Collection Highlights /
The Museum of Contemporary Art established its permanent collection in 1995. The collection numbers over 600 works and reflects the most significant artistic developments in contemporary art. Among the artists whose works are included in the collection are John Baldessari, Dan Flavin, Dennis Oppenheim, Alex Katz, Louise Nevelson, Edward Ruscha, Gabriel Orozco, Julian Schnabel, Zoe Leonard, Nam June Paik, Uta Barth, Teresita Fernandez, Garry Simmons, Jose Bedia, Anna Gaskel, Thomas Hirschhorn, Mariko Mori, John Bock, Pierre Huyghe, Philippe Parreno, Edward Kienholz, Raymond Pettibon, and Matthew Ritchie.
MOCA's Collecting Philosophy
MOCA's focused approach to collecting concentrates on works connected by conceptsand methodology, rather than chronology, style, or medium.
PERMANENT COLLECTION HIGHLIGHTS
Richard Artschwager
Untitled, 1995
Graphite on paper
25 X 27 inches
Promised gift of Evelyn Aimis
John Baldessari
Three Red Paintings, 1988
Vinyl paint on three b&w photographs
94 1/4 in. x 128 1/4 in. (239.4 cm x 325.76 cm)
Gift of the Lannan Foundation
Matthew Barney
Cremaster 2: The Metamorphosis, 1999
C-print
54 in. x 43 in. x 1 in. (137.16 cm x 109.22 cm x 2.54 cm)
Promised gift of Joan and Michael Salke
PG2006.13.00
Jose Bedia
Cargo Cult, 2005
Mixed media
121 in. x 648 in. (307.34 cm x 1645.92 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and Diane and Robert Moss
John Bock
Zero Hero, 2003-2005
Installation out of mixed media and
5 x DVD master copies: Digital Video
5 x DVD exhibition copies: Digital Video
5 x DVD Digital Betacams
Dimensions variable
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and the American Fund for the Tate Gallery. Gift of Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz.
Louise Bourgeois
Untitled, 2001
Pink fabric, aluminum, glass and wood
12 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. x 11 3/4 in. (32.39 cm x 29.85 cm x 29.85 cm)
Gift of Louise Bourgeois
Anne Chu
Bestial, 2003
Wood, fabric, and wire
69 in. x 63 1/2 in. x 70 in. (175.26 cm x 161.29 cm x 177.8 cm)
Purchased with funds from Pop Love and Pop Soup
John Espinosa
Standing Still While Moving Across Land, 2004
Mixed media
84 in. x 216 in. x 216 in. (213.36 cm x 548.64 cm x 548.64 cm)
Gift of Mario Cader-Frech and Robert S. Wennett
Inka Essenhigh
Romantic Painting, 2002
Oil on panel
52 in. x 64 in. (132.08 cm x 162.56 cm)
Purchased with funds provided by Victoria Hughes and John H. Smith, Carolee and Nathan Reiber, Warren Miro, Jeanne and Michael Klein, and the Pop Soup fundraiser
Dan Flavin
Puerto Rican Lights (to Jeanie Blake) #2,1965
Red, pink and yellow fluorescent light
81 1/2 in. x 49 in. x 4 3/4 in. (207.01 cm x 124.46 cm x 12.07 cm)
Gift of Joan and Roger Sonnabend
Luis Gispert and Jeffery Reed
Stereomongrel, 2005
DVD
00:10:00
Museum purchase with funds provided by Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and Raquel and Michael Scheck
Felix Gonzalez Torres
Untitled (Ross in L.A.), 1993
Offset print on paper
Endless copies Edition of 3
10 in. x 24 3/8 in. x 30 7/8 in. (25.4 cm x 61.91 cm x 78.42 cm)
Gift of Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz
Thomas Hirschhorn
Diorama, 1997
Mixed media
84 in. x 732 in. x 144 in. (213.36 cm x 1859.28 cm x 365.76 cm)
Gift of Martin Z. Margulies
Christian Holstad
House Training #25, 2006
Mixed media
48 in. x 28 in. x 20 in. (121.92 cm x 71.12 cm x 50.8 cm)
Museum purchase with funds provided by the Braman Family Foundation, Rosa and Carlos de la Cruz and Lourdes and Tim Collett 2006.06.07
NO GHOST JUST A SHELL
Collection of Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami and the American Fund for the Tate Gallery. Gift of Carlos and Rosa de la Cruz
Pierre Huyghe
One Million Kingdom, 2001
Animated film sound 6 minutes
Edition of 6 + 2 APs; edition AP 1
Pierre Huyghe
Two Minutes Out of Time - Ann Lee, 2000
Video with sound
4 min 09
Edition of 4 + 1 AP edition AP 1
Pierre Huyghe and Philippe Parreno (collaboration)
Skin of Light, 2001
Neon, Transformer
31 1/2 x 23 5/8 inches
Edition 1 of 12 + 4 AP
Philippe Parreno
Anywhere Out of the World, 2000
3D animation film transferred to Beta digital
4 minutes, 5.1 surround sound system
2 DVDs, Artist Proof 2 of 2
Philippe Parreno
Untitled, 2003 (fireworks)
Pigment print 29 x 42 on paper
Edition 1 of 12
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Untitled, 2002 (ghost reader C. H.)
2002
3D animation transferred on Betacam Digital, video approximately 11 hours , in color with sound.
Edition 2 of 4 + 3 APs
Melik Ohanian
Ann Lee, I'm dreaming about a reality, 2002
DVD music by Varou Jan
Edition 5 of 6 + 2 APs
Liam Gillick
Ann Lee You Proposes, 2001
3D animation films transferred onto Digital Betacam
3 films synch, each 2.58 minutes, color, sound.
Edition 2 of 4 + 2 APs
Francois Curlet
Witness Screen/Écran Témoin, 2002
16 mm and 3D animation film 5.31 minutes color transferred onto Digital Betacam
Posters made by M/M, 2002
Edition 4 of 8 + 1AP
Pierre Joseph and Mehdi Belhaj
Kacem
Trickster Theory, 2002
3D animation movie transferred onto Digital Betacam
36 minutes color sound
Edition 4 of 8 + 1 AP
Posters by M/M , 2002
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster
Annlee in Anzen Zone, 2000
1 DVD Pal 1 backup elements 1 DVD RAM floppy master 1 Digital Betacam, drawings of work in progress
Artist AP
Posters by M/M, 2001
Joe Scanlan
Last Call Do-It Yourself (Annlee), 2002
IKEA furniture parts, plastic vases, fresh flowers
15 copies DIY book: offset ink on paper
arrangements and dimensions variable
Angela Bulloch and Imke Wagener
Ann Lee Konnektikit, 2002
Lunaphon - Polypop (10 pieces of different size), Chiffrevue materials Polystrol Styrofoam, filler, white and glossy lacquer, batteries, solarcell, acrylic glass.
Edition 1 of 3 + 1AP
Lili Fleury
A Worm in an Apple, 2002
presentation box with two signed books plus 48 books
Edition 2 of 2
Anna Lena Vaney
Asleep in the Deep Ann Lee No Ghost Just a Shell
40 LPs and CDs
Richard Phillips
Annlee Afterlife, 2003
oil on linen, 108 x 80 inches
M/M Paris
The M/M wallpaper posters (Miami colors), 2003
Color silkscreened posters on paper dimensions variable+ 1 CD rom for making copies
Posters of AnnLee, No Ghost Just a Shell, 2000
Ed and Nancy Kienholz
Soup Course at the She-She Café, 1982
Mixed media
Variable dimensions
Gift of Irma Braman
Dennis Oppenheim
Attempt to Raise Hell, 1974
wood and metal platform, brass bell and dummy doll
42 in. x 60 in. x 1 in. (106.68 cm x 152.4 cm x 2.54 cm)
Partial Gift of the Oppenheim Foundation and Museum Purchase and Gift of Dennis and Debra Scholl
Nam June Paik
Burn Calories, Not Octane, 1993
Mixed media and digital laser disks
108 in. x 65 in. x 94 in. (274.32 cm x 165.1 cm x 238.76 cm)
Gift of Irma and Norman Braman
Enoc Perez
Seagram Building, New York, 2006
Oil on canvas
106 x 86 in.
269.24 x 218.44 cm
Museum purchase with funds provided by Peter and Jody Robbins, Braman Family Foundation and Pop 007
Jack Pierson
Paradise Lights, 1996
Neon lights,
Gift of : (P) Janet and Robert Liebowitz; (A) Janet and Robert Liebowitz; (R) Dr. Linda Kaplan for Rachel; (A) Dr. Jules Oaklander for Alexander and Eric; (D) Diane Sepler; (I) Jacquelyn and Bruce Brown, Michael and Jeanne Klein for Matthew and Mark; (S) Sara Gibbons and Natalie Ireland; (E) Leonard and Evelyn Lauder Fund, (Star) Chasen Family.
Ann-Sofi Sidén
Station 10 and Back Again, 2001
DVD Installation, 18 channels, b/w, silent, 18 surveillance monitors on metal sh
81 3/4 in. x 115 in. x 16 in. (207.65 cm x 292.1 cm x 40.64 cm)
Gift of the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation