the then rigid and institutionalized idea of contemporary art. Her wide ranging oeuvre allowed her to challenge everything from the mass media culture of capitalism to the transformation of Eastern Europe from communist to post-communist political systems. This MOMA exhibition, her first ever American retrospective, affords Iveković the opportunity to present a new generation with her vital ideas. The following excerpt from the MOMA press release outlines the exhibition's construct.

Whatever will Yeezy WEAR!

I cannot wait

Man Ray : Noire et blanche (Black and white). 1926 Gelatin silver print.The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of James Thrall

The press preview is next Tues and TI is actually re-booking a flight back to NYC to get an early glimpse.

Primitive...Modern...Post Modern..it's all namecalling

"Primitivism" In 20th Century Art : Affinity of the Tribal and the Modern, the 1984 show at MOMA was one of those legendary exhibitions

Invite Image: Ellsworth Kelly. Blue Green. 1962. Oil on Canvas, Private Collection. © 2010 Ellsworth Kelly

Abramović will sit in silence at a table in the Museum’s Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium during public hours

Put it on your must-list! Press release after the jump.