Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art
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| Established | 1999 |
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| Location | 952 Queen Street West in downtown Toronto, Ontario |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | www.mocca.ca/ |
The Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA) is a Toronto, Ontario museum and art gallery. It is an independent, registered charitable organization which has the mandate to promote works by Canadian and international artists which address modern societal themes and innovative techniques. The museum is affiliated with the Canadian Museums Association, the Ontario Museum Association and the Ontario Association of Art Galleries.
History
MOCCA was founded from the former Art Gallery of North York in 1999. In 2005, MOCCA relocated to the West Queen West Art + Design District in downtown Toronto. In 2015, with its building about to be demolished and replaced by condominiums, MOCCA hosted an interactive exhibit by Dean Baldwin entitled Queen West Yacht Club, while preparing for a move to its new Sterling Road location.[1]
Exhibits
MOCCA's Queen Street location features two large exhibition spaces, a 5,000 sq ft (460 m2) Main Space and a 1,000 sq ft (93 m2) Project Room. More than 80 exhibits and projects have been presented in this space, involving about 800 artists. MOCCA also mounts group exhibitions of work by non-Canadian artists. Since 2001, MOCCA has also presented exhibitions and projects in the United States, China, Taiwan, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.[2]
Permanent collection
The museum maintains a permanent collection; in 2009 this consisted of about 400 works of art by more than 150 Canadian artists.[3] Notable artists represented are:
- Stephen Andrews
- Barbara Astman
- Carl Beam
- Claude Breeze
- Roland Brener
- Edward Burtynsky
- Jack Bush
- Genevieve Cadieux
- Chris Cran
- Christos Dikeakos (RCA)
- Yuri Dojc
- Joseph Drapell
- Evergon
- Paterson Ewen
- Ivan Eyre
- Gathie Falk
- Yves Gaucher
- Betty Goodwin
- Anne Harris
- Robert Houle
- Gershon Iskowitz
- Geoffrey James
- Roy Kiyooka
- Harold Klunder
- Micah Lexier
- Arnaud Maggs
- Barbara McGivern
- Evan Penny
- Bev Pike
- William Ronald
- Tony Scherman
- Arlene Stamp
- Jeannie Thib
- Larry Towell
- Tony Urquhart
- Ian Wallace
See also
References
- ↑ Whyte, Murray. "Artist Dean Baldwin turns soon-to-be-demolished building into Queen West Yacht Club"'. Toronto Star, 29 June 2015.
- ↑ http://mocca.ca/about-mocca/
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