Previous Exhibitions

Me, Myself and I: Artist Self-Portraits from the Heather & Tony Podesta Collection

March 16 – May 7, 2006

The art collection of Heather and Tony Podesta is internationally regarded for its ambitious scope. Called “power collectors” by The Washington Post, their zeal for collecting contemporary photography and video is unrivaled in the American mid-Atlantic area. This photography/video exhibition concentrates on a particular focus within the Podesta collection: the artist’s self-portrait. Frequently referred to as photo-based or lens-based work, this area of contemporary practice has been investigated by a growing number of artists including a new generation that emerged in the nineties. Artists such as Marina Abramovic, Ann Hamilton, Sam Taylor-Wood and Gillian Wearing deploy a variety of …

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Me, Myself and I: Artist Self-Portraits from the Heather & Tony Podesta Collection

Me, Myself and I at MOCA.

Self Absorbed

March 12-April 30, 2006

Leigh Ann Chambers’ striking self-portraits explore the idea of identity and perspective. By only depicting glimpses and hints of her visage in large-scale paintings, viewers are engaged in an intimate discourse in which Chambers reveals herself, figuratively and literally. Chambers received her Arts Administration Certificate from New York University and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina. Chambers is currently the executive director of the Rawls Museum Arts in Courtland, Virginia. Read more in the exhibition gallery guide. …

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Leigh Ann Chambers at MOCA.

GENERATIONS: African-American Art in the VMFA Collection

January 19-March 12, 2006

“Generations” is a collection of African-American art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Featuring works by celebrated African-American artists including Romare Bearden, Alison Saar, Jacob Lawrence and Faith Ringgold, this exhibition includes painting, drawing, prints, sculpture and photography. During the 1950s, when Virginia was still one of sixteen racially segregated states, select few African-American artists were included in the VMFA fellowship program and Virginia Artist biennial exhibitions. The majority of the VMFA’s collection of works by African-Americans were acquired before the 1980s and entered the collection through these programs. Read more in the exhibition galle…

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GENERATIONS: African-American Art in the VMFA Collection

Generations at MOCA.

SUCCESSIONS: African-American Art by Contemporary Artists

January 19-March 12, 2006

“Successions,” curated by MOCA, featured contemporary works by African-American artists loaned from private collections and galleries in Virginia, Washington, D.C. and New York. This exhibit was paired with: “Generations” is a collection of African-American art from the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Featuring works by celebrated African-American artists including Romare Bearden, Alison Saar, Jacob Lawrence and Faith Ringgold, this exhibition includes painting, drawing, prints, sculpture and photography. Read more in the exhibition gallery guide. …

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SUCCESSIONS: African-American Art by Contemporary Artists

Successions at MOCA.

Benny Andrews: Migrant Series

January 12-March 5, 2006

Migrant Series was inspired in part by great American authors including John Steinbeck, Zora Neale Hurston, Flannery O’Connor and Langston Hughes, as well as Andrews’ own ancestry. The resulting oil and collage works depict migrants of the dust-bowl era to California and African-Americans to the north. Organized by the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Read more in the exhibition gallery guide. …

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