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'''Ragen Moss''' (born 1978) is a visual artist based in Los Angeles. She has exhibited in the United States and Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |date=8 March 2023 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/arts/design/artist-job-blanton-museum.html |last1=Diehl |first1=Travis }}</ref><ref name="Sculpture">{{cite journal |last1=Castro |first1=Jan Garden |title=Spatial Language: A Conversation with Ragen Moss |journal=Sculpture Magazine |date=15 January 2020 |issue=January 2020 |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/spatial-language-a-conversation-with-ragen-moss/ |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/ragen-moss-2|title=Ragen Moss|website=The New Yorker}}</ref> |
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==Education== |
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Moss received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Columbia University in 2000. She received a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.art.ucla.edu/areas-of-study/interdisciplinary-studio/ |website=Interdisciplinary Studio _ UCLA Department of Art.html}}</ref> |
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==Work== |
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Ragen Moss is an artist in Los Angeles. Ragen Moss is an established, mid-career contemporary artist. Ragen Moss was born in 1978. |
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She has exhibited around the United States and Europe.<ref>{{cite news |title=Smithsonian Magazine |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/day-jobs-blanton-museum-180981757/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/arts/design/artist-job-blanton-museum.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Art In America |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/ragen-moss-8-animals-bridget-donahue-review-1202676199/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sculpture Magazine |url=https://sculpturemagazine.art/spatial-language-a-conversation-with-ragen-moss/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Goings On About Town |url=https://www.newyorker.com/goings-on-about-town/art/ragen-moss-2}}</ref> |
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Her work was included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/arts/design/2019-whitney-biennial.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/arts/design/whitney-biennial-review.html}}</ref> |
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Ragen Moss' most recent exhibition was in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news |title=In Berlin, Autumn’s Art Shows Usher in an Anxious Changing of the Seasons |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/berlin-diary-1234685255/}}</ref> |
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Moss' sculptural work is made from layered transparent polyethylene forms that are embedded with paint that roughly resemble biomorphic human shapes. A review in the New York Times described her work as being "concerned with the body and how it functions within society."<ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |date=25 February 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/25/arts/design/2019-whitney-biennial.html |last1=Steinhauer |first1=Jillian }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=New York Times |date=16 May 2019 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/16/arts/design/whitney-biennial-review.html |last1=Cotter |first1=Holland }}</ref> Moss had work included in the 2019 [[Whitney Biennial]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smee |first1=Sebastian |title=The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the country — and lots of fluff |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/museums/the-whitney-biennial-presents-the-best-new-artists-in-the-country--and-lots-of-fluff/2019/05/17/0af0d7f6-78d7-11e9-bd25-c989555e7766_story.html |publisher=May 18, 2019 |date=May 18, 2019}}</ref> Some of her works include texts, such as "manipulative deceptive device or contrivance" which directly refers to insider trading violations.<ref name="AIA-Vogel">{{cite journal |last1=Vogel |first1=Wendy |title=Artist-Attorney Ragen Moss Treats Legal Language as a Sculptural Material |journal=Art in America |date=24 January 2020 |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/ragen-moss-8-animals-bridget-donahue-review-1202676199/ |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> |
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In 2021, Moss contributed to Art Basel Unlimited with her work "Humane Imagination", consisting of 10 new sculptures that reflect upon the potential of the human mind.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.artbasel.com/rooms/specialsector/22788/Humane-Imagination?lang=en |website=Humane Imagination Art Basel}}</ref> |
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Moss' most recent exhibition, titled ''CONSPIRE'', was presented in Berlin. The installation consisted of seven hanging bulbous sculptures made of painted polyethylene paired with seven glass and metal canisters in which actual flames burn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/aia-reviews/berlin-diary-1234685255/|title=In Berlin, Autumn’s Art Shows Usher in an Anxious Changing of the Seasons|first=Martin|last=Herbert|date=October 31, 2023}}</ref> |
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Moss' work was included in the exhibition, ''Day Jobs,'' at the [[Blanton Museum of Art]]. She works as a lawyer in her day job.<ref name="smith">{{Cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/day-jobs-blanton-museum-180981757/|title=How Artists' Day Jobs Shape Their Craft|first1=Smithsonian|last1=Magazine|first2=Ellen|last2=Wexler|website=Smithsonian Magazine}}</ref> She has spoken publicly on the ability of art to "perform specific and pointed work on Constitutional questions" including human rights and reproductive freedom.<ref name="LAXART">{{cite web |title=What Constitutional Law Can Learn from Sculpture |url=https://laxart.org/regan-moss |website=LAXART |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref> |
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==Collections== |
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Moss' work is held in the permanent collection of the [[Whitney Museum of American Art]],<ref name="Whitney">{{cite web |title=Ragen Moss |url=https://whitney.org/artists/18808 |website=Whitney Museum of American Art |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> and the [[Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles]].<ref name="MOCA">{{cite web |title=Ragen Moss |url=https://www.moca.org/artist/ragen-moss |website=Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 15:29, 20 September 2024
Ragen Moss (born 1978) is a visual artist based in Los Angeles. She has exhibited in the United States and Europe.[1][2][3]
Education
[edit]Moss received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History from Columbia University in 2000. She received a Juris Doctor degree from UCLA in 2005 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California Los Angeles in 2012.[4]
Work
[edit]Moss' sculptural work is made from layered transparent polyethylene forms that are embedded with paint that roughly resemble biomorphic human shapes. A review in the New York Times described her work as being "concerned with the body and how it functions within society."[5][6] Moss had work included in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.[7] Some of her works include texts, such as "manipulative deceptive device or contrivance" which directly refers to insider trading violations.[8]
In 2021, Moss contributed to Art Basel Unlimited with her work "Humane Imagination", consisting of 10 new sculptures that reflect upon the potential of the human mind.[9]
Moss' most recent exhibition, titled CONSPIRE, was presented in Berlin. The installation consisted of seven hanging bulbous sculptures made of painted polyethylene paired with seven glass and metal canisters in which actual flames burn.[10]
Moss' work was included in the exhibition, Day Jobs, at the Blanton Museum of Art. She works as a lawyer in her day job.[11] She has spoken publicly on the ability of art to "perform specific and pointed work on Constitutional questions" including human rights and reproductive freedom.[12]
Collections
[edit]Moss' work is held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[13] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Diehl, Travis (8 March 2023). "New York Times".
- ^ Castro, Jan Garden (15 January 2020). "Spatial Language: A Conversation with Ragen Moss". Sculpture Magazine (January 2020). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Ragen Moss". The New Yorker.
- ^ Interdisciplinary Studio _ UCLA Department of Art.html https://www.art.ucla.edu/areas-of-study/interdisciplinary-studio/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Steinhauer, Jillian (25 February 2019). "New York Times".
- ^ Cotter, Holland (16 May 2019). "New York Times".
- ^ Smee, Sebastian (May 18, 2019). "The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the country — and lots of fluff". May 18, 2019.
- ^ Vogel, Wendy (24 January 2020). "Artist-Attorney Ragen Moss Treats Legal Language as a Sculptural Material". Art in America. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ Humane Imagination Art Basel https://www.artbasel.com/rooms/specialsector/22788/Humane-Imagination?lang=en.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Herbert, Martin (October 31, 2023). "In Berlin, Autumn's Art Shows Usher in an Anxious Changing of the Seasons".
- ^ Magazine, Smithsonian; Wexler, Ellen. "How Artists' Day Jobs Shape Their Craft". Smithsonian Magazine.
- ^ "What Constitutional Law Can Learn from Sculpture". LAXART. Retrieved 3 February 2024.
- ^ "Ragen Moss". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Ragen Moss". Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
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