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February 19, 2014 | Artists, Collection & Exhibitions

Constructed Situations: Communicating the Influence of John Cage

Posted by Jennie Waldow, Louise Bourgeois 12-Month Intern, Department of Drawings and Prints

Through examining four pieces in The Museum of Modern Art’s collection, one can better understand how John Cage’s embrace of indeterminacy can be traced in the period following 4’33” (1952) and in more recent years, and how these later works play with the concepts of chance and the ephemeral in different ways.

August 20, 2013 | Artists, MoMA PS1

Doug Aitken’s Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening

Posted by Rebecca Taylor, Communications Director, MoMA PS1

Rendering of the Station to Station train. © Doug Aitken

Everyone is buzzing about Doug Aitken’s latest project, Station to Station: A Nomadic Happening, a train traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific, making nine stops along the way to host one-night only, site-specific happenings throughout September.

February 3, 2012 | Artists, Behind the Scenes, Collection & Exhibitions

Rirkrit Tiravanija: Cooking Up an Art Experience

Posted by Rebecca Stokes, INSIDE/OUT

In 1992, Rirkrit Tiravanija created an exhibition entitled Untitled (Free) at 303 Gallery in New York. This landmark piece, in which the artist converted a gallery into a kitchen where he served rice and Thai curry for free, has been recreated at MoMA as part of the installation Contemporary Galleries: 1980–Now on view on the second floor. This back office curry kitchen has been replicated to scale, and the artist worked with MoMA to recreate the experience, with curry prepared and served by the Museum’s restaurant staff daily from noon—3:00 p.m.

In this deceptively simple conceptual piece, the artist invites the visitor to interact with contemporary art in a more sociable way, and blurs the distance between artist and viewer. You aren’t looking at the art, but are part of it—and are, in fact, making the art as you eat curry and talk with friends or new acquaintances.

In the video above, Laura Hoptman, curator in the Museum’s Department of Painting and Sculpture, discusses the work, and visitors share their reactions. But come see for yourself, Thai vegetable curry and rice will be served through February 8 only, and the original recipe can be found in the installation.

May 9, 2011 | Events & Programs

Teens Behind the Scenes: MoMA’s Museum Studies Program

Posted by Calder Zwicky, Assistant Director, Teen and Community Partnerships

Museum Studies, Class of 2011

When you were younger, perhaps you wanted to be an artist when you grew up. Perhaps you were the kid in class who was always doodling, who designed all of the posters for the dances and parties, and who would have rather hung around the art room than go out to recess with the other kids.