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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=Smithsonian Magazine |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/day-jobs-blanton-museum-180981757/}}</ref><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>{{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>
'''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>{{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>

Her work was 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><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>
Her biomorphic sculptural work is made from layered transparent polyethylene that are embedded with paint to create forms that roughly resemble 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>
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>

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 an actual flame burns.<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>

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 news |title=Smithsonian Magazine |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/day-jobs-blanton-museum-180981757/}}</ref>


==Collections==
==Collections==

Revision as of 13:31, 3 February 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][4]

Her biomorphic sculptural work is made from layered transparent polyethylene that are embedded with paint to create forms that roughly resemble 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]

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 an actual flame burns.[8]

Moss' work was included in the exhibition, Day Jobs, at the Blanton Museum of Art. She works as a lawyer in her day job.[9]

Collections

Moss' work is held in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art,[10] and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.[11]

References

  1. ^ Diehl, Travis (8 March 2023). "New York Times".
  2. ^ "Art In America".
  3. ^ "Sculpture Magazine".
  4. ^ "Goings On About Town".
  5. ^ Steinhauer, Jillian (25 February 2019). "New York Times".
  6. ^ Cotter, Holland (16 May 2019). "New York Times".
  7. ^ Smee, Sebastian (May 18, 2019). "The Whitney Biennial presents the best new artists in the country — and lots of fluff". May 18, 2019.
  8. ^ "In Berlin, Autumn's Art Shows Usher in an Anxious Changing of the Seasons".
  9. ^ "Smithsonian Magazine".
  10. ^ "Ragen Moss". Whitney Museum of American Art. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Ragan Moss". Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Retrieved 2 February 2024.