miranda july: eleven heavy things at MOCA

miranda july: eleven heavy things at MOCA ‘pedestals for guilty ones’,  eleven heavy things moca pacific design center, 2011, photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july: eleven heavy things MOCA pacific design center, los angeles on now until october 23rd, 2011

‘eleven heavy things’ is an exhibition of interactive works by artist, filmmaker and writer miranda july. installed within the pacific design centre plaza at MOCA, los angeles, the series of 11 sculptures consists of cast fiberglass,  steel-lined pieces which include pedestals to stand on, tablets fashioned with holes for body parts and freestanding abstract headresses. the work was first presented within the giardino delle vergini for the 53rd international venice art biennale and most recently at union square park in new york in 2010.

miranda july ‘pedestal for strangers’, eleven heavy things MOCA pacific design center, 2011 photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july ‘two faced tablet’, eleven heavy things MOCA pacific design center, 2011 photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july ‘two faced tablet’, eleven heavy things MOCA pacific design center, 2011 photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july ‘pedestal for a little girl’, eleven heavy things, moca pacific design center, 2011, photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july ‘finger tablet’, eleven heavy things moca pacific design center, 2011 photo by oliva jaffe

miranda july ‘three hole tablet’, eleven heavy things moca pacific design center, 2011 photo by olivia jaffe

miranda july ‘double pink shape’, eleven heavy things MOCA pacific design center, 2011 photo by olivia jaffe