SUMMER 2017
ON STAGE | IN THE GALLERIES | ON THE GRASS
TURRELL WARDELL
HOLZER SCHONBECK
ANDERSON
MY MORNING JACKET
FINCH TELEVISION
LUM TEETH
CAKE DEL & DAWG
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BOURGEOIS
MAD MAX
FRESHGRASS
CARLILE
RAUSCHEN
BANG ON A CAN
BERG
CAV E WILCO
HOLLEY + DEDE AUX
PREY
The unveiling of our prow-shaped Building 6—with milestone installations by some of the most sharply observant artists of our time—culminates 30 years of organic redevelopment of this noble factory campus. The building is filled with light, air, and music, its oblique angles and 1,120 columns stunningly revealed. We love the way the building accommodates a trenchant, powerful array of visual art, but also ups our game in hosting performers and the audiences who patronize their live events. Not many museum galleries feature recording studios within them, for example (and fewer still permit bikes to careen through their very heart). We also love the way Building 6 encourages patrons to explore our entire 16-acre campus, opening big, freewheeling circulation loops, long site lines, and beautiful views onto inner courtyards and the neighborhoods and surrounding hills of North Adams. All this space gives us more room for more art, more music, and more reasons for our growing audiences to spend more time with us here in what we think of as ArtCountry. Our summer program extends downtown, contributing sound and light installations to a feisty gathering of restaurants, bars, art, lodging, and retail that is making North Adams one of the most interesting micro-cities in New England.
P.S. If you aren’t already a member, please join us now. Your membership supports all our programs (and gets you in the door to some special ones), but also provides free admission all year long, together with other great benefits. We look forward to welcoming you to the community of MASS MoCA friends, many of whom are local businesses that we hope you will support.
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FOR MEMBERS
MORE ART, MORE MUSIC, AND A BIKE PATH THROUGH THE BUILDING.
BUILDING 6 GRAND OPENING SUNDAY, MAY 28 ALL-DAY CELEBRATION 10am MEMBERS’ PREVIEW 12pm WELCOMING REMARKS 3pm NICK CAVE'S SOUNDSUIT PARADE 6pm BROOKLYN UNITED MARCHING BAND 8pm CAKE To become a museum member, visit massmoca.org/membership. On May 28, North Adams residents will be admitted free all day. 4
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CONCERT
WE’RE GOING THE DISTANCE
CAKE
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Saturday, May 28, 8pm $35 ADVANCE | $45 DAY OF
Celebrate MASS MoCA’s grand opening weekend with CAKE, a five-piece band whose smart lyrics, pure sound, and fun music will catapult us back to the best of the '90s in a concert that's sure to be one of the most memorable of 2017. Come early to see 130,000 square feet of art in the newly renovated Building 6.
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FOR KIDS
INSTRUMENTS GALORE
MIL’S TRILLS Saturday, June 17, 2pm CLUB B10 | $5 STUDENTS | $8 ADVANCE | $10 DAY OF $5 MEMBERS | $5 KIDS 6–16
Mil's Trills is voice and bass and brass and drums—a cornucopia of kid-friendly music. Led by Amelia Robinson, the band’s 2014 debut “Everyone Together Now!” was praised for its “boundless energy and enthusiasm.” (The List) Come early for the opening of CAVERNOUS: The Inner Life of Courage in Kidspace.
KIDSPACE
CAVERNOUS: THE INNER LIFE OF COURAGE WES SAM-BRUCE Opening Reception, June 17, 11am Core education funding is provided by the W.L.S. Spencer Foundation. 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, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Berkshire Bank, Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, Adelard A. Roy and Valeda Lea Roy Foundation, Price Chopper's Golub Foundation, the Gateway Fund and the William and Margery Barrett Fund of the Berkshire Taconic Community Foundation, John F. and Judith B. Remondi, and an anonymous donor. The Milton and Dorothy Sarnoff Raymond Foundation gives in memory of Sandy and Lynn Laitman.
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Wes Sam-Bruce, The Wonder Sound, 2016 courtesy of the artist
KIDSPACE
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FESTIVAL
SOLID SOUND
WILCO'S MUSIC + ARTS FESTIVAL
June 23–25 $159 3-DAY FESTIVAL PASS | $50 KIDS 6-10 FREE KIDS 5 AND UNDER
Wilco ×2 | Alloy Orchestra | Andy Shauf The Autumn Defense | Big Thief | Daniel Bachman Dave Alvin and Phil Alvin with The Guilty Ones Dawn of Midi | Deep Sea Diver | Gustafer Yellowgold Idris Ackamoor & The Pyramids | Jeff Parker Trio Joan Shelley | Kacy & Clayton | Kevin Morby Kurt Vile & The Violators | Max Hatt / Edda Glass Nancy and Beth | On Fillmore Peter Wolf & The Midnight Travelers | Quindar Robert Glasper Experiment | Television The Nels Cline Four | The Shaggs | Tweedy PLUS: Real Food Crusader Mark Bittman, Story Pirates, Euclid Records Pop Up Record Shop, Bread And Puppet Theater, Ghost-Town Screenprinting, art, food, drink, and much more
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BEER GARDEN
SUMMER THURSDAYS
THE CHALET Beginning June 29 Raise a glass with us every Thursday night this summer at The Chalet, artist Dean Baldwin’s riverside beer garden. Enjoy balmy Berkshire nights with lively music, good conversation with visiting artists, and delicious drinks. The bar opens at 5:30pm; events begin around 8pm. July 6: DJ Elixer & iamsam
July 20: Avi Jacob
July 13: Upstate Rubdown with Izzy Heltai and Secret Creature
July 27: Misty Blues Duet
August 3: Karaoke with Bang on a Can, 10pm August 10: Dirty Birds with Francesca Shanks
check massmoca.org/chalet for a complete schedule Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music
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LIVE COMEDY PODCAST
TRUE TALES, BOLDLY TOLD
RISK!
PODCAST LIVE Saturday, July 1, 8pm DRÉ PAVILION OR CLUB B10 $12 STUDENTS + ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED
Tune in as host Keith Allison leads a cathartic, laugh-out-loud, anythinggoes kind of storytelling smorgasbord uncovering and recording the daring truths of RISK! “Jaw-dropping, hysterically funny, and just plain touching” (slate.com), RISK! is where Kevin Nealon, Margaret Cho, Marc Maron, Sarah Silverman, Lili Taylor, and Andy Borowitz have all bared soul. Tears will flow, guts will wrench, and bellies will ache. Join us on the Dré as we record for podcasting and posterity.
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LIVE MUSIC
GOTTA SERVE SOMEBODY
JOAN OSBORNE
PLAYS BOB DYLAN
Friday, July 7, 8pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER $25 STUDENTS + ADVANCE | $35 DAY OF $45 PREFERRED
“Like Bonnie Raitt, a musician to whom she has often been compared, Ms. Osborne is a fiercely intelligent, no-nonsense singer-songwriter who is allergic to traditional pop sentimentality, though hardly devoid of feeling. ...She treats Mr. Dylan as fellow troubadour and roustabout, inventing the rules while traveling along an endless road. Mr. Dylan’s songs are so deeply ingrained in the culture, it’s a wonder more singers haven’t devoted entire concerts to his songs.” (The New York Times) We’ll be outside with this beloved talent for a concert of our favorite songs. Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music
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FILM WITH LIVE MUSIC
SOUNDTRACK FOR THE APOCALYPSE
MAD MAX
WITH LIVE SCORE BY MORRICONE YOUTH
Saturday, July 15, 8:30pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER $16 STUDENTS | $20 ADVANCE | $26 DAY OF $32 PREFERRED
The 1979 cult classic, Mad Max, shaped the way we think about our dystopian future, in which desolate, post-apocalyptic landscapes are the backdrop for a wild ride of feuds and vengeance. Join us for an outdoor screening, with an original re-score performed live by the hot New York City ensemble, Morricone Youth—always one of our best nights of the summer. Sponsored by the Hans and Kate Morris Fund for New Music
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LIVE MUSIC
B3 FOR DAYS
BOOKER T. JONES
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Saturday, July 22, 8pm COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER $16 STUDENTS | $20 ADVANCE | $26 DAY OF $32 PREFERRED
From his early days as a Stax Records session player with the M.G.'s, to his recent resurgence, Booker T. Jones has remained an ambassador of Memphis soul music for nearly fifty years. A Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, Jones visits the museum for a night of Green Onions, soon-tobe-classics, and all your favorites.
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FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS Check massmoca.org/bang for full daily listings. The best way to Bang is with a MASS MoCA membership, which offers free gallery admission and $5 concert tickets.
Saturday, July 22, 11:30am
KIDS CAN TOO! CLUB B10 | $5 MEMBERS | $8 NOT-YET-MEMBERS
Monday, July 31, 4:30pm
WORLD PREMIERE COMPOSER CONCERT HUNTER CENTER | FREE
Over 40 young composers and performers from around the world debut nine new works written for the festival.
Wednesday, August 2, 7pm
CONCERT AT THE LAKE WINDSOR LAKE, NORTH ADAMS | FREE
Our annual blowout avant-variety show. Bring your own blanket.
Thursday, August 3 & 4, 10pm
AFTER HOURS AT THE CHALET Spontaneous music with the fellows in our summer beer garden, which careens wildly from bluegrass to jazz to salsa to avant-ballads.
BANG ON A CAN SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
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Saturday, July 29, 8pm
July 19 – August 4
BANG ON A CAN ALL-STARS: ROAD TRIP
DAILY GALLERY RECITALS, INCLUDING…
HUNTER CENTER | $12 STUDENTS & BANG ON A CAN ALUMS $12 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED | $5 MEMBERS
July 29, 4:30pm: A tribute to Pauline Oliveros
Together, Bang on a Can co-artistic directors Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe created Road Trip, an eveninglength work for the Bang on a Can All-Stars, directed by Michael Counts with rock show lighting and projections designed by CandyStations. The piece is about complicated journeys and people who make them. Physical journeys, geographical journeys, emotional journeys, spiritual journeys.
Saturday, August 5, 4 – 10pm
BANG ON A CAN MARATHON HUNTER CENTER | $12 STUDENTS & BANG ON A CAN ALUMS $12 ADVANCE | $18 DAY OF | $24 PREFERRED | $5 MEMBERS
More musical “happening” than concert, the Bang on a Can Marathon is an audacious festival closer. The disparate program includes works from Steve Reich, Louis Andriessen, Michael Gordon, David Lang, Vanessa Lann, Julia Wolfe, Jeffrey Brooks, and more. Take part with fellow music adventure seekers, listen to dozens of brilliant performers, and check out the expanded galleries at MASS MoCA.
July 30, 4:30pm: Mark Stewart and Fellows perform on the spectacular original instruments of Gunnar Schonbeck. August 1, 4:30pm: Musicians from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Tajikistan play traditional instruments. August 2, 4:30pm: The chamber music version of Philip Glass’ monumental Symphony #3 August 3, 4:30pm: Works by a pioneer of electronic and interactive music, George Lewis August 4, 4:30pm: Music by New York City maverick, Meredith Monk FREE WITH MUSEUM ADMISSION
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The Bang on a Can Summer Music Festival at MASS MoCA is made possible with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, and with support from the Amphion Foundation, ASCAP Foundation Irving Caesar Fund, Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University, Robert Black Bass Scholarship, Gabriel Taubman, and Williamson Foundation for Music. Special thanks go out to Drury High School, Conte Middle School, Williams College, and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Concert pianos provided courtesy of Falcetti Music. This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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EPIC ROCK ‘N’ ROLL
MY MORNING JACKET
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Saturday, August 12, 7:30pm $46 ADVANCE | $56 DAY OF
"The new kings of expand-your-mind, religiousexperience rock…" – The New York Times From psychedelic to soul to classic rock and roll, My Morning Jacket’s range remains steadfast throughout the band’s sixteen years. The Louisville quintet released the first of 7 Grammy Award-winning albums in 1999. The band features Jim James (singer/songwriter, guitar), Tom Blankenship (bass), Patrick Hallahan (drums), Carl Broemel (guitar, pedal steel, saxophone, vox), and Bo Koster (keyboards, vox). Known as one of the most engaging, eclectic, and electric bands, in no small part due to James’ otherworldly vocals, My Morning Jacket is legendary for its live performances. With support by The Districts.
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MUSIC & PERFORMANCE
TURN UP THE VOLUME
NONA HENDRYX & NICK CAVE Saturday, August 19 7pm Preferred 8pm General Admission HUNTER CENTER | $20 STUDENTS | $30 ADVANCE | $45 PREFERRED
Exhibiting artist Nick Cave teams with legendary soul singer Nona Hendryx for an evening of music and art in the galleries and on stage. Hendryx rose to prominence as one-third of the trio Labelle, and has continued to break barriers and defy expectations in the four decades since. Cave’s Until becomes a whole new work when animated by live performance. Do whatever it takes to be here, because tickets will sell out fast—limited preferred tickets include exclusive gallery performance. This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
MOVIE AT THE AIRPORT
THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING! Friday, August 25, 8pm
Rain date: August 27
HARRIMAN-WEST AIRPORT, NORTH ADAMS $14 PER CAR | $7 PER ADULT | $3 KIDS UNDER 12
Submarines crash, station wagons run out of gas, and a human pyramid saves the day in this 1961 screwball comedy about the Cold War. The star-studded cast “propelled” the film to Best Picture at the Golden Globes—and MASS MoCA migrates to HarrimanWest Airport for this wacky screening! We’re inviting Putin.
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LIVE MUSIC
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CATEGORY WORK-IN-PROGRESS: THEATRE FROM EASTERN EUROPE
ONE FESTIVAL. THREE PROJECTS.
MUSIC TO SINK YOUR TEETH INTO
ARTSLAND FESTIVAL
ROOMFUL OF TEETH
August 24-27
Saturday, August 26, 8pm
CLUB B10 | $8 STUDENTS | $10 ADVANCE $16 DAY OF
HUNTER CENTER | $16 STUDENTS + ADVANCE $22 DAY OF | $28 PREFERRED
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LIVE MUSIC
SHAKE YOUR BRASS
UNDERGROUND SYSTEM
WITH UNDERGROUND HORNS Saturday, September 2, 8pm
COURTYARD C OR HUNTER CENTER | $5 STUDENTS | $10 ADVANCE | $16 DAY OF
Underground System is a collective of Fela Kuti-worshipping rabble-rousers and rhythm-makers. Based in Brooklyn and fronted by flautist and chanteuse Domenica Fossati, they descend on Courtyard C for an end-of-summer dance party that will temporarily transform MASS MoCA into a Lagos nightclub. Six-piece Afro-Bhangra ensemble Underground Horns will start our annual end-of-summer blowout. Last chance to see Nick Cave, too!
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FESTIVAL
FRESHGRASS September 15–17 Brandi Carlile | Railroad Earth | The Del McCoury Band with special guest David Grisman Del & Dawg | The Wood Brothers | Bill Frisell: Harmony | Alison Brown | Son Little The Brothers Comatose | Carrie Rodriguez | Darol Anger’s Republic of Strings Hackensaw Boys | Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley | The Suitcase Junket Nell Robinson & Jim Nunally Band | The Last Revel | Victor Furtado | Julian Pinelli The Page Turners More than 50 bands in all PLUS: workshops, luthiers, camping, farmstands, jam sessions freshgrass.com
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LAURIE ANDERSON
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EXHIBITIONS
Multimedia artist Laurie Anderson, one of the greatest storytellers of our time and a pioneer in the use of new technologies in the arts, exploits a new multifunctional environment to showcase her unforgettable works. In rich, evocative stories, Anderson explains our complex world through intricately detailed virtual reality experiences, a traditional gallery space dedicated to monumental charcoal portraits of her beloved terrier, Lolabelle, and a recording studio where she’ll sometimes make new work and almost always invite you to listen to her infinitely interesting, rich audio archive. Principal exhibition support is provided by the Sakana Foundation.
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James Turrell, Breathing Light, 2013 photo by Florian Holhzerr
EXHIBITIONS
JAMES TURRELL
INTO THE LIGHT
In James Turrell’s hands, light does not illuminate space or objects, but rather becomes space and object. His installations change and sharpen perspective and indeed the very workings of our optical-nervous systems: sections of sky seem to vault downward, becoming domes or ceiling-like planes of color, architecture disintegrates, brilliant geometric shapes levitate in midair. MASS MoCA’s long-term retrospective includes nine of Turrell’s works—one of every major category, and from every decade of his career—in a dramatic series of spaces custom-orchestrated for his work.
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, and Hansjörg Wyss. Contributing exhibition support is provided by The Rosenkranz Foundation and Julie and David Tobey.
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Jenny Holzer, Truisms: A strong sense of duty…, 1987 (detail) © 1987 Jenny Holzer, member Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY photo by Jason Wyche
EXHIBITIONS CATEGORY
JENNY HOLZER
Beginning this summer, visitors will encounter Jenny Holzer’s text-based works throughout MASS MoCA’s campus: from her celebrated carved stone benches and provocative Inflammatory Essays posters, to an installation of paintings and LEDs based on declassified government documents and poetry by the acclaimed Polish author Anna Swir. A new outdoor projection by Holzer will be on view on River Street selected weekend evenings May 27 – July 1.
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.
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EXHIBITIONS
GUNNAR SCHONBECK NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
Over fifty years, Gunnar Schonbeck built a menagerie of handmade original instruments including 9-foot banjos, 10-foot drums made from airplane fuel tanks, a leaf-spring gamelan, a chamber orchestra of one-string cellos, plumbing pipe chimes, coconut ukuleles and many, many more. In MASS MoCA’s new audioinsulated Schonbeck galleries, curated by Mark Stewart, visitors can examine and play these marvelously whimsical instruments.
Major exhibition support is provided by Bradley and Terrie Bloom. Contributing exhibition support is provided by AVANGRID Foundation, Inc. and Berkshire Gas.
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LONNIE HOLLEY & DAWN DEDEAUX
The first exhibition at MASS MoCA showcasing artists who have participated in the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation’s Captiva residency, Thumbs up for the Mothership features individual and collaborative works by conceptual artist Dawn DeDeaux together with self-taught sculptor and musician Lonnie Holley.
THUMBS UP FOR THE MOTHERSHIP
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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Portrait of the artists by Dawn DeDeaux
EXHIBITIONS
Robert Rauschenberg, A Quake in Paradise (Labyrinth), 1994, installation view © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation photo by David Dashiell Louise Bourgeois, Untitled, 1991 (detail) © The Easton Foundation / Licensed by VAGA, NY photo by David Dashiell
EXHIBITIONS
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG
A QUAKE IN PARADISE (LABYRINTH) Robert Rauschenberg’s A Quake in Paradise (Labyrinth) from 1994, invites viewers to move through—and become a part of—a maze-like installation of panels printed with the artist's signature layers of mechanically reproduced imagery. It is shown in tandem with The Lurid Attack of the Monsters from the Postal News Aug 1875, a 1981 sculpture from Rauschenberg's Kabal American Zephyr series incorporating antique saws and that is both threatening and playful.
LOUISE BOURGEOIS This long-term installation includes a tightly curated selection of Louise Bourgeois’ sculptures in marble. The monumental Untitled (1991), weighing in at over 30 tons, which has never been exhibited before, is the centerpiece of this group of evocative works, which feature the ambiguous anatomical and sexual imagery characteristic of Bourgeois, as well as her psychological and material explorations of creative turmoil, joy, and desire. Major exhibition support is provided by Joan and Michael Salke. Contributing exhibition support is provided by the Louise Bourgeois Trust.
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Spencer Finch, Cosmic Latte, 2017, courtesy the artist photo by David Dashiell
EXHIBITIONS
SPENCER FINCH COSMIC LATTE
Spencer Finch returns to MASS MoCA with a stunning long-term installation that brings the starry sky indoors with a constellation of 350 light fixtures. Over 1,000 LED light bulbs suspended from the ceiling are arranged to model the molecules of the mix of pigments that match Cosmic Latte, the official name given to the unexpectedly beige color of the universe.
Major exhibition support is provided by Joan and Jim Hunter.
Barbara Prey, Color Study for Building 6 Portrait, 2017 photo by Jack Criddle
BUILDING 6 PORTRAIT: INTERIOR BARBARA PREY
Barbara Ernst Prey painted what might be the largest-ever watercolor painting in the world, 9’ tall by 16’ wide. Depicting the interior of Building 6 just prior to the time of construction, Prey magically captures on paper the architecture, light, colors, and textures of the space.
Exhibition support is provided by an anonymous gift, Michele and Peter Willmott, Herbert Allen, Dena and G. Felda Hardymon, Sheila Stone, Paul Neely, Herbert J. Ernst, Jid and John Sprague, and Allan and Judy Fulkerson.
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Metabolic Studio Optics Division, Hoosick: The Beyond Place 1, 2016-17 (detail) image courtesy the artist
Sol LeWitt, Negative Pyramid, 1997 courtesy the estate of Sol LeWitt, photo courtesy Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago
EXHIBITIONS
SOL LEWITT STRUCTURES
A new adjunct to MASS MoCA’s long-running Sol LeWitt exhibition A Wall Drawing Retrospective, a concise selection of the artists’ three-dimensional sculptures will be on view in Building 6. The works illustrate the generative potential for LeWitt’s serial approach.
BUILDING 6 PORTRAIT: EXTERIOR LIMINAL CAMERA
The Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio spent a week at MASS MoCA, using its mobile pinhole camera and darkroom fashioned in a sea container to create a series of portraits of Building 6. The artists collected water samples from the Hoosic River, which were then poured over the paper during printing, imbuing the image with ripples of river water. The name "Hoosic" is derived from the Native Algonquian meaning “The Beyond Place.”
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Janice Kerbel, Score (Slip), 2015 (detail) SITE photography. courtesy of Catriona Jeffries, Vancouver; greengrassi, London
EXHIBITIONS
JANICE KERBEL SLIP
Janice Kerbel’s Slip is a darkly comedic visual score, imagining the trajectory of a body in peril as it slips unexpectedly on a banana peel. Calling on the histories of nontraditional musical notation, physical comedy, and concrete poetry, the work unfolds on a grand architectural scale, over 80 feet of running wall space.
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
Sarah Crowner's gorgeous 10 × 20 foot tile mural Wall (Hot Blue Terracotta)— fabricated for her recent MASS MoCA exhibition—now guides visitors in and out of the museum's new gallery spaces. Known for her bold and graphic work in a variety of mediums spanning the fine and applied arts, Crowner finds the forms and patterns of abstraction in the everyday. Her monumental structure transforms painting into architecture (and vice versa), with the imperfections and eccentricities of the hand-glazed tiles functioning like a painter's gestures.
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Sarah Crowner, Wall (Hot Blue Terracotta) courtesy of the artist and Casey Kaplan, New York photo by David Dashiell
SARAH CROWNER
Joe Wardwell, proposed digital mock-up of Hello America, 2016 courtesy of the artist
EXHIBITIONS
JOE WARDWELL Boston-based artist Joe Wardwell’s Hello America: 40 Hits from the 50 States, is a text-based wall drawing that explores shattered American dreams. Through Wardwell’s lens of landscape imagery, political slogans, writings about equality, and music lyrics, we view the artist’s America, “deeply and bitterly divided, an empire at its zenith with a course on path for ecological ruin almost irreversible.”
Mary Lum, Assembly (Lorem Ipsum), 2016-2017 (detail) courtesy of the artist photo by Jason Reinhold
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
MARY LUM
ASSEMBLY (LOREM IPSUM) North Adams-based Mary Lum has created a series of monumental paintings for the bike corridor that runs through Building 6 and connects the Adams-North Adams-Williamstown bike path-to-be. Inspired by Lorem Ipsum, the text that typesetters use as a placeholder when mocking up designs, which was originally drawn from Cicero’s writing on ethics, Lum’s pattern of letters camouflages a timely passage of the U.S. Constitution's first amendment.
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Nick Cave, Hye Dyve, 2016 (video still) photo by Sandro
EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
NICK CAVE UNTIL
On view through September 4 More than 16,000 spinners creating a field of dazzle and color, 10 miles of crystals strung together in cloud formation, millions of pony beads handwoven with shoelaces, and a video experience requiring 14 projectors form the artist’s largest-ever exhibition, which also serves as an intimate performance space.
PERFORMANCES & GATHERINGS Friday, June 16, 8pm
Carl Hancock Rux spoken word in the gallery | $15 Friday, June 30
Francesca Harper dance in the gallery Saturday, August 19 7pm Preferred | 8pm General Admission
Nona Hendryx & Nick Cave performance & music on stage and in the gallery (see p. 15) Friday, September 1, 8pm
Brenda Wimberly, Sereca Henderson, and Poetic X culminating performance: poetry & music in the gallery
Nick Cave: Until was organized by MASS MoCA and co-produced by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art of Bentonville, Arkansas, and Carriageworks of Sydney, Australia. Principal exhibition support was provided by an anonymous gift. Major exhibition support was provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Jack Shainman Gallery, Marilyn and Larry Fields, BeadKraft, the Robert Lehman Foundation, and Furthermore, a program of the J. M. Kaplan Fund. This program is supported by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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Sarah Braman, Driving, sleeping, screwing, reading, 2016 courtesy of the artist and Mitchell-Innes & Nash, NY.
EXHIBITIONS
IN THE ABSTRACT
Steffani Jemison, Black Utopia (Sol 2), 2017 courtesy of the artist photo by David Dashiell
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
STEFFANI JEMISON
PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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Tanja Hollander, Are you really my friend?, 2017 photo by Jason Reinhold
EXHIBITIONS
TANJA HOLLANDER ARE YOU REALLY MY FRIEND?
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.
Animation still from Elizabeth King, Quizzing Glass, 2005 courtesy of the artist
ELIZABETH KING
RADICAL SMALL
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.
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Craig Colorusso, Sun Boxes, 2015 image courtesy of the artist
EXHIBITIONS
EARMARKS II
THE WORLD OF MASS MoCA IN SOUND ART
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Walkways vibrating with voices, aural hauntings, solar-powered sonic landscapes, and instruments that look like buildings: EarMarks II traces new developments in sound art since MASS MoCA’s first EarMarks exhibition 20 years ago. New works by Nick Zammuto, Craig Colorusso, and Klaas Huebner, and Andrew Schrock of New Orleans Airlift join long-term installations by Sam Auinger and Bruce Odland, Christina Kubisch, Walter Fähndrich, Zarouhie Abdalian, Stephen Vitiello, and Julianne Swartz in this celebration of sound as medium and subject matter.
CHRIS DOMENICK 5O DAYS
Major exhibition support is provided by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, the Barr Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council.
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Kambui Olujimi, In Your Absence the Skies are All the Same, 2014 courtesty of the artist
5 O D A Y S, 2017 courtesy of the artist
Major exhibition support is provided by the Barr Foundation.
THE HALF-LIFE OF LOVE The Half-Life of Love is made possible by the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in support of MASS MoCA and the Williams College Graduate Program in the History of Art.
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EXHIBITIONS
SOL LEWITT
A WALL DRAWING RETROSPECTIVE This exhibition is a partnership between MASS MoCA, Yale University Art Gallery, and the Williams College Museum of Art.
study for Luftwerk, Cloudland, 2017
COMMUNITY
THE NORTH ADAMS EXCHANGE Enlivening the heart of our home city with sound and light Works by Luftwerk and Craig Colorusso massmoca.org/nax
The North Adams Exchange was made possible with principal support from the Barr Foundation with additional support from the Bloomberg Foundation, the Educational Foundation of America, and the Robert W. Wilson Charitable Trust.
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Richard Nonas, CUT BACK THROUGH (for Bjorn), 2016
OUTDOOR INSTALLATIONS
DON GUMMER: PRIMARY SEPARATION NATALIE JEREMIJENKO: TREE LOGIC HALL ART FOUNDATION: ANSELM KIEFER CHRISTINA KUBISCH: CLOCKTOWER RICHARD NONAS: CUT BACK THROUGH (for Bjorn) MICHAEL OATMAN: all utopias fell STEPHEN VITIELLO: ALL THOSE VANISHED ENGINES FRANZ WEST: LES POMMES D’ADAM DRÉ WAPENAAR: PAVILION
Upside-Down Trees, Replanted, 2017 photo by Jason Reinhold
ON CAMPUS
WALTER FÄHNDRICH: MUSIC FOR A QUARRY
Natural Bridge State Park
UPSIDE-DOWN TREES: REPLANTED
Colegrove Park, North Church Street
MIKE GLIER: TRAVEL LIGHT
The Porches Inn, River Street
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VICTORIA PALERMO: THE BUS STAND
Main Street
BRUCE ODLAND & SAM AUINGER: HARMONIC BRIDGE
Under the Rt. 2 overpass, Marshall Street
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ANNUAL BENEFIT
SAVE THE DATE!
MASS MoCA IN NYC
NOVEMBER 7, 2017
MEMBER HAPPENINGS Sunday, May 28, 10am
Saturday, July 22, 6:30pm
Building 6 Preview
Members’ Lounge
Monday, June 19, 10am
Monday, August 7, 10am
Coffee with a Curator Denise Markonish
Coffee with a Curator Alexandra Foradas
Friday, July 7, 6:30pm
Saturday, September 2, 6:30pm
Members’ Lounge
Members’ Lounge
Monday, July 10, 10am
Coffee with a Curator Susan Cross
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PLAN YOUR VISIT 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.
HOURS Spring / THROUGH JUNE 24 11am – 5pm, closed Tuesdays Summer / THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4 10am – 6pm Sunday – Wednesday 10am – 7pm Thursday – Saturday ADMISSION
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Adults Seniors/Veterans Students w/ID Kids (6 – 16)
$20 $18 $12 $8
Kids under 6 and museum members always visit for free. Admission to Kidspace is always free. The ArtBar is open weekends in spring and every day in summer. Williams College and MCLA Students are members and receive free admission with valid ID.
2-Day Admission / BEGINNING MAY 22 There’s a lot to see, so take your time. Good for admission twice in one week. $34 3 Museum Combo Ticket / BEGINNING MAY 22 (MASS MoCA, The Clark, and save 20% at Williams College Museum of Art store.) $34 ArtCountry Combo Ticket / BEGINNING MAY 22 (MASS MoCA, The Clark, Williams College Museum of Art, Bennington Museum). $40 Norman Rockwell Combo Ticket / BEGINNING MAY 22 (MASS MoCA, Norman Rockwell Museum) $32 Hancock Shaker Village / BEGINNING MAY 22 (MASS MoCA, Hancock Shaker Village) $34 PUBLIC TOURS (free with admission) Spring / THROUGH JUNE 23 Daily 2pm Museum Highlights Saturday 12pm Nick Cave Sunday 12pm Sol LeWitt Summer / BEGINNING JUNE 26 Daily 12pm & 2pm Museum Highlights, Building 6 Thursday 3pm Anselm Kiefer Friday 3pm Sol LeWitt Saturday & Sunday 3pm Nick Cave
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James Turrell, Breathing Light, 2013 photo by Florian Holzherr
James Turrell: Into The Light at MASS MoCA, beginning May 28
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