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Title Round Zak Prekop Untitled , 2008 Oil and paper on canvas 36 x 30 inches Estimated Value Range: $13,000 - $16,000 Starting Bid: $6,000 Zak Prekop’s use of whites and pale greens in this untitled painting evokes the meditative works by Masters like Agnes Martin and Robert Ryman. Prekop's subtle gradations of color invite slow, close looking, offering a metaphor for nuance and quiet complexity. Prekop holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has had solo shows at places like Maxwell Graham Gallery, Galería Marta Cervera, and Shane Campbell Gallery. He is in the collections of the Walker Art Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, and MoMA, among others. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum opens a major solo show of his work this June. Courtesy of SHAHEEN modern and contemporary art. More: Zak Prekop Zak Prekop (b. 1979, Chicago) is a Hudson Valley-based painter known for his intricate, nonrepresentational works. He holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a degree from Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt, Germany, and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University. Prekop’s solo exhibitions include Maxwell Graham Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Galería Marta Cervera, Madrid, Spain (2022); Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, IL (2019); and Hagiwara Projects, Tokyo, Japan (2014 and 2019). His work is held in collections at the Walker Art Center, the Columbus Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art. Notable group exhibitions include Greater New York at PS1, Long Island City, NY (2005); Basic Matters: Substance in Contemporary Art at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (2023); and File Under Freedom at Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway (2022).

Title Round Michael Eastman Blue Column, c. 2010 Archival chromogenic print 24 x 18 inches Estimated Value Range: $3,500 - $5,000 Starting Bid: $1,750 Bidding increments: $250 Michael Eastman's photograph titled Blue Column is a chromogenic color photograph created in 1993. This piece, also known as Column, Budapest , measures 60 × 48 inches and is part of a limited edition of 7 prints. Eastman is renowned for his large-scale photographs that capture architectural interiors and facades with painterly precision. His work often explores themes of time, decay, and the beauty found in aging structures. Blue Column exemplifies these themes, showcasing his ability to find serenity and narrative within architectural forms More: Michael Eastman Michael Eastman has established himself as one of the world's leading contemporary photographic artists. The self-taught photographer has spent five decades documenting interiors and facades in cities as diverse as Havana, Paris, Rome, and New Orleans, producing large-scale photographs unified by their visual precision, monumentality, and painterly use of color. Eastman is most recognized for his explorations of architectural form and the textures of decay, which create mysterious narratives about time and place. Eastman's photographs have appeared in Time , Life , Art in America, Art News, Art Forum, Communication Arts and American Photographer , and they reside in the collections of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the International Center of Photography, The Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other prestigious institutions. His books include Havana (2011, Prestel), Vanishing America (2008, Rizzoli) and Horses (2003, Knopf).

Press Release DOWNLOAD PDF DOWNLOAD EXHIBITION IMAGES Tuesday, January 16, 2024 New exhibitions at moCa Cleveland by Manabu Ikeda, Andrea Bowers, and BlackBrain uplift nature and sacred human experience Opening Night Celebration: Friday, Feb 2, 2024 Contact: Tom Poole tpoole@mocacleveland.org 216.658.6938 Cleveland, Ohio—The Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) announces three new exhibitions that explore the power of nature and human nature. From asserting our obligation to protect the Great Lakes to envisioning rebirth that comes after climate devastation to symbolizing our existential journeys, these exhibitions elevate our shared experiences to encourage connection and change. Kohl Executive Director Megan Reich notes, “This season beckons and probes in equal measure. It is teeming with awe-inspiring artworks that invite us into their richness with ease. In all three shows, drawing plays a primary role, a technique that we all understand but in the hands of these artists, becomes a transcendent practice.” Opening Friday, Feb 2 and running through May 26, 2024, the exhibitions include the United States debut of Manabu Ikeda’s acclaimed Flowers from the Wreckage retrospective and new commissions, installations, and artworks by Northeast Ohio-raised artist Andrea Bowers and Cleveland-connected collaborative BlackBrain Group. Aligned with moCa’s approach and values, collaboration is key this season, from BlackBrain Group’s immersive installation done with our institutional residency partner Julia de Burgos Cultural Art Center (JDBCAC) to collaborations with Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) and Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) in support of Andrea Bowers’s new monumental neon in downtown Cleveland. Manabu Ikeda, Foretoken , 2008. Pen and acrylic ink on paper, mounted on board. 74.8 x 133.8 in (190 × 340 cm). Collection of Sustainable Investor Co., Ltd. (Kagura Salon). Photo: Yasuhide Kuge Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage Feb 2-May 26, 2024 The first North American retrospective of its kind, Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage presents over 50 works from the past 25 years. Seeking inspiration from his surroundings, Ikeda (born 1973, Saga, Japan; lives and works in Madison, WI) brings attention and inspiration to viewers while sending warnings about the painful reality of environmental disasters. Central to his practice are metaphors of grief and the undeniable aspects of life, including the fundamental forces of Mother Nature. Ikeda’s drawings also reveal human resilience and the ability to rise above devastating situations when it appears impossible. Organized by the Audain Art Musuem (Whistler, Canada) and curated by Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, the show includes several of Ikeda’s renowned monumental works including Foretoken (2008), Meltdown (2013) and Rebirth (2013-16), each about the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, the most devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear power disaster in the country’s recorded history. In each work, Ikeda painstakingly builds worlds that are both profoundly familiar and also beyond comprehension, inspiring and awe-inspiring in equal measure. Open Studio Artist Residency Select times throughout season. Visit moCacleveland.org for full schedule. Manabu Ikeda will be onsite for an in-gallery studio residency at moCa at various times throughout the exhibition season. Visitors can experience Ikeda’s creative process for themselves as he continues work on a new monumental drawing based on water inside moCa’s Mueller Family Gallery. Engagement Guides and CIA students will be available to discuss and answer questions about the artist’s practice during these sessions. Organized and circulated by the Audain Art Museum, Whistler, BC, Canada, with the generous support from the Audain Foundation. This exhibition is curated by Kiriko Watanabe, Gail & Stephen A. Jarislowsky Curator, Audain Art Museum. Lead support from Dealer Tire. Lead support for Manabu Ikeda’s artist residency from The Flagstar Foundation. About Manabu Ikeda Born in Saga, Japan, Manabu Ikeda currently lives and works in Madison, Wisconsin. Ikeda is renowned for his highly detailed pen-and-ink drawings and complex imagery. Ikeda has exhibited his work internationally, including Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Russia, and the United States. It took Ikeda over three years to draw Rebirth , which is widely recognized as his masterpiece referencing the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake and a collision between nature and humankind. Organized by the Audain Art Museum, Manabu Ikeda: Flowers from the Wreckage is Ikeda’s first solo exhibition in North America. Andrea Bowers, Rights of Nature I , 2022. Neon. Photo: Glen Cheriton, Impart Photography Andrea Bowers: Exist, Flourish, Evolve Feb 2-May 26, 2024 Huron, Ohio-raised, LA-based artist Andrea Bowers bears witness in her work, drawing attention to and inspiring action on urgent issues of our time. Her drawings, sculptures, installations, and films document collective action and amplify the labor and lived experiences of activists dedicated to change. Developed through an ongoing partnership with CELDF and activist Tish O’Dell, Exist, Flourish, Evolve is a new, multi-site, multimedia campaign that builds awareness and action around the dangers facing Lake Erie and the Great Lakes ecosystem. This project is anchored by a new, monumental neon public artwork installed on the Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC) building and facing Lake Erie that declares the right of Lake Erie to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve—words drawn from CELDF’s Lake Erie Bill of Rights. Created with commission support from VIA Art Fund, the bright, buoyant light sculpture obliges us to examine our role in damaging, repairing, protecting, partnering with, and ensuring the health of the Great Lakes that we depend on for survival. At moCa Cleveland, Bowers’s exhibition presents additional artworks about environmental justice. New works include a neon chandelier, an LED text and light installation that is a corollary to the downtown neon sculpture, a drawing of the Lake Erie Bill of Rights, and a documentary film investigating the impact of factory farming on Lake Erie’s ecosystem. Truth, Reckoning, & Right Relationship with the Great Lakes Conference: Apr. 22-23 Working with CELDF, this two day summit–which follows a one day “truth and reckoning” symposium at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in October 2023–focuses on creating “right relationships” with Lake Erie and will include a keynote address and artist talk, breakout sessions, and special presentations by high school students from MC2STEM High School and John Hay School of Science and Medicine. Commission sponsorship provided by VIA Art Fund. Generous support from Thompson Hine LLP, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Chuck & Char Fowler, and Nicholas & Erin Reif. Community Partners: Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF) and Great Lakes Science Center About Andrea Bowers Ohio-raised Andrea Bowers is a Los Angeles-based artist who has been recording and amplifying the work of activists present and past for more than two decades. Her multi-media practice includes drawing, video, sculpture, and installation work that foregrounds the experience of the people who dedicate their time and energy to the struggle for gender, racial, environmental, labor, and immigration justice and those who are directly affected by systemic inequality. Over time, her different bodies of work have become a document of the changing language, prerogatives, and dynamics of social justice movements. In 2021, a major mid-career survey of Bowers’s work curated by Michael Darling and Connie Butler opened at the MCA Chicago and traveled to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles in 2022. Other recent solo exhibitions include Grief and Hope , Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany and Light and Gravity , Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany. In September 2022, Bowers opened a solo exhibition including both new and existing work at the Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Milano as part of an exhibition program organized by the Fondazione Furla. Bowers is represented by Vielmetter Los Angeles, Andrew Kreps Gallery, Kaufmann Repetto, and Jessica Silverman Gallery. BlackBrain, Diamond Heart , 2024. Mural in progress. Courtesy the artist. BlackBrain: SCRD GRDN Feb 2 -May 26, 2024 SCRD GRDN is a new project by BlackBrain and guest artists from JDBCAC’s Unidos por el Arte program. Representing a metamorphosis from lone artist into collective creative force and guided by the mantra “go fast, go alone; go far, go together,” BlackBrain Group transforms solitary endeavors into dynamic collaborations grounded in a shared passion for storytelling through art. SCRD GRDN is an immersive painting installation about the resolute human spirit and its existential journey through oppression, justice, prosperity, and divine understanding. Fusing artistic styles and techniques, the series meditates on the interplay and influence between the inner self and the external forces that shape our existence. Julia de Burgos Cultural Arts Center Instiution & Artist Residency: This project is part of moCa’s institutional and early career artist residency with JDBCAC from January 2023-May 2024. JDBCAC occupies and engages spaces on moCa’s first and third floors in relation to its mission and work, and co-designs programming with moCa to advance the work of Latino/a/x artists and artists of color and provide new professional development opportunities. In 2023, BlackBrain founder Ariel Vergez served as a mentor artist to the seven artists involved in the moCa/JDBCAC early career artist residency, who presented their work in a group show called ¡Juntos! (Together) last year. Lead support for this residency provided by Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly with additional major support from The Cleveland Foundation. About BlackBrain Ariel Vergez, aka BlackBrain, is a seasoned artist with a rich heritage and a passion for storytelling through art. Born in the Dominican Republic and raised in Florida, BlackBrain is the child of two immigrants who came to the United States in search of opportunity and met each other while working in the service industry. Growing up in a household where art was a daily presence, BlackBrain pursued his passion for art at the collegiate level, studying Industrial Design at the Cleveland Institute of Art. With a background in product and graphic design, BlackBrain has worked with world-class brands and has a keen understanding of the importance of storytelling in design. He has fused that experience towards his first love art. This experience is evident in BlackBrain’s art series, which feature unique narratives, a cross-wiring of pop culture icons, and a vuja dé feeling of nostalgia. FREE ADMISSION & HOURS Daily Admission at moCa Cleveland is always free to all. Thursdays-Sundays, 11AM-5PM; Holiday hours available at mocacleveland.org ABOUT moCa CLEVELAND For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. Since its founding in 1968, moCa has presented the works of more than three thousand artists, often through artists’ first solo shows. Soon after its founding, moCa was the first in the region to exhibit the works of many vanguard artists such as Laurie Anderson, Christo, Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, and Andy Warhol. Recent artist commissions and solo exhibitions include work by Tauba Auerbach, Simon Denny, Aleksandra Domanović, Michelle Grabner, Byron Kim, Ragnar Kjartansson, Tony Lewis, Kirk Mangus, Catherine Opie, Adam Pendleton, Sondra Perry, Joyce J. Scott, Do Ho Suh, Liu Wei, Renée Green, and Nina Chanel Abney, among many others. 2024 INSTITUTIONAL SPONSORS All current moCa Cleveland exhibitions are funded by Leadership Circle gifts from Doreen & Dick Cahoon, Joanne Cohen & Morris Wheeler, Margaret Cohen & Kevin Rahilly, Grosvie & Charlie Cooley, Becky Dunn, Harriet Goldberg, Agnes Gund, Jan Lewis, and Toby Devan Lewis* moCa Cleveland receives lead institutional support in part by The Cleveland Foundation, the residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture, the George Gund Foundation, the Nord Family Foundation, the Leonard Krieger Fund of the Cleveland Foundation, the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, PNC, and the continuing support of the museum’s Board of Directors, patrons, and members. * deceased TOP IMAGE: Manabu Ikeda, Rebirth, 2013-16. Pen, acrylic ink and transparent watercolour on paper, mounted on board, 118.11 x 157.48 in (300 x 400 cm), collection of Saga Prefectural Art Museum. Digital Archive: TOPPAN PRINTING CO., LTD. ©️IKEDA Manabu, Courtesy Mizuma Art Gallery, Tokyo / Singapore ### Previous Next

Studio Access w/ Manabu Ikeda Mar 10, 2024 Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. About Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season. Experience the artist create onsite at moCa as he develops a new monumental artwork over the course of the Winter/Spring season.

Comic Con Teen Neon Cosplay Party Mar 1, 2024 GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art. About GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art. GET TICKETS $10 Fee waiver available. Lake Erie Ink is partnering with moCa to kick off the 12th Annual Kids’ Comic Con weekend. Teens will mix and mingle with local graphic illustrators, explore the museum, create and fill their bellies with treats and comic inspired mocktails. It is highly encouraged to come in costume. Registration is required. Hosted by CandiBee Cosplay. Sponsored by the Cleveland Institute of Art.

For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. The art, artists, and the people that activate our space keep moving art forward. Stop by to connect with art now and share what you think. About For more than 50 years, the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (moCa) has played a vital role in the city’s cultural landscape. moCa is a conduit and catalyst for creativity and inspiration, offering exhibitions and programs that provide public value and make meaning of the art and ideas of our time. The art, artists, and the people that activate our space keep moving art forward. Stop by to connect with art now and share what you think. About moCa mission The Building Staff & Jobs Board News Contact Us

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Cleveland native and acclaimed music producer BIG DUKE, along with hi-fi audio-jewelry designer T10 Bespoke, have collaborated to create a fully customized in-ear computer to benefit moCa Cleveland and Big Brothers and Sisters of Greater Cleveland. Auction BID TO WIN Cleveland native and acclaimed music producer BIG DUKE, along with hi-fi audio-jewelry designer T10 Bespoke, have collaborated to create a fully customized in-ear computer to benefit moCa Cleveland and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Cleveland. This inspirational personal audio system valued at $6,500 features in-ear computers and charging case hand-made to reflect Big Duke’s insignia, the red, white, and black color scheme of his Alma Mater Glennville High, and the "Art Now, In Progress" mission statement of moCa Cleveland. BID NOW Unique materials: Cast bronze coated in matte black PVD. Brushed finish with carved enamel raised lettering. Mirror polished obsidian, black YPPZ ceramic zirconia for charger covers and ear computer forms. Custom leather inset with moCa-inspired geometric art and Big Duke logo rondel in black brushed cast bronze PVD and color enamel insert. What is an in-ear computer? In-ear computers are capable of doing much more than traditional wired or wireless earphones. For example: Stream music in full 96/24 high-resolution (no separate hi-res player required) Connect to and control nearly any other connected device (full IFTTT integration on board) Open platform: Runs the Bragi OS for hearables with Nano a.i. on board Capable of downloading and running hearables apps that extend and enhance functionality lt in 9-axis gyroscope for positional and momentum feeds movement data to connected appsBui Fully programmable Voice/Touch/Non-verbal Mouth/Head-motion control interfaces (patented) Twin Cadence Hi-Fi DSP’s for incredible personalized audio tuning and enhancement capabilities Stunningly clear telephony, plus ability to run apps that enable secure voice-activated walk- ie-talky communication to selected individuals or groups without the need to dial or conference Bionic ears are badass. Forward-thinking companies around the world are busy dreaming up exciting and incredible new use cases for ear computers. With T-10’s you can tap directly into the early stages of Singularity–the frontier where man and machine converge to become one.

News + Read more at Forbes Tuesday, August 6, 2024 By DeMarco Williams "Another area attraction that’s no one’s opening act is Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. This beautiful building famously avoids having permanent exhibits; instead, the roster of works regularly changes throughout the year." Previous Next

Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 Harminder Judge Bootstrap Paradox Jan 24-Jun 1, 2025 Harminder Judge, Untitled (crept upon leg) (detail) 2024. Plaster, polymer, pigment, scrim, oil, 203 x 198 x 4 cm. Photo: Blythe Thea Williams Harminder Judge’s first museum exhibition in the U.S. presented at moCa Cleveland, opening January 24, explores themes of alchemy, spiritual processions, and the body’s transformation through death. Judge’s vibrant plaster and pigment works emerge from energetic lines and intuitive processes, where color is embedded into the material, merging sculpture and painting. Influenced by funeral rites and ceremonial burning, his large, dynamic pieces provide a space for powerful emotional responses while exploring the embodied connection between the physical and the spiritual. The exhibition invites viewers to engage with the power of form, color, and abstraction, prompting personal reflection and connection. Major support provided by The Sunday Painter. Generous support provided by Yuval Brisker. Installation Images Harminder Judge, Bootstrap Paradox. Installation views at moCa Cleveland, 2025. Photos: Jacob Koestler About the Artist Harminder Judge. Photo: Sorina Reiber Harminder Judge Harminder Judge (b.1982 Rotherham, UK) lives and works in London. He graduated from the Royal Academy Schools, London in 2021. Selected recent solo exhibitions include: Cliff and Cleft, Gathering, Ibiza, Spain, 2024; A Ghost Dance , Matt’s Gallery & The Sunday Painter, London, UK, 2024; Sea and Stone and Rib and Bone , Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India, 2023; Frieze London with The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Rising Skin from Rock and Chin , The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2022; Ankles Absorbing Ash , Humber Street Gallery, Hull, UK 2022; Mountains and Mercies , galeriepcp, Paris, France 2021. Selected recent group exhibitions include: It Never Entered My Mind , Curated by Michael Sherman, Sean Kelly Gallery, LA, USA 2024; Picnic at Hanging Rock Chapter I , Sargent’s Daughters, LA, USA 2024; Curated By: Glossary , Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria 2023; The Reason for Painting , Mead Gallery, Warwick, UK 2023; Love Letter, Pace Gallery, New York City, USA 2023; And this skin of mine , Guts Gallery, London, UK 2022; New Beginnings , Blindspot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2022; The Horror Show! , Somerset House, London, UK 2022; A Grain of Sand , The Sunday Painter, London, UK 2021; Am I Human To You? , Jugendstilsenteret & Kube Museum, Ålesund, Norway 2021; Tomorrow: London , White Cube, London, UK 2020; Our Ashes Make Great Fertilizer , Public Gallery, London, UK 2020; At Home In The Universe, Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, India 2019 and A Plot For The Multiverse , Indigo + Madder, London, UK 2019.

News + Read more at CAN Journal Saturday, February 1, 2025 by Kisha Nicole Foster Photograph by Emmanuel Wallace I recently went to moCa Cleveland for the opening of an exhibit of photos provided by Birthing Beautiful Communities: Dear. Dear is a tribute to the strength, resilience, and beauty of Black motherhood and the community that supports it. Birthing Beautiful Communities is an organization in Northeast Ohio that holistically supports pregnant women from the time they find out they are with child to the birth and beyond. Their goal is to support equitable birth outcomes in communities that have socio-economic disparities. They also have a book, Born to Be: A Tribute to Black Motherhood . This book can be purchased on the Birthing Beautiful Communities website. I have a connection to this organization as they assisted me in my birth with my daughter seven years ago. My doula is Verna Darby, and she was there from my knowing I was pregnant to the delivery room, when I gave birth to Love Jones in 2017. She was at the opening on January 24, 2025. We got to reconnect and it was a joy for her to see Love Jones at age 7, knowing she was the one holding my hand and supporting me as I pushed my baby girl out. Without her, I don’t know if I would have been confident in this journey that is learned while doing the work. ( Read the full article at CAN Journal ) Previous Next

Oct 8, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 The National AIDS Memorial Quilt In conjunction with moCa’s presentation of Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. and World AIDS Day Oct 8, 2021-Jan 2, 2022 Square from The National AIDS Memorial Quilt (detail). With over 50,000 panels created by thousands of participants worldwide, the AIDS Memorial Quilt is the world’s largest community folk art project. Made up of individually created three by six-foot panels—each the approximate size of a grave—the Quilt memorializes 125,000-plus victims of AIDS and HIV-related illness. Portraits appear alongside names and dates, pictures of pets, flowers, rainbows, musical instruments, and thousands of other symbols that represent friends, lovers, and family members. Currently spanning 1.2 million square feet and weighing 54 tons, the Quilt is a powerful symbol of the AIDS pandemic and a living memorial to a generation lost to AIDS and HIV-related illness. The Quilt was conceived by long-time San Francisco gay rights activist Cleve Jones, who in 1978 created the first panel in memory of his friend Marvin Feldman. That same year the Quilt grew to 1,920 panels and on October 11, 1987, it was exhibited for the first time on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. where half a million people visited on the opening weekend. Jones said of the Quilt, “It could be therapy, I hoped, for a community that was increasingly paralyzed by grief and rage and powerlessness. It could be a tool for the media, to reveal the humanity behind the statistics. And a weapon to deploy against the government; to shame them with stark visual evidence of their utter failure to respond to the suffering and death that spread and increased with every passing day.” This focused installation brings together two blocks of the Quilt in conjunction with moCa’s presentation of Axis Mundo: Queer Networks in Chicano L.A. and World AIDS Day (December 1). Block 0227 and Block 4506 are a poignant and beautiful tribute to the lives of Edmundo “Mundo” Meza—the artist at the center of Axis Mundo —James Brooke Shoulberg, Michael McDowell, David Caroline, Merle Long, Hugo Niehaus, John (surname unknown), John Doe, Terry David Hernandez, E. Gordon Hanna, Jorge Fernandez, Steve Brown, Ted Zak, David Lewis, Paul Mark Patinka, and Michael F. Farrell. With thousands of displays of the Quilt in locations across the globe, over 14 million people have experienced and participated in the project. To learn more about the National AIDS Memorial Quilt please visit www.aidsmemorial.org/quilt . moCa’s presentation of The National AIDS Memorial Quilt is organized by Courtenay Finn, Chief Curator, Ray Juaire, Exhibitions Director, Lauren Leving, Curator of Public Programs & Artist Residencies, Karl Anderson, Exhibition Technician, and supported by the entire moCa Cleveland staff.