André Saraiva
08 Aug - 04 Nov 2013
André Saraiva
Dream Concerts
Installation view of André Saraiva Dream Concerts at MOCA Grand Avenue, August 8 – October 7, 2013, photo by Brian Forrest, © The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Dream Concerts
Installation view of André Saraiva Dream Concerts at MOCA Grand Avenue, August 8 – October 7, 2013, photo by Brian Forrest, © The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
ANDRÉ SARAIVA
Dream Concerts
8 August - 4 November 2013
In Paris, New York, London, and Los Angeles, show posters for concerts with all-star lineups have been tempting passersby and drivers to attend Madison Square Garden or the Bowery Ballroom, L'Elysee Montmartre or the Wiltern. The months and days of these concerts are listed but not the years, spelling errors are spotted-choice exclusions that add to the growing doubt that these dream acts will ever grace the stage all together on one night. Double-take on these worn posters and you're not even sure if they're coming up or something missed and legendary from long ago, but posted in public space, the anticipation is real. Upon closer inspection we see that these epic concert announcements are actually paintings of lineups that only exist in the imagination of artist Andre Saraiva. Included in MOCA's groundbreaking Art in the Streets, (2011) the artist returns to the museum for an installation of these painted announcements in the Broad Lobby, visual evidence of the buzz that signs can create when circulated in the streets.
Dream Concerts
8 August - 4 November 2013
In Paris, New York, London, and Los Angeles, show posters for concerts with all-star lineups have been tempting passersby and drivers to attend Madison Square Garden or the Bowery Ballroom, L'Elysee Montmartre or the Wiltern. The months and days of these concerts are listed but not the years, spelling errors are spotted-choice exclusions that add to the growing doubt that these dream acts will ever grace the stage all together on one night. Double-take on these worn posters and you're not even sure if they're coming up or something missed and legendary from long ago, but posted in public space, the anticipation is real. Upon closer inspection we see that these epic concert announcements are actually paintings of lineups that only exist in the imagination of artist Andre Saraiva. Included in MOCA's groundbreaking Art in the Streets, (2011) the artist returns to the museum for an installation of these painted announcements in the Broad Lobby, visual evidence of the buzz that signs can create when circulated in the streets.