Tag Archive "museum-of-modern-art"

Comic extraction at MoMA

Rivane NeuenschwanderZé Carioca no. 4, A Volta de Zé Carioca [The Return of Zé Carioca] (1960). Ediçao Histórica, Ed. Abril. (detail) 2004Synthetic polymer paint on comic book pagesThirteen images, each 6 ¼ x 4” (15.9 x 10.2 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Fund for the Twenty-First Century, 2005 The primary image used for the press material promoting Comic Abstraction at MoMA is Ribane Neuenschwander‘s Zé Carioca no. 4, A Volta de Zé Carioca, a panel cartoon with all content extracted from the panels and with the word bubbles denuded of words. The image, which is nice and pop ... More » »

Jeff Wall: Below the bourgeois radar

photo by Jeff Wall (Canadian, born 1946)After “Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison, the Prologue, 2001Silver dye bleach transparency in light box5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 8ft. 2 3/4 in. (174 x 250.8 cm)The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photography Council Fund, Horace W. Goldsmith Fund through Robert B. Menschel, and acquired through the generosity of Jo Carole and Ronald S. Lauder and Carol and David Appel© 2007 Jeff Wall Yes on Jeff Wall. Yes, yes, yes. We stopped at MoMA yesterday before we headed to Chelsea for our main event, the opening of super-duper Pop Art by Roslyn ... More » »