Dana Schutz
New Limited Edition Lithograph


One of the fastest rising stars in today’s art world and one of the most sought-after young artists today, Dana Schutz is renowned for her bold, figurative paintings. She has generously created this special edition, signed and numbered 10-color lithograph for the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, expressly to support MOCA’s exhibitions.

Relic features a still life depicting the bust of a man—perhaps a World War II soldier or airplane pilot—peering through binoculars in a hypothetical and highly improbable scenario. Schutz explains, “It’s an image of a sculpture out of context…an image of an object that might have been found…an image of a sculpture looking back at the world, or attempting to look at the world, when, in fact, sculptures cannot see.”

Printed by Doug Bennett and Rob Swainston of S11 Press, Brooklyn, NY and offered for $2,200*

*subject to an additional $100 packing and shipping fee within the US; 7.5% Ohio sales tax where applicable

Anna Gaskell (born 1969, Des Moines, IA)
Photolithograph

This print was created following Gaskell's inclusion in the Summer 2005 exhibition, Out There: Landscape in the New Millennium. A Short Story of Happenstance is a photo-based series (begun 2003) in which the artist presents elusive narratives of adolescent girls in psychologically charged, surreal situations that draw from cinematography, art history and fairy tales. Gaskell's work is now held in numerous public collections, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Tate Modern, London; and the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. She received the Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize in 2000 and a Nancy Graves Foundation Grant in 2002.

Jim Hodges (b. 1957, Spokane, WA)

This interactive multiple was created when the highly praised exhibition, Jim Hodges, was exhibited at MOCA Cleveland in Winter 2005. Conceptually, this work of art may suggest how the relationship between two people can be viewed as an opportunity for invention or creativity. Hailed by The Village Voice as one of the best selections for the 2004 Whitney Biennial, Hodges is one of the leading artists in the United States today. He received his BFA from Fort Wright College (Spokane, WA) in 1980 and his MFA from the Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) in 1986. Since the early 1990s, his work has appeared in numerous exhibitions including those at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; and the São Paulo Biennial.

Spencer Tunick (b. 1967, Middletown, NY)

Produced for MOCA Cleveland's 2004 Annual Benefit Art Auction, Au Naturel, this image is from Tunick's monumental outdoor installation in June 2004, in which 2,876 people posed nude in downtown Cleveland for the artist, setting a North American record for Tunick. He earned a BA from Emerson University (Boston, MA) in 1998. He has produced installations nationally and internationally, most recently at venues in Düsseldorf, Germany; Lyon, France; and Bruges, Belgium.

Yoshitomo Nara (b. 1959, Aomori Prefecture, Japan)

This multiple was made to mark Nara's first major traveling museum exhibition in the United States, Yoshitomo Nara: Nothing Ever Happens, organized by MOCA Cleveland in Fall 2003. One of the leading Japanese contemporary artists, Nara earned his MFA from Aichi Prefectural University of Fine Arts and Music (Nagakute, Japan) in 1987. Since the early 1990s, his work has been shown in solo exhibitions at venues including Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; and Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany, among others.

John Pearson (b. 1940, Yorkshire, England)

Creating on the occasion of his Spring 2000 solo PULSE exhibition, Japan Passage, Pearson's delicate yet vivide prints were inspired by the majestic landscape and Buddhist philosophies of Japan, where he had been teaching. Peason received his MFA from Northern Illinois University (Dekalb, IL) in 1966. The receipient of the Cleveland Arts Prize and the Jesse Phillips Foundation Grant, Pearson has been the Hunter-Young Professor of Art at Oberlin college since 1972. His work has been exhibited nationally and internationally and has been collected by institutions such as the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; and the National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

Christoper Pekoc (b. 1941, Cleveland, OH)

Created to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of The New Gallery, the first name of MOCA Cleveland, Five (States I) and Five (State II) demonstrate Pekoc's enduring fascination with the form, function and expressivity of human hands. These captivating prints mimic the artist's unique technique of printing photographic fragments onto paper or polyester fi lm, hand-stitching the imagery together and adding a variety of materials such as shellac and gold leaf. Pekoc studied at Kent State University (Kent, OH). His work has appeared in over 110 solo and group exhibitions at venues including the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra; the Ueda Gallery, Tokyo; and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Pekoc has received five Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowships and an OAC sponsored twomonth International Residency in the Czech Republic. He currently teaches in the Studio Art Department at Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)

Claudia Matzko (b. 1956, Providence, RI)

Matzko's conceptual sculpture was the first limited edition work ever created for MOCA Cleveland. In her exploration of materials, Matzko often juxtaposes dense and translucent materials; thus, the top of Untitled (well) holds a clear mineral oil, creating a glossy cap that subtly changes the shape of the bronze with a glistening, reflective surface. Matzko received her MFA from Yale University in 1983 and has received grants from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, among others. Her work has been exhibited at venues such as the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York; and Art 33 Basel, Switzerland.