Philadelphia, PA — As part of a new initiative at The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design, Mia Locks, senior curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, presents the exhibition Or Both, opening September 27, 2019.

The exhibition, which runs through December 7, is part of Moore’s new Visiting Curators Initiative, which focuses on engaging new artistic input for the benefit of the Moore community and Philadelphia’s arts and culture landscape. Three curators, beginning with Locks, will bring their visions to The Galleries at Moore, a hub for contemporary art and creative exploration in the heart of Philadelphia, during the fall seasons of 2019, 2020 and 2021.

Or Both is an experimental two-part exhibition that includes a solo presentation of work by Ulrike Müller alongside a group show of works by Martin Beck, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Jennie C. Jones, Eric N. Mack, Medrie MacPhee, Dona Nelson and Deborah Remington. Approaching painting from a place of ambivalence, Müller employs a range of materials, techniques and image formats, including drawing, enamel on steel, collage, monotype and woven wool rugs. Taking Müller's practice as a point of departure, the group show is organized around compositional strategies and methods of decision-making rather than around a shared subject matter or theme, opening up new possibilities for reading artworks together that might not seem immediately connected.

“We believe that bringing a fresh curatorial perspective each year will not only help grow our reputation as an incubator for contemporary thinking, but will also provide a unique and creative opportunity for curators to experiment in a new environment full of collaborative possibilities,” said Gabrielle Lavin Suzenski, Rochelle F. Levy Director, The Galleries at Moore.

Text by: The Galleries at Moore