Format this e-mail for: Web browser | mobile device NOW DIG THIS! ART AND BLACK LOS ANGELES 1960-1980 AT MoMA PS1 Exhibition chronicles the vital legacy of the African American artistic community in Los Angeles, bringing together 140 works by 33 artists NOW DIG THIS! ART AND BLACK LOS ANGELES 1960-1980 October 21, 2012—March 11, 2013 1st floor, MoMA PS1 (Long Island City, NY—September 28, 2012) MoMA PS1 presents Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980, a comprehensive exhibition that chronicles the vital legacy of the African American artistic community in Los Angeles, examining a pioneering group of black artists whose work, connections, and friendships with other artists of varied ethnic backgrounds helped shape the creative output of Southern California. Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980 will be on view in the First Floor Main galleries at MoMA PS1 from October 21, 2012 through March 11, 2013. Now Dig This! is organized by the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles and was presented there in 2011-12 as part of Pacific Standard Time, a collaboration of more than sixty cultural institutions across Southern California. The exhibition is curated by Kellie Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of Art History and Archaeology, Columbia University, and the presentation at MoMA PS1 is organized at MoMA PS1 by Christophe Cherix, The Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Chief Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books, The Museum of Modern Art, and Peter Eleey, Curator, MoMA PS1, in association with Connie Butler, The Robert Lehman Foundation Chief Curator of Drawings, the Museum of Modern Art. The exhibition presents 140 works by thirty-three artists active during this historical period, exploring the rising strength of the black community in Los Angeles as well as the increasing political, social, and economic power of African Americans across the nation. Several prominent artists began their careers in the Los Angeles area, including Melvin Edwards, David Hammons, Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, John Outterbridge, Noah Purifoy, and Betye Saar. Their influence, like that of all the artists in the exhibition, goes beyond their immediate creative circles and the geography of Los Angeles and is critical to a more complete and dynamic understanding of twentieth-century American art. By illuminating the richness and complexity of this creative community, Now Dig This! demonstrates how these artists were not working in isolation but were instead integral to the developing U.S. art scene during the latter part of the twentieth century. During this important era of artistic and cultural ferment, artists shifted from more traditional formats, such as painting and works on paper, to modes such as assemblage, Finish Fetish (a West Coast movement parallel to Minimal Art on the East Coast), Postminimal Art, Conceptual Art, and performance. for complete press release and images. Downloadable high-resolution images CONTACT: Rebecca Taylor 718-786-3139 Email MoMA PS1 Press Office 718-786-3087 press_ps1@moma.org David Hammons. America the Beautiful, 1968. Lithograph and body print. 39 x 29 1⁄2 in. (99.1 x 74.9 cm). Oakland Museum, Oakland Museum Founders Fund. The Museum of Modern Art | 11 West 53 Street | New York, NY 10019 To ensure you receive our e-mail, make sure you add support@enews-moma.org to your address book. If you prefer not to receive future email from The Museum of Modern Art, please .