Message #613

Name:	MOCA
Date:	Saturday December 3, 2005 7:31:18 am MST
Subject:	William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès
Message:	Don't miss William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès at MOCA Pacific Design Center. Opening December 11, this exciting film and video installation captures the South African artist in a series of humorous and improbable interactions with his own drawings. Attend William Kentridge's Art Talk presented by Gallery C, which will take place on the opening day. Experiment with modes of perception with Ecstasy: In and About Altered States at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA through February 20, and visit five exceptional exhibitions simultaneously on view at MOCA Grand Avenue. Attend artist Jennifer Bornstein's Art Talk presented by Gallery C, and experience Andrea Fraser's performance of Official Welcome, followed by her book launch in the MOCA Store. EVENTS SUNDAY, DEC 4 MOCA GRAND AVENUE 1 - 3:30pm FIRST SUNDAYS ARE FOR FAMILIES Zap! Pow! Zoom into the exciting world of comics with a spotlight tour and hands-on project created and led by artist Rich Ragsdale. FREE MOCA GRAND AVENUE 3pm MOCA ART TALKS PRESENTED BY GALLERY C Jennifer Bornstein, artist. FREE with museum admission MOCA GRAND AVENUE 4 - 6pm TEENS OF CONTEMPORARY ART (TOCA) MEETING Observe the everyday and the human figure in Jennifer Bornstein's artwork, then create drawings with artist-educator Fabrizio Flores. Reception immediately following event. INFO 213/633-5310 or e-mail dgray@moca.org FREE SUNDAY, DEC 11 MOCA PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès opens MOCA PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER SilverScreen Theater 3pm MOCA ART TALKS PRESENTED BY GALLERY C William Kentridge, artist Book signing and reception following at the MOCA Store, featuring ART CATALOGUES FREE with museum admission THURSDAY, DEC 15 MOCA GRAND AVENUE 6:30pm PERFORMANCE AND BOOK LAUNCH BY ANDREA FRASER MOCA and New York-based artist Andrea Fraser will celebrate the launch of Fraser's new book Museum Highlights: The Writings of Andrea Fraser (The MIT Press) with a performance of Fraser's Official Welcome (2001). Edited by Alexander Alberro and with a foreword by Pierre Bourdieu, Museum Highlights collects texts and performance scripts written by Fraser between 1985 and 2003. The performance will take place at 6:30pm and will be followed by the book launch in the MOCA Store. FREE MOCA Pacific Design Center reopens December 11 with William Kentridge: 7 Fragments for Georges Méliès. MOCA is open Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve, and is closed Christmas Day and New Year's Day.

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