By Alma Ruiz Essays by Alma Ruiz, Henri Focillon
Poetics of the Handmade features a group of artists based in Latin America whose works of art are made by the artists’ own hands. While many of the artists, contemporaries tend toward a “post-studio” approach—with assistants producing their work—this group explores the close relationship that exists between a person and his or her craft. The artists, interest in transformation and process has led them to produce works that are painstakingly handcrafted from a wide range of materials. They have found poetry in the depiction of quotidian objects and in the powerful resonance of small actions. Included in the exhibition are Eduardo Abaroa (Mexico), Magdalena Atria (Chile), Mónica Bengoa (Chile), Fernando Bryce (Peru), Darío Escobar (Guatemala), Máximo González (Argentina), Marco Maggi (Uruguay), and Livia Marin (Chile). Presenting widely differing approaches, the eight artists will be represented by large-scale installations and select bodies of work. While Atria, Escobar, and Bryce show recent work, Abaroa, Bengoa, and González present new pieces created for this occasion.
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Poetics of the Handmade, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April – August 2007.
Hardcover, 119 pages Published by MOCA

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Exhibition poster for Doug Aitken: Electric Earth, on view at MOCA September 10, 2016 – January 15, 2017.
For more than 20 years, Doug Aitken has shifted the perception and location of images and narratives. His multichannel video installations, sculptures, photographs, publications, happenings, and architectural works demonstrate the nature and structure of our ever-mobile, ever-changing, image-based contemporary condition. With a profound knowledge and understanding of the history of 20th-century avant-gardes, experimental music, and cinema, and an intimate kinship with the protest movements of the late 1960s, Aitken has invented a unique immersive aesthetic. Rooted in interdisciplinary collaborations, and the broad availability of images and the vulnerability of individuals, his work accounts for the cool but relentless human, industrial, urban, and environmental entropy that defines 21st-century existence.
Published by MOCA, 2017 Dimensions: 30" x 24" Edition: 500 un-numbered

Doug Aitken: Untitled (shopping Cart) Poster

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Moca Tote

Inspired by the ocotillo stalk of the Southwestern desert, the latticework patterned handle on this beautiful handbag reminds us how stunning nature can be. Light weight with a structured base, the bag can easily be worn over the wrist to compliment any outfit.

16 x 8 x 4 inches
faux leather handle lined in natural leather, leather cord, faux leather bag, magnetic ball closure.

OROPOPO is a husband and wife duo who make jewelry, bags and objects in their Albuquerque studio drawing from the iconography of the American Southwest.
Karole's professional background is in architecture and structural engineering. The Oropopo name is from her birthplace on the coast of Venezuela. Grady is a native of New Mexico, a writer, and literary editor; he has specialized in desert literature and its aesthetics. Together, they refine a narrative that associates site and culture with contemporary technology.

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With contributions from Jeffrey Deitch, CaiGuo-Qiang, Philipp Kaiser, Shen Kuiyi, Lesley Ma, and Rebecca Morse.

Featuring stunning, never-before-published works, this is the most intimate book to date on the renowned Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang.

Produced in close collaboration with the artist, this volume documents new projects commissioned for The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, alongside Cai Guo-Qiang’s own survey of his artistic journey and the personal cosmology that informs his work. It features a rich sampling of Cai’s wonderfully diverse oeuvre, including explosion events, gunpowder drawings, and installations. Informative essays and a conversation with the artist explore Cai’s influences, from traditional Chinese scrolls and his father’s miniature paintings to Asian philosophy and memories of his grandmother. Including never-before-published new works and unprecedented contributions by the artist himself, this book promises to be an important reference on Cai’s art for years to come.
Hardcover/ 192 pages/ 23.5" x 11.4"/175 color illustrations

Cai Guo-qiang: Ladder To The Sky

A really unusual gift for an art lover.
Rebekah Miles is an artist who paints one-of-a-kind book jackets primarily for apartist monographs.  The artist paints the original cover or makes a new cover image for the book. This gives the used book a new spirit and the book becomes a functional painted sculpture.
Heavy weight glossy paper & acrylic paint Clear Broadart book jacket protects the painting Cover comes with the book
Dimensions Bill Viola 9 3/4 x 7 3/4 inches Rodin 7 x 9 3/4 inches Titian 9 3/4 x 132 inches Velasquez 9 3/4 x 13

Rebekah Miles Book Cover Paintings

‘Rebel Dabble Babble’ is a collaboration between Paul McCarthy and his son Damon McCarthy. 'Rebel Dabble Babble’ is a large and complex installation and video projection work originally inspired by both Nicholas Ray’s 1955 classic Hollywood film ‘Rebel Without a Cause’ and the furious rumors that swirled around the off-set relationships between its director and his stars James Dean, Natalie Wood, and Sal Mineo. This densely layered opus confronts definitions of power and role-playing, and expands far beyond the ’50s movie and related legends. Ultimately, ‘Rebel Dabble Babble’ is a meditation upon the archetypes and Oedipal tensions that define family dynamics as they have been played out in private homes, in the evolution of art history, and in the role of the entertainment industry in shaping our expectations and self-images.
Dimensions: 13" x 13" x 1.25" Produced by Alex Stevens Layout design by Harry McGowan and Paul McCarthy Signed by both artists, back of box.
Set includes 4 vinyl LPs:

Head
side A  22:27
side B  23:53
Field recording: Paul McCarthy
Recorded during the installation of Rebel Dabble Babble at The Box gallery L.A. May 22, 2012
Audio supervisor: Dean S. Lee
Edited by Alex Stevens
Binaural recording head by Alex Stevens

Bed
side A 20:26
Performer: Paul McCarthy
Recorded During filming of Rebel Dabble Babble March 2012
Recorded by Dean S. Lee
Edited by Alex Stevens

Three
side A 22:20
side B 22:56
Field recording: Paul McCarthy, LeRoy Stevens, Alex Stevens
Recorded during the installation of Rebel Dabble Babble at The Box gallery L.A. May 22, 2012
Audio supervisor: Dean S. Lee
Edited by Alex Stevens

Seduction
side A 16:24
side B 17:34
Performer: Elyse Poppers
Recorded During filming of Rebel Dabble Babble March 2012
Recorded by Dean S. Lee
Edited by: Naotaka Hiro, Damon McCarthy, and Alex Stevens

Paul Mccarthy & Damon Mccarthy, Rebel Dabble Babble Audio Works (signed)

By Cornelia H. Butler
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Lewis Baltz, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, May – June 1998.
Published by MOCA & RAM Publications (1998) Hardcover, 66 pages Dimensions 11 x 7 inches

Lewis Baltz: The Politics Of Bacteria, Ronde De Nuit, Docile Bodies

German vintage glass
14k gold fill findings
I. Ronni Kappos jewelry is handmade in Los Angeles from an evolving collection of vintage German glass. The beads were pressed in the 1920's, 30's and 40's by craftsman whose meticulous techniques yielded unusual colors and shapes. Slight variations in the beads adds character to each piece.

Meadow Charm Hoop Earrings By I. Ronni Kappos

Earrings: Hoops

Jujumade jewelry is made by designer Juliana Hung. Hung's creations are inspired by the potential of ceramics. Ceramics is typically seen in everyday household objects, but can transform and become something unexpected. Jujumade pieces are created with this goal in mind - using ceramics as playful features.
gold glazed english porcelain beads with adjustable gold filled chain
English porcelain beads Gold fill wire and adjustable gold filled chain 27 inches long

Pearl Lariat Necklace By Jujumade

Necklaces

By Rebecca Morse
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Ecstatic Truth: The Photography of Florian Maier-Aichen, on view at MOCA June – September 2007.
Florian Maier-Aichen’s photographic work portrays natural, industrial, and cultural landscapes with stylized eccentricity. Employing tropes of documentary photography in unconventional ways, Maier-Aichen creates sublime images rich with reference and allusion. While his richly hued photographs of the California coast, the Alps, and other locales are seductively beautiful in their expansive viewpoints, they are also nuanced with a subtle disquiet and criticality.

German by birth and educated at the University of Essen and the University of California, Los Angeles, Maier-Aichen challenges the stringent rules of contemporary German photography as typified by the use of diffused light and a straightforward, objective point of view. Investigating more flexible photographic strategies, Maier-Aichen begins with a traditional large-format image captured on film, framing his subjects from extreme angles or aerial views. His practice is a modern-day form of combination-printing, weaving disparate images from distinct sources and applying myriad creative adjustments to each in order to produce a seamless photograph that does not betray its intricate and layered composition. Like “photogenic matrices,” these works are more closely aligned with the conventional production of a painter than that of a photographer. In this way, Maier-Aichen’s thread of influence can be traced back to the nascence of photography, when practitioners sought ways to adapt the medium to painterly ends. Maier-Aichen’s unique palette, unconventional vantage points, and combination of photographs with hand-rendered and dropped-in details have yielded a body of work that is rich with historical and contemporary references.

Hardcover, 64 pages Published by MOCA. 2007

Ecstatic Truth: The Photography Of Florian Maier-aichen (moca Focus Series)

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Balloon Dog (Orange) is the latest edition to a series of limited edition artworks by ©Jeff Koons, referencing his iconic, monumental sculpture of the same name from his highly acclaimed Celebration Series.   All net proceeds will benefit MOCA.
Born in 1955 in York, Pennsylvania, ©Jeff Koons is without question one the most important living artists. He is among the few who successfully extract the essentials from avant-gardism, most notably Pop Art.  In his hands even the most familiar, everyday items transcend commonality to become true icons that manifest the essence of American popular culture. " Balloon Dog is a very optimistic piece, its a balloon that a clown would have maybe twist for you at a birthday party.  But at the same time there's the profoundness of an archaic sculpture.  The piece has an interior life while the reflective exterior surface affirms the viewer through their reflection.  The porcelain only accentuates the sexuality of the piece.  For Balloon Dog (Magenta), it's been a pleasure working with Bernardaud, who proudly work with only the finest materials, innovative processes, and artisan talent.  Their experience in porcelain dates back 150 years.  Since the creation of Balloon Dog (Red), Balloon Dog (Blue) and Balloon Dog (Yellow), The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, has been involved in the distribution of the editions so I'm pleased to partner with MOCA to be supportive of their endeavors."  Jeff Koons
Item is in stock and will ship promptly.  Shipping is complimentary.
Edition: 2,300 Date: 2015 Signed and numbered with certificate of authenticity (signature and edition number are fired onto the back of edition) Dimensions: 10 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 5" Material: Porcelain ©Jeff Koons Produced by Bernardaud in Limoges, France
This edition is sold as non-returnable.
Customer will be responsible for VAT fees, when applicable, upon arrival.
All transactions will be made in U.S dollars.  MOCA is not responsible for currency fluctuations.

Jeff Koons: Balloon Dog (orange)

By Kat Patrick & Lauren Farrell
Doodle Cat is back! Can you see his cape?
He can perform all kinds of superhero acts, like catching humans when they fall from trees and firing furballs at top speed.
But will Doodle Cat’s superpowers work when his friend is sad? Maybe he’ll have to try something new.
Filled with Doodle Cat’s signature exuberance and joy comes this hilarious and touching story of friendship, superheroes, love, and capes.
Published by Scribble US, 2019 Hardcover with 32 pages Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches (23.49 x 23.49 cm) Grade level: Preschool Age level 2 years old

Doodle Cat Wears A Cape

Organized by David Platzker, Curator, Department of Drawings and Prints, MoMA, and Jenny Schlenzka, Associate Curator, MoMA PS1.
There Will Never Be Silence pays homage to both John Cage and the MoMA exhibition There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's 4'33" (2013–14).
In a 1954 letter that Cage wrote regarding his so-called "silent piece" 4'33" (1952), he stated "the piece is not actually silent (there will never be silence…)." Sixty years after Cage's letter, the debut album for the exhibition, reconsiders silence, the lack of silence and the status of recorded sound.  The double LP features four compositions presented by artists Kevin Beasley, Lizzi Bougatsos, Sabisha Friedberg and Yasunao Tone. Their works shed light on how far Cage's ideas about sound have progressed in diverging directions.
Published by MoMA/MoMA PS1, 2015 Dimensions: 12 x 12 inches Edition 500 Sold out at MOMA Each cover has different scratch marks

John Cage There Never Will Be Silence Record Album

Stelton is a Danish company that we admire for their innovative and high quality design. The To Go Click Thermo Cup keeps hot beverages hot and cold beverages cool longer. Ideal for coffee on the morning commute, it has a state of the art "smartclick" function that allows the stainless steel top to be opened and closed 360 degrees with one hand. The beverage can then be consumed from any side like a regular cup, as if there were no lid on. No fuss and no mess; just what the user on the go needs.
Made from BPA and phthalate-free plastic
Material: Stainless steel with powder coating and plastic
Measurements: 6-3/4” H x 3-1/4” Diameter (17 x 8 cm)
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by Paul Schimmel, edited by Russell Ferguson
This catalogue coincides with the exhibition at the Geffen Contemporary February 2nd - Marcy 10th, 1998.
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979 is the first major museum exhibition to examine the complex relationship linking the creative process, action or performance, and works of art in the postwar period. Featuring nearly 150 artists and collaboratives from approximately 20 countries in Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Japan, and North and South America—including figures associated with the New York School, Nouveaux Realistes, Fluxus, Viennese Actionists, Hi Red Center, Arte Povera, the Gutai group, happenings, process art, and performance art—the exhibition centers on how the possibilities and implications of using time and process as elements of art were realized by a number of international movements during this influential 30-year period.
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979 is organized by MOCA Chief Curator Paul Schimmel in consultation with an international advisory team consisting of: Guy Brett, independent curator and writer from London; Hubert Klocker, Vienna-based critic, independent curator and curator of Collection Friedrichshof; Shinichiro Osaki, curator at the National Museum of Art in Osaka; and Kristine Stiles, professor of art history at Duke University.
Out of Print, perfect condition.
Published in conjuction with MOCA and Thames and Hudson Softcover, 407 pages, 1 x 9 x 12 inches Illustrated throughout

Out Of Actions: Between Performance And The Object, 1949-1979

Designed by Bryce Wilner Gradient Puzzle is a vibrant way to meditate on color. Without an image as a guide, challenge yourself by piecing together each color section to create a smooth transition from one color to the next. Glossy art paper over 2mm chipboard Dimensions when assembled: 18 x 24 inches (45.72 x 60.96 cm) 500 Pieces

Gradient Puzzle

Designed by Chen Chen and Kai Williams for Areaware, the Stacking Planter discretely integrates both a planter and saucer into one form. Lift out the bottom ring to reveal a hidden saucer. The circular stoneware form takes its inspiration from high voltage ceramic insulators found on power lines.
Stoneware or Terracotta 3 x 4 inches (7.62 x 10.16 cm)

Stacking Planter Mini

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Designed by Chen Chen and Kai Williams for Areaware, the Stacking Planter discretely integrates both a planter and saucer into one form. Lift out the bottom ring to reveal a hidden saucer. The circular stoneware form takes its inspiration from high voltage ceramic insulators found on power lines.
Stoneware or Terracotta 4 x 4 x 8 inches

Stacking Planter Short

Edited by Ann Goldstein, Donna De Salvo Essays by Kathryn Chiong, Donna De Salvo, Liam Gillick, Ann Goldstein, Edward Leffingwell, Dieter Schwarz, Gregor Stemmrich, Alice Zimmerman
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Lawrence Weiner: As Far As the Eye Can See, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, April – July 2008.
The first major United States retrospective of the work of New York-based artist Lawrence Weiner (b.1942, Bronx, NY), one of the key figures associated with the emergence and foundations of conceptual art in the 1960s, Lawrence Weiner: AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE provides a comprehensive examination of Weiner’s remarkable and cohesive oeuvre, assembling key selections and bodies of work from throughout his 40-year career. Lawrence Weiner has defined art as “the relationship of human beings to objects and objects to objects in relation to human beings,” and that premise remains at the core of all of his work. The conditions of a work of art have been the basis of Weiner’s approach since 1967, using language as a material object. The exhibition represents the full range of Weiner’s practice, from the Propeller and Removal paintings of the 1960s, to the artist’s “specific and general” works—language-based pieces that have maintained a consistent presence in his work since 1968. The exhibition also includes the full breadth of his production with works on paper, films, videos, books, posters, public commissions, multiples, and audio works. Co-organized by The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, this landmark exhibition is co-curated by MOCA Senior Curator Ann Goldstein and Whitney Museum Chief Curator and Associate Director for Programs Donna De Salvo.
Hardcover, 412 pages Published by MOCA, Whitney Museum of American Art, Yale University Press

Lawrence Weiner: As Far As The Eye Can See

Covering nearly half a century and including the works of some 50 artists in a wide variety of media, this publication looks beyond ideas of musical category to identify the blues as a visual and cultural idiom that has informed multiple generations of artists--from Romare Bearden and William Eggleston to David Hammons and David Simon, creator of the television series The Wire. Generously illustrated with paintings, drawings, photographs, sculpture, installation, and video stills, and containing a wide range of critical writing, poetry, and fiction, the catalog explores topics central to the blues--from articulations of daily life, modes of abstraction and repetition, and self-performance to ecstatic and cathartic expression and metaphors of memory and the archive. Both scholarly and unique, this reimagining of all things "blues" will draw audiences from across cultural and racial boundaries as it celebrates a uniquely American idiom that has made its mark on nearly every contemporary artistic medium.

Organized by Bennett SImpson

Publisher: MOCA & Prestel, 2012

Hardcover/  200 pages/ 12"x 9 1/4" x 1"

Blues For Smoke - Special Price!

Essay by Ann Goldstein
The copperplate etchings that fill this small monograph by the Los Angeles based artist Jennifer Bornstein read deceptively simply--they echo sketches on loose leaf. "Marvin with His Skateboard" shows its title subject, defiant, in a "Smiths" T-shirt with its lettering crossed out and "Ramones" written in. Other young models do homework, play guitar, and model even wittier T-shirts. But it's not as direct as all that: A few pages on, the slackers are interleaved with "Margaret Mead in Authentic Samoan Dress," and then later "Buster Keaton on Crutches."
Published by MOCA, 2006 Softcover, 63 pages, illustrated throughout Dimensions: 11 x 9 inches (27.94 x 22.86 cm)

Jennifer Bornstein

Beautifully broad strokes or finely detailed lines; the choice is yours with this set of soft brush tip markers that will elevate your marker art like none other. The Brilliant Brush markers set is like painting in vibrant colors with a marker with it’s long, felt brush tip that gives you ultimate control of your marker art and hand lettering projects.

Brilliant Brush Set Of 24

This small handheld comb is ideal for your baby's fine hair or as a pocket comb when you're out and about. Carved out of FSC Beechwood, it's soft rounded teeth are gentle on sensitive scalps while the wooden properties help distribute the hair's natural oils.
Oiled beechwood Bristles are soft goat hair 6" in length Made in Germany

Baby Brush And Comb Set

Immerse yourself in this puzzle based on the work Another Green World by Nicole Eisenman. In Another Green World, Nicole Eisenman depicts party goers in various states of repose after a seemingly raucous scene. Two men slow dance while other figures eat, drink, converse, lounge, cuddle, kiss, and prop each other up. Many of the characters are of indeterminate age, gender, and ethnicity. This stirring depiction of leisure contains moments of love, friendship, and contemplation. The work shares its title with the 1975 Brian Eno album, which the figure near the center of the canvas peruses. Armed with a sharp wit and keen awareness of art history - namely 19th century leisure activities, baroque group portraits, and classical bacchanalia - Eisenman offers viewers a playful but exacting take on the contemporary moment. 1000 pieces Complete puzzle: 19 1/4 x 26 5/8 inches (49 x 67.6 cm) Image: Nicole Eisenman Another Green World, 2015, oil on canvas, 128 x 106 inches (325.12 x 269.24 cm). The Museum of Contemporary Art. Purchased with funds provided by the Acquisition and Collection Committee.

Nicole Eisenman Another Green World Puzzle

Betty Woodmans' work is included in the MOCA exhibition With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in Amercian Art 1972-1985.

Sixteen color woodcut Printed on unbleached Thai Mulberry paper Framed using archival materials Dimensions: 37 x 25 inches (94 x 63.5 cm) Edition size: 30 signed and numbered, 2000 Certificate of Authenticity included
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Elizabeth "Betty" Woodman (1930 - 2018) was an American ceramic artist who began her career as a production potter in the 1950s. Her career moved from functional pottery to works of art, culminating in a retrospective show - the first for a living, female ceramicist - at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 2006.

Betty Woodman: Kabuki Space Woodcut

By Michael Darling and Rita Kersting Contributions by Michael Darling, Rita Kersting, Kevin Young
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Sam Durant, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, October 2002 – February 2003.
The first survey of the work of Los Angeles-based artist Sam Durant, this catalogue selectively traces his development from 1992 to the present. Durant’s process begins with the identification of a theme that is subsequently explored through a variety of media—from sculpture to drawing, photography, video, and sound—culminating in a multi-faceted installation. His work is often driven by the conflicts that exist between differing value systems, classes, and cultures. With one foot in the realm of popular culture and the other in the academy, Durant forges commentaries on the conflicting ideals of a wide range of cultural pursuits.
Published by MOCA, Hatje Cantz Publishers (2003) Flexi-bound, 119 pages Dimensions: 7.8 x 0.5 x 10 inches This title is out of print

Sam Durant

Simple, quality functionality from the designers at 8.6.4.
Three card slots included - a center cash/card slot and two card slots 100% vegetable tanned Horween Leather Small stamped logo at front Hand painted exterior edges 4 1/4 x 2 3/4 inches (10.79 x 6.98 cm) Made in NYC

Leather Card Case By 8.6.4

By Brooke Hodge Essays by C. Edson Armi, Brooke Hodge
This catalogue accompanied the exhibition Retrofuturism: The Car Design of J Mays, at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, November 2002 – March 2003.
Published by MOCA, Universe Publishing (2002) Hardcover, 96 pages Dimensions: 11.2 x 0.6 x 9.3 inches

Retrofuturism: The Car Design Of J Mays

Making candles since 1968. Family-owned business based in Los Angeles. Le Feu De L'Eau translates to The Fire Of The Water, which honors their unique candle making process.
Le Feu De L'eau candles are inspired by the “fantasy candles” of the 1960s. Each candle is hand poured and sculpted underwater, without the use of a mold. The wax container makes a great vessel for small plants once the candle has burned to the bottom. Or, drop a tea light inside and allow the flame to continue glowing through. Scents listed below.
Scent: Garden Rose Notes: Red rose, moroccan rose, white rose Dimension : 3 1/2 x 4 inches Size: 16 oz. Approx. burn time : 80 hrs.