MoCA Westport is pleased to present its Spring Exhibition, Smash, on view to the public from April 2 – June 13, 2021. The exhibition will be devoted exclusively to the videos of contemporary artist Marilyn Minter.

An opening reception for MoCA Westport Members will be held on Thursday, April 1, 2021.

Presented in both grandiose and intimate scales and settings throughout MoCA Westport’s galleries, Minter’s videos will be exhibited together for the first time in a public institution. Seeped in lush imagery oscillating between figuration and abstraction, Minter’s works encapsulate feminism, pleasure, voyeurism and notions of beauty, desire and chance.

Marilyn Minter’s custom-designed AMC Pacer automobile featuring an interior, surround viewing of her work Green Pink Caviar, will also be exhibited for the first time.

Minter is a contemporary American painter, photographer and video artist recognized for examining the relationships between the body and cultural beliefs about sexuality, desire, and pleasure. Her paintings and richly colored photographs and videos have been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions and have been included in group exhibitions all over the world. She currently works and lives in New York, NY.

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There's this constant distortion that's happening between all of us...there's a sense of failure. But at the same time, all of this pleasure.  – Marilyn Minter

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Ruth Mannes, Executive Director of MoCA Westport, stated, “We are honored to present these dynamic works together for the first time, at a moment when female artists are at the forefront of shaping and reflecting our culture. We have transformed our galleries for Smash, including unique lighting and video spaces designed just for this exhibition.”

MoCA Westport’s Director of Exhibitions, Liz Leggett, added “Minter’s work was a powerful part of our Fall 2020 exhibition, World Peace, and we are thrilled to present the solo show Smash, devoted exclusively to Ms. Minter's lush and captivating video work, and a never-before-seen Pacer car video installation.”

MoCA Westport’s Spring gallery hours, as of April 2, 2021, are Wednesday – Sunday 12 - 4 p.m. Reservations to experience Smash can be made on MoCA Westport’s website (mocawestport.org). Complimentary gallery admission, with no reservation required, is available every Friday. 

A virtual Artist Talk with Minter is planned for May 2021; details and tickets will be available on mocawestport.org in April 2021. 

For more information on Smash, visit mocawestport.org or contact Director of Exhibitions, Liz Leggett, at liz@mocawestport.org. 

MoCA Westport would like to thank Alissa Friedman and Salon 94 for their contribution to this exhibition.

More About Marilyn Minter

In 2006, Marilyn Minter was included in the Whitney Biennial, and installed several billboards in Chelsea, New York City in collaboration with Creative Time. Her video Green Pink Caviar was exhibited in the lobby of the MoMA from 2010-2011. It was also shown on digital billboards on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles, CA and on the Creative Time MTV billboard in Times Square, New York.

In 2013, Minter was featured in “Riotous Baroque,” an exhibition that originated at the Kunsthaus Zürich and traveled to the Guggenheim Bilbao. In 2015, Minter’s retrospective Pretty/Dirty opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, TX. Pretty/Dirty traveled to the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, the Orange County Museum of Art, and finally the Brooklyn Museum in November 2016. Minter is represented by Salon 94, New York, Regen Projects, Los Angeles and Baldwin Gallery, Aspen. Born in Shreveport, LA in 1948, Marilyn Minter lives and works in New York, NY.