05.01.2012
February 3- March 17 Opening reception February 3, 6-11 p.m. This exhibition takes on sports and masculinity as its central themes in a collection put together especially for iMOCA by Christopher Bedford, chief curator of the Wexner Center for the Arts. Images of women—from the goddess Venus to the Virgin Mary—have long been a classic [...]
16.11.2011
December 2, 2011-January 14, 2012 Click here to see images from the opening reception iMOCA will host the exhibition, Fast Forward featuring the current work of past Efroymson Contemporary Arts fellows: Linda Adele Goodine, Emily Kennerk, Arthur Liou, Anthony Luensman, Brose Partington, Jamie Pawlus, Melissa Pokorny, Jennifer Reeder, Tyson Skross, and Tom Torluemke. It was [...]
06.07.2011
August 5, 2011 – September 17, 2011 Click here to see images from the opening. Brian James Priest’s exhibit Animalcules centers on human beings as both collectors and collections, the exhibit will feature large-scale prints, sound and floor installations, and live performance art. Priest’s exhibition takes its name from Anton van Leeuwenhoek, inventor of the [...]
02.01.2010
October 1 – November 20, 2010 NEIGHBORHOOD Click here to see photos from the opening reception. Neighborhood brought together 6 Los Angeles-based artists who looked at the developed environment as a subject matter of investigation. In this group exhibition, the title “neighborhood” is used loosely, as it refers either to a specific place (sometimes the [...]
12.11.2009
December 4, 2009- January 16th, 2010 PROJECTED CURIOSITY Click here to see photos of the opening reception. After five years at 340 N. Senate Ave. on the west side of Downtown, iMOCA has moved to a newly renovated 2,000-square foot space on the main floor of the Murphy Art Center which has been dubbed the [...]
10.11.2009
November 8 – January 10, 2008 Hansel and Gretel: Never Eat a House In the fairytale, a hungry Hansel and Gretel are lured to the witch’s house in hopes of a meal. By contrast, Hansel and Gretel: Never Eat a House from the Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art (iMOCA) is a feast of irreverent, thought-provoking [...]
10.11.2009
November 9, 2007 New Work by Jeff Gabel Gabel specializes in scribbly, small-scale pencil drawings of people or faces, possibly imaginary, with a line of text explaining who they are or what they were thinking at the time they were observed. Gabel’s empathetic exploration of the contemporary American landscape finds moments in the everyday that [...]
10.11.2009
November 4 – December 30, 2006 Home: Living with Contemporary Art The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to present Home: Living with Contemporary Art. In conjunction with the iMOCA 101 series of panel discussions on collecting contemporary art, and with the support of Helmut Fortense and Form + Function, iMOCA will transform its gallery space [...]
10.11.2009
November 12 – January 21, 2006 Designs by Ron Arad The Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art is proud to announce an exhibition of designs by Ron Arad. Arad is one of todays most creative and versatile furniture artists and designers of our time. Born in Tel Aviv in 1951, architect and designer Ron Arad studied at [...]
10.11.2009
November 12 -November 13, 2004 When Contemporary Art Speaks Artists have been fascinated with words as images since ancient times, but particularly in the 20th century. When Contemporary Art Speaks takes this literal visual language (words and letter forms as subject matter) a step further. Some are witty. Some require a bit of thought. Most [...]