Moving Parts: Time and Motion in Contemporary Art
Garen Gallery
A lampshade unfurled and dangling from the ceiling, a palimpsest of posters ripped and torn, a map eaten away by rain—spanning half a century, the artworks in this exhibition explore aesthetic engagement with time, movement, and duration. The artists featured in Moving Parts: Time and Motion in Contemporary Art include William Anastasi, Robert Breer, Moyra Davey, Spencer Finch, Man Ray, Rivane Neuenschwander, Dieter Roth, and many others. Divided into three thematic sections—"Actual and Optical Movement," "Process and Performance," and "Arrested Time and Sequence"—the exhibition places several recent acquisitions by the Kemper Art Museum in the context of rarely seen works from the permanent collection, along with select experimental films and works from private and public collections. Drawing connections across decades and among a variety of mediums, the works on display heighten our perceptual experience of the world and the objects in it by destabilizing conceptions of space and the experience of time through distinct and often subtle means.
Moving Parts is curated by Meredith Malone, associate curator.
Support for this exhibition is provided by James M. Kemper, Jr.; the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation; the William T. Kemper Foundation; and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.
Selected works
![2000_0007.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2000_2009/2000_0007.tif.jpg)
Edward Ruscha
Parking Lots (Fashion Square, Sherman Oaks) #24
1967/1999![2013_0005_0004.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0004.tif.jpg)
Karl Gerstner
Linsenbild MAT (Lens Image MAT), from Edition MAT
1964![2011_0007.jpg](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2011_0007.jpg)
Robert Breer
Float
1972![2013_0005_0003.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0003.tif.jpg)
Davide Boriani
Ohne Titel (Objekt mit Magnet) (Untitled [Object with Magnet]), from Edition MAT
1965![4425.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_0_4571/4425.tif.jpg)
Gene Davis
Equinox
1965![1984_3.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_1980_1989/1984_3.tif.jpg)
Howard Jones
Solo Two
1966![2013_0005_0006.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0006.tif.jpg)
Julio Le Parc
Ohne Titel (Untitled), from Edition MAT
1965![2013_0004.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0004.tif.jpg)
Man Ray
Lampshade (Spiral), from Edition MAT
1919/1964![2013_0005_0008.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0008.tif.jpg)
Dieter Roth
Buch BB (Book BB), from Edition MAT
1964![2011_0009.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2011_0009.tif.jpg)
William Anastasi
Untitled
1973![2013_0005_0001.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0001.tif.jpg)
Arman
Poubelle (Trash Can), from Edition MAT
1964![2011_0012.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2011_0012.tif.jpg)
Rivane Neuenschwander
Depois da Tempestade / After the Storm (12)
2010![2013_0005_0009.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2013_0005_0009.tif.jpg)
Daniel Spoerri
Brote (Bread), from Edition MAT
1965![2011_0008.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2011_0008.tif.jpg)
Jacques Mahé de La Villeglé
Rue du Temple — manuscrite
1968![2010_011_0001.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2010_011_0001.tif.jpg)
Moyra Davey
Speaker
2003![2010_0011_0003.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2010_0011_0003.tif.jpg)
Moyra Davey
Floor
2003![2010_0011_0002.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2010_0011_0002.tif.jpg)
Moyra Davey
Receiver
2003![2010_0011_0004.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2010_0011_0004.tif.jpg)
Moyra Davey
Light
2003![2004_0004.jpg](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2000_2009/2004_0004.jpg)
Spencer Finch
48 Views of Loch Ness
1997![2012_0001.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2010_2019/2012_0001.tif.jpg)
Trevor Paglen
Untitled (Reaper Drone)
2010![2000_0004.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2000_2009/2000_0004.tif.jpg)
Edward Ruscha
Parking Lots (May Company, 6150 Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood) #7
1967/1999![2000_0005.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2000_2009/2000_0005.tif.jpg)
Edward Ruscha
Parking Lots (State Board of Equalization, 14601 Sherman Way, Van Nuys) #19
1967/1999![2000_0006.tif](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w800/permanent_2000_2009/2000_0006.tif.jpg)
Edward Ruscha
Parking Lots (Century City, 1800 Avenue of the Stars) #23
1967/1999Support
Support for this exhibition is provided by James M. Kemper, Jr.; the David Woods Kemper Memorial Foundation; the William T. Kemper Foundation; and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.