Previous Exhibitions

Jimmy Williams: Our Waters

November 23, 2010-April 10, 2011

Limited Edition Panorama Series The "Our Waters" series was created by Raleigh, North Carolina-based fine art and assignment photographer,Jimmy Williams. Originally photographed in 2010, the work examines and celebrates the beauty of America’sprecious shorelines. Williams produced the series in response to the recent oil spill in the Gulf. It is his hope thatthe images will inspire people become aware of the importance of sustaining our wetlands and that coastalpreservation will continue for years to come. Limited edition prints are available for purchase and all proceedssupport Gulf Aid. Williams studied visual design at North Carolina State University and shortly thereafter opened an ind…

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Jimmy Williams at MOCA.

kim keever: mountains, forests and ocean shores

july 21-december 30, 2011

Kim Keever makes luminous photographs from miniature, synthetic landscapes that he initially creates in 200-gallon aquarium tanks. Using props found at hobby stores, in combination with homemade plaster mountains, water, and pigment, the artist builds experimental dioramas that are then photographed. When water and pigment collide within the tank, cloud-like billows and rippling brooks are formed, and the artist must quickly capture the composed scene with his large format camera. In this exhibition the Museum of Contemporary Art presents Keever's large scale photographs, an interview with the artist, studio set-up images and a participatory section for visitors. Additionally you will find v…

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kim keever: mountains, forests and ocean shores

Kim Keever at MOCA.

hudson river school paintings

july 21-december 30, 2011

In celebrating the work of Kim Keever, Jean-Pierre Roy and Sayaka Suzuki, MOCA looks back to the historical traditions of landscape painting in America. MOCA is exhibiting two paintings from Hudson River Valley landscape painters, William Trost Richards and Thomas Hill. The Hudson River School has been recognized as the first uniquely American genre. As the prevailing style of landscape painting in the 19th century, Hudson River artists were not limited to a geographical location. Rather, they were a loosely organized group of landscape artists who were exploring the American continents through their work. America was still in its infancy in the 1800's. Many of its citizens had not seen any …

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Hudson River School paintings at MOCA

sayaka suzuki

july 21-december 30, 2011

Sayaka Suzuki has an intimate relationship with nature. Hunting and gathering in woods and forests is a long tradition in human history. Suzuki collects the evidence of the cycles of life that take place all around us, all the time. Using glass-making and fabric techniques, she fashions things like bones and bird's nests into visual poetry. Sayaka Suzuki is a Richmond-based artist who works and teaches extensively throughout the region. She is currently an adjunct professor at Virginia Commonwealth University. Sayaka Suzuki will teach a Master Class at MOCA on Saturday, October 15 Visual Pull of the Canvas: Three Layers of Glass to Create a Painting Members $50 / Non-members $65 This master …

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jean-pierre roy

july 21-december 30, 2011

Jean-Pierre Roy invites viewers to step into imagined worlds where the fate of humanity hangs in the balance. Roy's sweeping landscapes do not refer to a specific time or place, and yet, they seem strangely familiar and unsettling. We have all witnessed the great powers of destruction that can be unleashed on this earth, both natural and manmade. Earthquakes and tornadoes obliterate towns and cities, thousands of gallons of oil spill into our oceans and nuclear crises affect our air and food supplies half-way across the globe. The monuments of man crumble and disappear as a new world order is unfolding. On some level we understand that, for better or worse, our world is changing. The impact …

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