MASS MoCA Fall Brochure 2017

FALL 2017

ON STAGE | IN THE GALLERIES | ON THE FIELD

We suspected that our friends and patrons would love B6, our new Robert W. Wilson Building — it’s so plainly beautiful on its own: powerful, muscular, yet full of light and air — and that’s before the sweeping group of installations

by Jenny Holzer, Laurie Anderson, and James Turrell. For many, Gunnar Schonbeck is the deep surprise in our new space: his oddly friendly instrumentarium is riveting our guests, the overwhelming majority of whom do indeed turn out to be closeted musicians, just as Gunnar believed.

What delights us equally is the attention that our visitors are giving lesser known artists Dawn DeDeaux and Lonnie Holley and also Elizabeth King, Steffani Jemison, Tanja Hollander, and a host of artists in In The Abstract, including Sarah Braman, Tomashi Jackson, and Rodney McMillian, among many others. Lonnie is bringing his unclassifiable, made-for-the-moment music to us on December 2, by the way, and you won’t want to miss that confluence of art and music. Providing space, time, and tools to emerging and mid-career artists — and offering space and time, as well as our inhouse production talent, to well-established visual and performing artists who have a risky new idea — is the very heart of our mission.

Joseph Thompson, Director P.S. A note of gratitude and welcome to all the new visitors and members who found their way to North Adams over the past few months. We feel your energy and support, and look forward to making this dynamic microcity of ours ever more interesting, diverse, and economically vibrant.

Thanks for shopping local.

Dissolve (Curved Wide Glass), 2017 Collection of Hudson C. Lee © James Turrell, photo by Florian Holzherr

Liz Glynn’s conceptually layered, multifaceted examination of the digital age will animate our football field-sized Building 5 beginning October 7. On our stages, encounter new works by musician Gabriel Kahane, choreographer Lee Serle, and what we expect to be an astounding new show from Kronos Quartet, in residence at MASS MoCA this fall with another one of our favorites, documentary filmmaker Sam Green. Join us.

WRITING + ARCHITECTURE

THEATER

MASTHEADS

BITTER GAME

September 1– October 30

Sat. October 14, 8pm

BLUEGRASS + ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL

FRESHGRASS September 15–17

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: LIVE MUSIC + VIDEO

GABRIEL KAHANE

BOOK OF TRAVELERS Fri. October 20, 8pm

FOR MEMBERS

COFFEE WITH KIDSPACE CURATOR

LAURA THOMPSON

ARTIST TALK + ART-MAKING

WES SAM-BRUCE Thurs. October 26, 5pm

Mon. September 18, 10am LIVE MUSIC

SAMEER GUPTA with TODD REYNOLDS

Sat. September 30, 8pm

DANCE

BIG DANCE THEATER 17C

Sat. October 28, 8pm Co-presented with Jacob’s Pillow Dance OPENING RECEPTION

ARTIST TALK

LIZ GLYNN

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANOTHER POSSIBLE FUTURE

ELIZABETH KING

Sat. October 7, 5:30pm

Thurs. November 2, 5pm

LIVE MUSIC

ANI CORDERO

with THE JOTA SETE DUO Sat. October 7, 8pm

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LIVE MUSIC

THE WEEPIES with BENJAMIN JAFFE

Sat. November 4, 8pm

ANNUAL BENEFIT

MASS MoCA IN NYC Tues. November 7

LIVE PODCAST

MAEVE IN AMERICA PODCAST

Sat. November 11, 8pm

LIVE MUSIC + ARTIST TALK + TOUR

LONNIE HOLLEY Sat. December 2, 8pm

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC

SAM GREEN & KRONOS QUARTET Fri. December 8, 8pm

FOR MEMBERS

AN EVENING WITH CURATOR

ALEXANDRA FORADAS

Thurs. November 16, 5pm

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: DANCE

LEE SERLE Sat. November 18, 8pm Co-presented with Jacob’s Pillow Dance

SCREENING + ARTIST TALK

TANJA HOLLANDER Thurs. November 30, 5pm

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WORK-IN-PROGRESS: THEATER

SUNDANCE THEATRE LAB Sat. December 9, 8pm

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK

MIKROKOSMOS STEFFANI JEMISON AND JUSTIN HICKS Sat. December 16, 3pm

BLUEGRASS + ROOTS MUSIC FESTIVAL

FRESHGRASS Great Music Uprooted FRI.

RAILROAD EARTH • SARAH JAROSZ • THE LIL’ SMOKIES THE BROTHERS COMATOSE • THE WHISKEY TREATY ROADSHOW THE LAST REVEL

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BRANDI CARLILE • THE WOOD BROTHERS • CROOKED STILL RED BARAAT • SON LITTLE • HACKENSAW BOYS ROB ICKES & TREY HENSLEY • THE SUITCASE JUNKET DAROL ANGER’S REPUBLIC OF STRINGS • MIKE + RUTHY THE PAGE TURNERS • VICTOR FURTADO FRESHSCORES: DOM FLEMONS, SUNNY JAIN, AND DORMESHIA SUMBRY-EDWARDS PICK A PEACH: A BLUEGRASS TRIBUTE TO THE ALLMAN BROTHERS

SUN.

THE DEL McCOURY BAND WITH SPECIAL GUEST DAVID GRISMAN SHOVELS & ROPE • DEL & DAWG • BILL FRISELL: HARMONY ALISON BROWN • CARRIE RODRIGUEZ CHEICK HAMALA DIABATE & MANKAN • NELL ROBINSON & JIM NUNALLY BAND • BERKLEE BANDS

Photo by Douglas Mason

WORKSHOPS, LUTHIERS, CAMPING, JAM SESSIONS MORE THAN 50 BANDS IN ALL

FESTIVAL PASSES AND SINGLE-DAY TICKETS AVAILABLE

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LIVE MUSIC

Saturday, September 30, 8pm

SAMEER GUPTA featuring MARC CARY

Brooklyn raga massive Sameer Gupta is a “kinetic, bass-heavy, and tender” percussionist (The Jazz Observer), with roots in the Indian Classical tradition. He’s here with a propulsive band featuring Marc Cary, for a magical evening of tracks from his new album, A Circle Has No Beginning.

Bang on a Can favorite and North Adams resident Todd Reynolds opens.

CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $12 ADVANCE $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music

Photo by Rebecca Meek

LIVE MUSIC

Saturday, October 7, 8pm

ANI CORDERO “Profound ruminations on love and the state of the world.” —NPR Brooklyn-based Puerto Rican songstress Ani Cordero is a storyteller of the first order, winding through topics from feminism to immigration to friendships and relationships. She visits MASS MoCA with her quartet in a whirlwind of panLatin stylings.

Jota Sete Duo, featuring Williamstown native Jason Ennis opens.

CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $12 ADVANCE $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music

Photo by Bek Andersen

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THEATER

Saturday, October 14, 8pm

BITTER GAME Black lives matter Keith A. Wallace brings us a searing solo theater piece about race relations in America. A blend of verse and prose raises questions about police accountability and the ripple effects of trauma in communities of color.

CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $14 ADVANCE $20 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED

Photo by Jim Carmody

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: MUSIC + VIDEO

Friday, October 20, 8pm

GABRIEL KAHANE

BOOK OF TRAVELERS

Freight train, freight train Brooklyn composer Gabriel Kahane visited MASS MoCA in 2013, on the eve of his major label debut The Ambassador.

Now he returns to stage an intimate new song cycle, solo at the piano, based on his recent two-week Amtrak journey around the country.

HUNTER CENTER | $10 STUDENTS $14 ADVANCE | $20 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED $5 MEMBERS Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music

Photo by Josh Goleman

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DANCE

Saturday, October 28, 8pm

BIG DANCE THEATER 17C

Co-presented with Jacob’s Pillow Dance

Spectacular portrait of a playboy Obie Award-winning maverick ensemble Big Dance Theater takes a dizzying intertextual spin through the outré diaries of Samuel Pepys, a famed 17th-century socialite, weaving music, dance, video, and text into this sneak preview performance.

HUNTER CENTER | $20 STUDENTS $30 ADVANCE | $40 DAY OF | $54 PREFERRED This program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob’s Pillow.

Photo by Ian Douglas

LIVE MUSIC

Saturday, November 4, 8pm

THE WEEPIES Completely acoustic Husband-wife duo The Weepies emerged from the Boston folk scene in the early 2000’s and has since built a deep catalogue of hook-laden, irresistible folkpop. NPR writes, “A synthesis of husky vocals and springy guitar makes any combination of words and melodies shine like gold.” They appear at MASS MoCA in a stripped-down setting, revealing simple, beautiful writing, and singing.

HONEYHONEY’s Benjamin Jaffe opens with a new duo.

HUNTER CENTER $20 STUDENTS | $26 ADVANCE | $34 DAY OF Photo by Robert Sebree

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LIVE PODCAST

Saturday, November 11, 8pm

MAEVE IN AMERICA PODCAST

Immigration stories set free Irish immigrant and acclaimed comedian Maeve Higgins is ready to change the conversation around immigration. She washes the taste of “bad hombres” out of America’s mouth with a series of heartfelt stories and interviews. Listen in with us as Maeve records this podcast performance.

CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $12 ADVANCE $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED

Photo by First Look Media

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: DANCE

Saturday, November 18, 8pm

LEE SERLE

Co-presented with Jacob’s Pillow Dance

Tunnels, frames, and walls Australian choreographer Lee Serle, Colombian visual artist Mateo López, and Lebanese theater director Maya Zbib all come together for a hands-on theater-andsculpture piece that explores consumerism and individualism in America today.

HUNTER CENTER | $10 STUDENTS $14 ADVANCE | $20 DAY OF | $30 PREFERRED $5 MEMBERS This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

This program is supported in part by the Irene Hunter Fund for Dance at MASS MoCA in association with Jacob’s Pillow.

‘P.O.V.’ 2013 choreographed by Lee Serle. Photo by Ponch Hawkes

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Photo by Tamir Kalifa

LIVE MUSIC + ARTIST TALK + TOUR

LONNIE HOLLEY Saturday, December 2, 8pm

A voice from another time Artist and musician Lonnie Holley recorded his first album in 2012 at age 62 after making home recordings for more than two decades.

Holley’s music, like his art, defies classification — haunting vocals, keyboards, and new renditions of songs with every performance.

He has collaborated with musicians such as Dirty Projectors, Animal Collective, Bill Callahan, and Bon Iver. Holley’s medium is the moment. He’s here with a new band, playing new arrangements and new songs: you’ll only hear it once.

The evening will start with a screening of a short documentary about Holley. Preferred ticket buyers are invited to a gallery tour with the artist at 3pm.

CLUB B10 | $10 STUDENTS | $12 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED

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© Jay Blakesburg

WORK-IN-PROGRESS: FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC

SAM GREEN & KRONOS QUARTET Friday, December 8, 8pm

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Chamber music memoir Documentarian Sam Green pairs up with the legendary Kronos Quartet for this film-and-live-music meeting of the minds. Green’s doc tells the quartet’s 40-year story, and they provide a live score in the flesh.

HUNTER CENTER $20 STUDENTS | $30 ADVANCE | $40 DAY OF | $54 PREFERRED

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© Quincy Flowers Courtesy of the artist

ARTIST TALK + ART-MAKING

ARTIST TALK + TOUR

Thursday, October 26, 5pm

Saturday, December 2, 3pm

WES SAM-BRUCE

LONNIE HOLLEY

Watch Wes Sam-Bruce’s film The Wonder Sound; then discuss the artistic process and create your own work with this Kidspace exhibiting artist. (But leave the kids at home — this one’s for adults!)

Artist Lonnie Holley leads us through Thumbs Up for the Mothership to discuss his deeply personal and affecting artwork. Very limited space available.

CLUB B10 | $6 STUDENTS |$10 ADVANCE FREE FOR MEMBERS

ARTIST TALK

B6: THE ROBERT W. WILSON BUILDING $6 STUDENTS | $10 ADVANCE | $5 MEMBERS Tour included with preferred ticket to 8pm performance

PERFORMANCE + ARTIST TALK

Thursday, November 2, 5pm

Saturday, December 16, 3pm

ELIZABETH KING

MIKROKOSMOS

King traces her deep research into the history of figurative sculpture from early automatons and puppets to her own meticulously crafted, movable figures.

CLUB B10 | $6 STUDENTS + ADVANCE | FREE FOR MEMBERS

SCREENING + ARTIST TALK

STEFFANI JEMISON and JUSTIN HICKS

Composer Justin Hicks and artist Steffani Jemison perform the U.S. debut of their project Mikrokosmos.

The two map vocal pitches and gestures to the syllables of various pop songs, including Gil Scott-Heron’s “We Almost Lost Detroit.” An artist talk follows.

CLUB B10 | $6 STUDENTS | $10 ADVANCE | $5 MEMBERS

Thursday, November 30, 5pm

This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

TANJA HOLLANDER Watch and discuss Are you really my friend?

The Movie with Tanja Hollander and filmmaker Robin Greenspun.

CLUB B10 | $6 STUDENTS + ADVANCE | FREE FOR MEMBERS

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KIDSPACE

WES SAM-BRUCE CAVERNOUS: THE INNER LIFE OF COURAGE

Join forces in Wes Sam-Bruce’s interactive sculpture inspired by North Adams’ historic Hoosac Tunnel. Found objects, repurposed wood, text, and drawings take over the Kidspace gallery to form a mountain with connected caverns in which to play, take risks, and reveal artful audaciousness.

Kidspace’s Art 4 Change is a four-year project that explores problem-solving through empathy, optimism, and courage.

On view now Core education funding is provided by the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation.

The Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation gives in memory of Sandy and Lynn Laitman.

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Photo by Ryan Shoemaker

Education at MASS MoCA is made possible in part by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Additional support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation, Holly Swett, Feigenbaum Foundation, John DeRosa, Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust, Hemera Foundation, MountainOne, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Charles H. Hall Foundation, Adelard A. Roy and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation, the Gateway Fund and the William and Margery Barrett Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, John F. and Judith B. Remondi, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, and an anonymous donor.

EXHIBITION

LIZ GLYNN

THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF ANOTHER POSSIBLE FUTURE

Liz Glynn, III, 2010 Courtesy of the artist

In this sprawling, two-tiered labyrinth of multi-sensory experiences, LA-based artist Liz Glynn examines our physical and psychological responses to the shift away from a material economy. She captures the spectacle and precarity of the transition to the digital age with an elevated walkway and scaffolding towers that host both visitors and 3-D printers nearly 14 feet above a maze of industrial artifacts, including shipping pallets, sea containers, and an avalanche of consumer goods.

Members Opening Reception Saturday, October 7, 5:30pm FREE FOR MEMBERS | $20 NOT-YET-MEMBERS

RSVP to 413.664.4481 x8112 or members@massmoca.org Major exhibition support is provided by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, The Mohn Family Foundation, Formlabs, Stacy and John Rubeli, Girardi Distributors LLC, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, Guido’s Fresh Marketplace, and The Berkshire Eagle.

Exhibitions of emerging artists are made possible in part by the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation.​

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JAMES TURRELL INTO THE LIGHT

For James Turrell, light does not just illuminate space or objects, but rather becomes space and object. MASS MoCA’s long-term retrospective includes 18 Turrell works — including his largestever immersive environment, holograms, models, and drawings.

Two installations require advance appointments: massmoca.org/turrell Principal exhibition support is provided by The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust, Elisabeth Roche Wilmers and Robert Wilmers, and Ann and Graham Gund. Major exhibition support is provided

by Scott and Ellen Hand, The Henry Luce Foundation, George and Lizbeth Krupp, the Francis Greenburger Charitable Fund of the Jewish Communal Fund, George W. Ahl III, Goldman Sachs Gives at the request of R. Martin Chavez, and Hansjörg Wyss. Contributing exhibition support is provided by The Rosenkranz Foundation, Julie and David Tobey, and The Linbeck Group, LLC.

Perfectly Clear (Ganzfeld), 1991 Gift of Jennifer Turrell © James Turrell, photo by Florian Holzherr

JENNY HOLZER Encounter Jenny Holzer’s text-based work across the entire museum campus: her provocative Inflammatory Essays posters and an installation of more than 100 paintings and LEDs based on declassified government documents and poetry by acclaimed Polish author Anna Świrszczyńska.

Principal exhibition support is provided by Anne and Gregory Avis. Major exhibition support is provided by the VIA Art Fund. Contributing exhibition support is provided by the Barbara Lee Family Foundation.

Jenny Holzer, Barricade, 2004 (detail) Text: Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, translated by Piotr Florczyk.

Translation copyright © 2016. Published by Tavern Books. Used by permission of Ludmilla AdamskaOrłowska and the translator. © 2004 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Jenny Holzer, Ribs, 2010 (detail) © 2010 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY Photo by David Dashiell

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LAURIE ANDERSON Laurie Anderson is one of the early pioneers of technology in art and music. Here you can experience Anderson in a variety of media, from large-scale drawings, a historic sound table, groundbreaking virtual reality, and a binaural listening studio.

Sign up on the day of your visit to experience virtual reality installations.

Principal exhibition support is provided by the Sakana Foundation.

Major support is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts; The Rainbow Initiative Funds for Collaborative Cultural Project by Ministry of Culture, Taiwan; and National Chengchi University, Taiwan. Additional support is provided by Bowers & Wilkins.

Laurie Anderson, The Chalkroom, 2017. Photo by Zoran Orlic

GUNNAR SCHONBECK

NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED Over 50 years, Gunnar Schonbeck built an unlikely orchestra of handmade musical instruments. Come alone or with your band to play Schonbeck’s 9-foot banjos, 10-foot drums made from airplane fuel tanks, leaf-spring gamelans, plumbing pipe chimes, coconut ukuleles, and more.

Major exhibition support is provided by Bradley and Terrie Bloom. Contributing exhibition support is provided by Avangrid Foundation, Berkshire Gas, and MountainOne. Additional support is provided by John Bertles, Nick Brooke, John D. Carlson, Amy Jennings, Gail Schonbeck, Katy Schonbeck, and Karin Shaw.

Photo by Douglas Mason

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ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG Robert Rauschenberg’s A Quake in Paradise (Labyrinth), a mazelike series of panels, greets museum-goers with bursts of bright color and bold imagery at the entrance to B6: The Robert W. Wilson Building. See it paired with an earlier work, The Lurid Attack of the Monsters from the Postal News Aug 1875 (Kabal American Zephyr), a cannon-shaped work armed with rusted, bent saws.

Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Robert Rauschenberg, A Quake in Paradise (Labyrinth), 1994. © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Diver images courtesy of Aaron Siskind Foundation. Photo by David Dashiell

DAWN DEDEAUX & LONNIE HOLLEY

THUMBS UP FOR THE MOTHERSHIP New Orleans-based Dawn DeDeaux’s southern gothic works pair with Atlanta-based artist Lonnie Holley’s found object sculptures. Both artists address the politics of our time, from racism to environmental degradation.

Thumbs Up for the Mothership is a collaboration with the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation residency program at Captiva Island, Florida. Exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Dawn DeDeaux, Parlor Games: Aleppo, Palmyra, Rome, Luxor, Athens, Sienna & New Orleans, 2016–17. Photo by Jason Reinhold

LOUISE BOURGEOIS Measured in tons, Louise Bourgeois’ simultaneously anxious and sensuous marble sculptures suggest eyes, breasts, and faces.

Paired with a male and a female figure suspended in a tangle of shining aluminum, the ensemble conjures both physical and emotional states.

Major exhibition support is provided by Joan and Michael Salke.

Louise Bourgeois, The Couple, 2007–2009. Photo by David Dashiell

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ANSELM KIEFER This breathtaking exhibition by German artist Anselm Kiefer, courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation, includes Étroits sont les Vaisseaux (Narrow are the Vessels), an 82foot long, undulating wave sculpted with cast concrete, exposed rebar, and lead; The Women of the Revolution (Les Femmes de la Revolution), more than twenty lead beds bearing names of women involved with the French Revolution; and the stunning Velimir Chlebnikov, a steel pavilion containing 30 massive nautical paintings inspired by the quixotic theories of the Russian mathematical experimentalist.

On view seasonally, through November 26.

The Hall Art Foundation makes available works of postwar and contemporary art from its collection and from the collection of Andrew and Christine Hall for the enjoyment and education of the public. In addition to the dedicated gallery space at MASS MoCA, the Hall Art Foundation operates a contemporary art space in Reading, Vermont.

Anselm Kiefer, Velimir Chlebnikov, 2004 (detail). Photo by Stephen White

SOL LEWITT A WALL DRAWING RETROSPECTIVE STRUCTURES We’ve installed two of Sol LeWitt’s Structures (the word he used for sculptures) to complement Wall Drawing Retrospective, which was hailed by the Los Angeles Times as “America’s Sistine.”

— more than 100 wall drawings in all.

Sol LeWitt: A Wall Drawing Retrospective is a collaboration of MASS MoCA, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Williams College Museum of Art.

Sol LeWitt, Incomplete Open Cube 3/2 and Incomplete Open Cube 8/9, 1974. Photo by Zoran Orlic

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IN THE ABSTRACT The Boston Globe writes that In The Abstract is “the type of show that comes around every five or ten years to take painting’s pulse” and is “full of smart surprises.” Over 40 works are included,

by Rodney McMillian, whose 80' painting installed as a tunnel is the centerpiece of the show; Sarah Braman; Doug Ashford; Aidas Bareikis; Tomashi Jackson; Rosy Keyser; Eric N. Mack; Rose Marcus; Matt Saunders; Letha Wilson; and Brenna Youngblood.

Walk inside the art.

Principal exhibition support is provided by Anne and Gregory Avis. Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Rodney McMillian, a beckoning: We are not who we think we are, 2015 Courtesy of the artist, Maccarone, New York/Los Angeles and Susanne Vielmetter. Photo by Zoran Orlic

STEFFANI JEMISON

PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER Steffani Jemison explores the intersections of literacy, music, faith, and race in her restrained but highly evocative exhibition whose title nods to Louis Armstrong’s embrace of vernacular language. She bathes visitors in the sounds of a moving audio work, Recitatif — based on Solresol, a 19th-century utopian language meant to be universal.

Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Steffani Jemison, Same Time, 2017. Photo by David Dashiell

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TANJA HOLLANDER

ARE YOU REALLY MY FRIEND? Are you really my friend? features over 400 portraits of artist Tanja Hollander’s Facebook friends, whom she traveled the world to meet and photograph. “The photos are stunning. Friendship really is magic, you guys!” (Cosmopolitan) Principal exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; the Barr Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Massachusetts Cultural Council; the Artist’s Resource Trust Fund, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; Designtex; and Color Services, LLC. Major exhibition support is provided by Joey and Ragnar Horn and Caroline Niemczyk.

Additional support is provided by Joyce Bernstein and Lawrence Rosenthal.

Tanja Hollander, Chris + Louise Dingwell, Portland, Maine, 2012–2016. Photo by Tanja Hollander

ELIZABETH KING RADICAL SMALL

In one of MASS MoCA’s largest galleries, Elizabeth King absorbs your full attention with half-scale figurative sculptures in exquisite detail and subtlety. The artist asks us to reflect on how nearly invisible human gestures radically create meaning.

Principal exhibition support is provided by Pamela K. and William A. Royall, Jr. Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.

Elizabeth King, Pupil, 1987–1990. Photo by Katherine Wetzel

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IN THE GALLERIES

SPENCER FINCH

JANICE KERBEL

JOE WARDWELL

MARY LUM

OPTICS DIVISION / METABOLIC STUDIO

BARBARA ERNST PREY

SARAH CROWNER

THE HALF-LIFE OF LOVE

CHRIS DOMENICK

JULIANNE SWARTZ

JOSEPH BEUYS

MICAH LEXIER

JARVIS ROCKWELL

BARBARA TAKENAGA

COSMIC LATTE

B6: EXTERIOR

50DAYS

WALL DRAWING

SLIP

B6: INTERIOR

IN HARMONICITY, THE TONAL WALKWAY

HELLO AMERICA: 40 HITS FROM THE 50 STATES

LIGHTNING WITH STAG IN ITS GLARE

ASSEMBLY (LOREM IPSUM)

A COIN IN THE CORNER

NEBRASKA On view through December 18

Joe Wardwell, Hello America: 40 Hits From the 50 States, 2017. Photo by David Dashiell

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ON CAMPUS

NATALIE JEREMIJENKO

DEAN BALDWIN

DON GUMMER

MARKO REMEC

ZAROUHIE ABDALIAN

MICHAEL OATMAN

DRÉ WAPENAAR

FRANZ WEST

RICHARD NONAS

STEPHEN VITIELLO

CHRISTINA KUBISCH

TREE LOGIC

CHANSON DU RICOCHET Seasonal; open through November 26

CUT BACK THROUGH (FOR BJORN)

THE CHALET

ALL UTOPIAS FELL Seasonal; open through November 26

ALL THOSE VANISHED ENGINES Seasonal; open through November 26

PRIMARY SEPARATION

PAVILION Seasonal; open through November 26

WOULD THAT I WISH FOR (TALL TOTEM)

LES POMMES D’ADAM Seasonal; open through November 26

CLOCKTOWER

AROUND NORTH ADAMS

VICTORIA PALERMO THE BUS STAND Main Street

BRUCE ODLAND & SAM AUINGER

HARMONIC BRIDGE Under the Rt. 2 overpass, Marshall St.

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WALTER FÄHNDRICH MUSIC FOR A QUARRY Natural Bridge State Park

UPSIDE-DOWN TREES: REPLANTED Colegrove Park, North Church St.

MIKE GLIER

TRAVEL LIGHT The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA, River Street

KLAAS HÜBNER AND ANDREW SCHROCK CORRUGAROU Corner of Main St. and Marshall St.

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87 Marshall Street: Creation, Disruption, and Renewal in the Northern Berkshires

by John L. Sprague

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Upside Down Maple Syrup

Sol LeWitt-inspired Tote Bag

James Turrell Retrospective

MASS MoCA Stainless Steel Growler

MASS MoCA Ceramic Coffee Mug

YOUR HOLIDAY SHOPPING SUPPORTS MASS MoCA. Visit us, shop online, or call to order.

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Sol LeWitt Bowl

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FreshGrass Flexfit Trucker Cap

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Gunnar Schonbeck T-shirt in Yellow (also available in red and blue)

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Nick Cave: Until Exhibition Catalog

Tuesday, November 7, 6pm

MASS MoCA BENEFIT IN NEW YORK CITY JOIN US! Proceeds from the annual MASS MoCA benefit and live auction, including artworks by Joe Wardwell, Dawn DeDeaux, and Lonnie Holley, support new works by emerging artists.

Tribeca Rooftop 2 Desbrosses Street, NYC massmoca.org/benefit

Photo by Grace Clark

MEMBER HAPPENINGS Monday, September 18, 10am

COFFEE WITH KIDSPACE CURATOR LAURA THOMPSON Thursday, November 16, 5pm

AN EVENING WITH CURATOR ALEXANDRA FORADAS JAMES TURRELL : MEMBER HOURS Join us for extended Members Hours to experience James Turrell, Into the Light.

Email members@massmoca.org to reserve.

Thursdays, 5– 6pm Saturdays, 10 –11am

To learn more or to become a member, join today: massmoca.org/membership

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MAJOR SEASON SUPPORT Anonymous; Andrew W. Mellon Foundation; Anne and Gregory Avis; Barr Foundation; Institute of Museum and Library Services, Government Agency; Massachusetts Cultural Council Allen & Company; Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts; Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Foundation; Joyce Bernstein and Lawrence Rosenthal; The Educational Foundation of America; Bridget and Donald Fawcett; Robert L. Gold; Andrew and Barbara Gundlach; Scott and Ellen Hand; The Hearst Foundation; Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation; Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation; National Endowment for the Arts; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation; Anders and Yukiko Schroeder; Surdna Foundation; Charlie Thurston; US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development; W.L.S. Spencer Foundation; Susy and Jack Wadsworth; Williams College; Elisabeth Roche Wilmers and Robert Wilmers George W. Ahl III; Daniel and Samantha Becker; Alan and Leslie Beller; Bloomberg Philanthropies; Jennifer and Ian Deason; Timur Galen and Linda Genereux; John L. Gardiner; Susan W. Gold; Francis Greenburger and Isabelle Autones; Hall Art Foundation; Andrew and Christine Hall; O. Andreas and Diane Halvorsen; Joey and Ragnar Horn; Orion and Lisa Howard; Joan and Jim Hunter; George and Valerie Kennedy; Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation; Hans and Kate Morris; MountainOne; The Porches Inn at MASS MoCA; The Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust; Liz and Samuel Robinson; Mark Simonian and Sheila Harley; Yale University Anonymous; Artist’s Resource Trust Fund, a fund of Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation; BeadKraft; Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, Inc.; Ellen J. Bernstein; City of Boston; Boston Foundation; Susan and Duncan Brown; Citi; Gregory Crewdson and Juliane Hiam; Feigenbaum Foundation; Meyer and Florence Frucher; Chrystina Geagan and James Parks; Donald Gummer and Meryl Streep; Agnes Gund; Frances Hellman and Warren Breslau; Highland Street Foundation; Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomilson Hill; Joan Mitchell Foundation; Carol LeWitt; Dorothy Lichtenstein; Joyce Linde; Nancy A. Nasher and David Haemisegger; New England Foundation for the Arts; Caroline Niemczyk; Susan B. Nimoy; F. Lyon Polk and Hilary Edson; Rhode Island State Council on the Arts; Ruth E. Proud Charitable Trust; Stephen and Andrea Ryan; Joan and Michael Salke; Dan Schulman & Jennie Kassanoff; Carol and Bob Stegeman; Else Steiner; Sterling & Francine Clark Art Institute; Holly Swett; David and Julie Tobey Rory and John Ackerly; Avangrid Foundation; Christopher Bass; Berkshire Gas; Bradley and Terrie Bloom; Bright Ideas Brewing; Kay and Elliot Cattarulla; G. Donald and Michele Moeller Chandler; Designtex; Peter Dey and Phyllis Ortved; Nancy Fitzpatrick and Lincoln Russell; Allan and Judy Fulkerson; Furthermore: a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund; Ann and Graham Gund; Carmela and Paul Haklisch; Hemera Foundation; Kurt and Charlotte Hemr; Peter and Marty Hurley; Adam and Alicia Ifshin; John and Maureen Jerome; Allison Johnson; Roberta and Michael Joseph; Casey Kaplan; Werner and Sarah-Ann Kramarsky; Lizbeth and George Krupp; Laurence Lebowitz and Naomi Aberly; Robert Lipp and Martha Berman; Tristin and Martin Mannion; Frank and Katherine Martucci; Massachusetts

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College of Liberal Arts; Maxine and Stuart Frankel Foundation; Henry McNeil; Seton Melvin; The Midas Collaborative; Pamela and William Royall Jr.; Sakana Foundation; Mariko Silver and Thom Loubet; Gillian and Robert Steel; Jay and Rachel Tarses; The Thompson Family Foundation; Lise and Jeffrey Wilks Adelson Galleries; Robert and Barbara Bashevkin; Julie Bedard; Thomas and Lily Beischer; Joan Benjamin and Laurence Cherkis; Berkshire Bank Foundation; Roz and Wally Bernheimer; Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation; Blue Q; Charles H. Hall Foundation; Stacy and Eric Cochran; Color Services, LLC; Paula Cooper and Jack Macrae; Caroline Cunningham and Donald Young; Catharine B. Deely; Deering Banjo Company; Adrian and Liz Ann Doherty; Virginia Dwan; Eastman Guitars; Michael and Barbara Eisenson; Marilyn and Larry Fields; Spencer Finch; Girardi Distributors, LLC; Greylock Federal Credit Union; Debbie Landau; MiYoung Lee; Nancy Maier; Arthur and Janice McConnell; Richard and Ronay Menschel; Bill and Tally Mingst; Mitchell and Caitlin Nash; Seth and Mary Nash; Suzanne Nash; Paul Neely; North Adams Public Schools; Thomas and Barbara Putnam; Clifford Ross; Dorothy Rudolph; Matthew Shakespeare and Fritz Backus; Douglas Steiner; Sheila M. Stone; Stop & Shop; Holly Taylor and Richard Lamb; Peter and Laurie Thomsen; Daryl Wickstrom and Steve Cunningham; Francis Williams and Keris Salmon Adelard A. Roy and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation; Adobe Systems, Inc.; Albany Public Library; Ann Artschwager; Ella Baff and John Badanes; John and Astrid Baumgardner; Stephanie Bernheim; Black Rock Foundation; Jeff Bliss; Thomas and Constance Bruce; George Cochrane and Lisa Panzera; Ellen and Casey Cogut; Colleen Croft; Jeffrey Davies; Gabriella de Ferrari; Jack and Maureen Dietze; The Dobbins Foundation; Robert and Evelyn Doran; Jane Coats Eckert; Anna Farrington; Joseph and Tracy Finnegan; John D. Finnerty; Juliet G. Flynt; Andrew and Tracy Foster; David Friedrich; Walter and May-Wo Giger; Linda Goldstein; William F. Gorin; Annette Grant and Jonathan Baumbach; Michael and Sandra Hecht; Betsy and Jack Hellmann; Thomas and Janet Holland; Ian and Madeline Hooper; David and Charlene Howe; Stephen Jenks; Meredith Kane; Emily-Jane Kirwan; Leslie Kogod and Laurie Goldberger; Jane and Leonard Korman; Raymond Kwok; Phyllis B. Lambert; Raymond Learsy; Gary Leopold and Kim Colombi; Penny Low; Monica M. Mackey; Christopher and Claire Mann; Dan Mathieu and Thomas Potter; Michael and Agnese Meehan; Leslie and Richard Morgenthal; Charles and Anne Mott; Richard Orris and Jennifer Nathan; Sheila Parekh and Christopher Blum; Ken and Jennifer Pendery; Bernie Pinsonnault and Dianne Cutillo; John F. and Judith B. Remondi; David and Deborah Rothschild; Brian Ruhl; Robert and Nancy Scerbo; Dara Schaefer and David Greenberg; Charles Schulze and Lucy Holland; Mary Lou and Jeff Shafer; Jack Shainman; Joseph and Molly Sheehan; Adam Sheffer; Larry Smallwood and Lisa Dorin; David Smith and Ranny Cooper; Joseph and Diane Steinberg; Sheree Stomberg and Peter Firestein; Richard and Janet Stratton; William Susman and Emily Glasser; Lauren and Ben Svenson; Mark and Amy Tercek; John W. Thoman Jr. and Lee T. Venolia; James and Mary Jane Thompson; Joseph Thompson; James and Kyung Turrell; UMass Fine Arts Center; Robert and Sarah Underhill; MariĂŤt Westermann and Charles Pardoe; Howard Williams and Thalassa Curtis; Donald and Barbara Zucker

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VISIT BOX OFFICE & INFORMATION 413.662.2111 | massmoca.org 1040 MASS MoCA Way North Adams, MA 01247

FALL HOURS

11am–5pm, closed Tuesdays (open December 26) Closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day

ADMISSION

Adults $20 Seniors/Veterans $18 Students w/ID $12 Kids (6–16) $8 EBT / WIC Card Holder (Mass. only) $2 Kids under 6 and museum members, including MCLA and Williams College students, always visit for free.

Admission to Kidspace is always free.

ArtBar is open weekends and every day during school breaks.

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3 Museum Combo Ticket $34 MASS MoCA, The Clark, and save 20% at Williams College Museum of Art store ArtCountry Combo Ticket $40 MASS MoCA, The Clark, Williams College Museum of Art, Bennington Museum Hancock Shaker Village Combo Ticket MASS MoCA, Hancock Shaker Village

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Norman Rockwell Combo Ticket $32 MASS MoCA, Norman Rockwell Museum

FALL PUBLIC TOURS

beginning September 6 | free with admission

Daily, 2pm Fridays, 12pm Saturdays, 12pm Sundays, 12pm

Museum Highlights Anselm Kiefer Sol LeWitt Jenny Holzer + Lonnie Holley

LIVE EVENTS

Reserve tickets for all performances even if admission is free. All performances and artists are subject to change, and often sell out. No refunds or exchanges. All events are rain or shine. Full bar service is available at most events.

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Wheelchairs and event listening devices are available.

PLAN YOUR VISIT

beginning September 5

2-Day Admission (good for one week) There’s a lot to see, so take your time.

ACCESSIBILITY

We hope you’ll visit downtown North Adams, check out Mount Greylock (Massachusetts’ highest peak), and dip into neighboring Adams and Williamstown while you’re in the Berkshires. destinationwilliamstown.org explorenorthadams.com mohawktrail.com berkshires.org

AMENITIES

Hardware: The MASS MoCA Store 413.664.4481 x7 | shop.massmoca.org MASS MoCA by Design 413.652.2143 | 50 Spring Street, Williamstown Lickety Split Café 413.346.4560 | licketysplitatmassmoca.com Tunnel City Coffee 413.398.5304 | tunnelcitycoffee.com Gramercy Bistro 413.663.5300 | gramercybistro.com Bright Ideas Brewing 413.346.4460 | brightideasbrewing.com Subway Sandwich Shop 413.664.8020 | 1 Main Street, North Adams Galleries at 1315 MASS MoCA Way Ferrin Contemporary | 413.346.4004 CYNTHIA-REEVES | 413.398.5257

SMILE

We often document visitors in our galleries and during events. If you do not wish to be included in images we publish, please alert the box office.

TAKE PART

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