The MOCA Makeover Nov 20, 2009
The 1979 Chris Burden work The Big Wheel includes said wheel on top of a narrow wooden stand that also holds a blue motorcycle. Meanwhile, unintelligible chatter, screams and singing can be heard from nearby video installations, including one by Italian Francisco Vezzoli featuring the songs of French singer Edith Piaf. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
The Artistic Spectrum (7) Oct 4, 2009
So get ready to check out works by Chris Burden, Mike Kelley, Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Ed Moses, Laura Owens, Nancy Rubins, Ed Ruscha and many, many more. MOCA Grand Avenue is at 250 S. Grand Ave. and the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA is at 152 N. Central Ave. Information at (213) 626-6222 or. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
MOCA Announces 30th Anniversary Gala (480) Sep 18, 2009
Many of the artists featured in the collection, including Ed Ruscha, Chris Burden and Barbara Kruger, are scheduled to attend the black-tie gala. Besides the preview of the new exhibit, the event will also feature a performance piece conceived by artist Francesco Vezzoli titled Ballets Russes, which will star pop-diva Lady Gaga and dancers from the Bolshoi Ballet. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Fraud Case Stymies Art Show Mar 6, 2009
ARTIST Chris Burden - who had himself shot in the arm with a 22-caliber rifle in 1971 and then had himself crucified with his hands nailed to the roof of a Volkswagen - had to postpone tomorrow's opening of his show at the Gagosian Gallery in LA. Dealer Larry Gagosian bought 3 million worth of gold - 100 1-kilo (2. 2 pounds) gold ingots - for a piece Burden titled "One Ton, One Kilo." But the gold bricks never arrived. (New York Post -- Gossip)
Gallery's gold plans upended by fraud probe Mar 4, 2009
The gold was apparently required by California artist Chris Burden, who planned to remount his 1985 piece Tower of Power. That work featured 100 gold bars arranged in a cone, surrounded by a dozen matchstick figures bowing, praying or saluting. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
