September 28 - December 30, 2007, 2007

Beyond the Line: The Art of Diana Cooper MOCA Cleveland

This fall, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA) presents the first solo museum exhibition of the work of New York based artist Diana Cooper. The exhibition is curated by Margo Crutchfiled the senior curator at MOCA Cleveland.

Beyond the Line: The Art of Diana Cooper, features an unprecedented gathering of the artist's work, from the mid 1990s to the present, as well as a major new site specific sculpture commissioned by MOCA specifically for the exhibition. Encompassing over 7,500 square feet of gallery space, the exhibition includes six of Cooper's "hybrid constructions", a selection of monumental and small-scale drawings, two sculptural works, and a prime example of the artist's Instruction Manuals. Among the large-scale constructions featured will be The Dispenser (1999), Hidden Tracks Sabotage the Random (2001-2002), Swarm (2003-2007), and the U.S. premier of the room installation Orange Alert UK (2003-2007) The work commissioned by MOCA Cleveland, All Our Wandering (2007), a free-standing sculpture, represents a new direction in the ongoing development of the artist's work.

The exhibition is accompanied by a 122 page color catalogue published by MOCA Cleveland with an essay and entries on key works by Margo A. Crutchfield and an interview with the artist by author and art critic, Barbara Pollock.

For more information, please visit: www.mocacleveland.org

Upcoming ...

A solo show at Postmasters Gallery, opening February 23 2008 - March 29, 2008. More information soon.