This museum opens its doors in 1979. It
contains about 5000 paintings created after the Second World War
(Diane Arbus, Paul Schimmel, Andy Warhol...).
A few years, the Italian artist Blu,
was invited by the director of MOCA, Jeffrey Deitch, to an exhibition
of Street Art.
But when Blu unveiled his work, the
director immediately made it clear. He considered that the image of
coffins covered by dollars could be offend visitors. In fact, the
museum is near an hospital of war veterans and near a memorial for
the American solders.
The Italian artist answered that he
never want to work again for the MOCA. For him it's an act of
censure.
The director explains that he supports
the protesters arts but he is also responsible to a public
institution, so he does find a balance between defend artists and the
public sensitivity of the museum.
This text raises a very interesting
problematic. it concerns publics and artists.
How today we can create a cultural
agenda ?
How we can take into consideration artists and publics ?
The museum :
The work :
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