DFA and PopRally Team Up for Dance Party
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A DFA Records entourage will storm the MoMA this Satruday, March 1, for a dance party to be held in conjunction with the museum’s exhibition, Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today. The event is part of the museum’s ongoing PopRally series. The exhibition, which will run March 2 – May 12, examines what
happens when, according to its website, "contemporary artists assign
color decisions to chance." If your knowledge of art is remedial, think Andy Warhol, Frank Stella, Gerhard Richter, and Damien
Hirst, and you’ll get the idea. The dance party will feature Juan Maclean, T&T (Tim Goldsworthy
and Tim Sweeney), Holy Ghost!, Justin Miller, and Jacques Renault on
the decks. Attendees will be able to preview the exhibition, and should
wear bright and bold colors. As always, free booze will be available at
the open bar. The MoMA is located at 11 W 53 Street in New York. Tickets are $12 in advance and $15 at the door. Unfortunately, the event is sold out, best use those connections.
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Watch a Juan Maclean video and get more info about the event after the jump.
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about the event
Color Chart: Reinventing Color, 1950 to Today [book
"Color Chart" celebrates a paradox: the lush beauty that results when contemporary artists assign colour decisions to chance, readymade source or arbitrary system. Midway through the 20th century, long-held convictions regarding the spiritual truth or scientific validity of particular colours gave way to an excitement about colour as a mass-produced and standardized commercial product. The Romantic quest for personal expression instead became Andy Warhols I want to be a machine; the artistry of mixing pigments was eclipsed by Frank Stellas Straight out of the can; it cant get better than that. This book, and the exhibition it accompanies, is the first devoted to this pivotal transformation, and features work by some forty artists ranging from Ellsworth Kelly and Gerhard Richter to Sherrie Levine and Damien Hirst.
