tag:flavorpill.com,2005:/losangeles/venues/moca 2012-02-09T00:00:00-08:00 tag:flavorpill.com,2005:EventListing/61201 2012-02-09T19:00:00Z 2012-02-09T19:00:00Z Installation Today The first museum exhibition devoted to the work that the tabloid photographer known as Weegee produced in Southern California, Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles includes more than 200 photographs and encompasses his related work as an author, filmmaker, photo-essayist, and self-promoter. An accompanying book, Naked Hollywood: Weegee in Los Angeles, introduced and edited by exhibition curator Richard Meyer, will be published by Rizzoli with MOCA and the International Center for Photography. tag:flavorpill.com,2005:EventListing/58597 2012-02-09T19:00:00Z 2012-02-09T19:00:00Z Installation Today The first large-scale survey of California art from this period, Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 features artists working in a wide array of medium and styles and examines the exceptional fertility and diversity of art practice in Calfornia in the mid-to late 1970s. The years considered in the exhibition represent a tumultuous, transitional period in United States history, one of cynicism, malaise, and moral collapse, bracketed by the departure and arrival of two presidential leaders from California: Richard Nixon (1974) and Ronald Reagan (1981), respectively. tag:flavorpill.com,2005:EventListing/65642 2012-02-10T02:30:00Z 2012-02-10T02:30:00Z Photography Today Kate Flint, provost professor of English and art history at USC, will examine how advances in flash photography impacted Weegee and photography in Los Angeles. INFO 213/621-1745 or education@moca.org FREE; no reservations tag:flavorpill.com,2005:EventListing/65643 2012-02-12T03:00:00Z 2012-02-12T03:00:00Z Happening Saturday 2/11 Each year, teens take over the museum for an evening extravaganza of art, music, and more. Inspired by MOCA’s exhibition Under the Big Black Sun, this year’s Teen Night features live performances and visual art by local students, artmaking, and refreshments. Have fun, hang out, and learn something new. Teen Night is an event exclusively for students in high school, hosted by teens from the MOCA Apprenticeship Program (MAP). This year, attendees receive a complimentary six-month membership. INFO 213-621-1745 or pnam@moca.org FREE; guardian waiver required