This exhibit, about prisoners held by the U.S. In 2007, the Hoosick Falls resident took over the largest gallery in Building 5.
We’ve seen Jenny Holzer before at MASS MoCA. Dubois, Hunter Thompson, Barack Obama and many more. The text or “40 hits” in the piece are quotes about government and society by Madonna, Maya Angelou, Lincoln, W.E.B. Ballard’s 1981 book “Hello America,” in which our country becomes an empty, abandoned wasteland in the late 20th century. It was one of the last works the artist made before she died in 2010.Īround the corner from the Bourgeois, we see “Hello America: 40 Hits from the 50 States,” a mural of bold colors and text that was painted directly on the wall by Boston-based artist Joe Wardell. Suspended from the ceiling, the sculpture suggests a relationship that neither person can escape. In “The Couple,” 2007-2009, two figures made of cast and polished aluminum are bound together in a python-like grip. On the second floor, Louise Bourgeois, who expressed emotions about childhood, marriage and motherhood in her sculpture, draws us into her world with four works, three of them created in marble and another in metal. Turrell also shows us a model of “Roden Crater,” his work-in-progress, a celestial observatory that’s located in a volcanic cinder cone in Arizona. Handrails lead you slowly into these spaces, and if you are patient and allow time for your irises to adjust, you can sit on a bench and ponder his light works.
“Into the Light,” a large first-floor installation by Turrell, leads the viewer into spaces of total darkness. With each exhibit, the atmosphere changes radically. The entrance to the three-story building is non-descript, but once inside, visitors wander around its 130,000 square feet and encounter long-term exhibits by artists like James Turrell, Robert Rauschenberg, Louise Bourgeois, Joe Wardwell, Dawn DeDeaux/Lonnie Holley, Jenny Holzer and Gunnar Schonbeck. To get to Building 6, you traverse across a courtyard, a massive outdoor space where you might imagine life in the 1960s, when 4,000 Sprague Electric workers punched the clock. Visitors stand near works by Robert Rauschenberg at the opening of Building 6 at MASS MoCA. The summer visitor’s guide offers maps for each of the six buildings, the outdoor artworks and downtown North Adams.
Buildings, walkways and courtyards are connected and loop around. If you put on a Fitbit and walk to every gallery, you will log four miles. North Adams is now home to the largest contemporary art museum in America.
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