Works on View

Description

The MCA began as a kunsthalle, a noncollecting museum dedicated to producing rotating exhibitions. In keeping with this origin, the museum has no permanent collection galleries; works from our collection often appear in special exhibitions. This section keeps visitors up-to-date on which collection works are currently on view. Ask a Visitor Services associate (wearing a "HI" pin) about where to find them in the museum.

Collection items

On viewMatthew Barney, DRAWING RESTRAINT 8: Les Bois, 2003
On viewKatinka Bock, Miles and Moments for Paris, 2011
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On viewScott Burton, Three-Quarter Cube Bench, 1986
On viewAlexander Calder, The Ghost (maquette), 1964
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On viewLiam Gillick, (The What If? Scenario) Report Platform, 1996
On viewJene Highstein, Floating World, 1986
1. Short Photograph of a person-sized rounded outdoor sculpture made of grey, textured stone
On viewChristian Holstad, in and out of a vault, 2005
On viewChristian Holstad, keeping head to the sky, 2005
On viewChristian Holstad, looky over yonder, 2005
On viewChristian Holstad, rolled back sleeves, 2005
On viewB. Ingrid Olson, Projection, Body Parsed, 2018
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On viewDan Peterman, Accessories to an Event (plaza), 1998
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On viewPope.L, Crying Painting, 2016
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On viewGala Porras-Kim, Mesoamerican Negative Space 7, 2018
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On viewGeorge Rickey, Two Lines Oblique, 1968
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On viewEva Schlegel, Untitled, 1989/1999
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On viewThomas Schütte, Ganz Grosse Geister (Big Spirits XL), 2004
1. Short Three yellow sculptures of abstract human figures stand as if communicating with each other outdoors in an urban setting.
2. Long Three yellow and white forms are installed on an outdoor terrace. The forms resemble human bodies, yet they have no faces. The heads of the forms are created from coiled, hard textured material and the bodies are similarly constructed of coiled material, arranged into torsos, arms and legs. The scale of the figures is about double the size of an average person and the are arranged about a half of a figure length apart from each other. The figure on the left appears to have its head tilted to the sky, while the center figure faces to the right, where the third figure bends lightly towards the ground, hand upraised. The bright color of the figures contrasts with urban scene in the background: behind the figures a black fence, green leafy trees and tall gray buildings are visible. The sky is bright blue and the bright light of mid-day casts sharp shadows below the figures.
On viewStan Shellabarger, Untitled (Walking Book 30, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL), 2009
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On viewErin Shirreff, Sculpture for Snow, 2011
1. Short A matte black geometric sculpture juts out from the snowy ground. Two of its faces, one square and one triangular, are perfectly covered by a white layer of snow.
On viewMichelle Stuart, Turtle Pond, 1974
On viewTakis, Magnetic Mobile, c. 1964