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the installation at MOCA as a fore settling in Miami in 1992. landscape through which viewHandforth has exhibited in ers can wander. The exhibition solo shows at the Museum of brings together over 30 works, Contemporary Art (MCA), including a major new light in- Los Angeles; Gavin Brown’s stallation occupying over 80 enterprise, New York; Galerfeet of the museum’s wall that ie Almine Rech, Paris; Galerwill highlight the unique space ie Eva Presenhuber/Tessinerof MOCA’s current galleries and platz, Zürich; The Modern Inwill lead to the groundbreaking stitute, Glasgow; Kunsthaus, for its new expanZürich; and the sion. The exhibiHammer Museum, tion will also spread Los Angeles. He out to locations has also exhibited throughout South in numerous group Florida, including shows, including an installation of the 2004 Whitney Electric Tree, loBiennial. cated in Griffing Mark Handforth’s His work is held Park, North Miami, in public and priSCULPTURES which consists of a vate collections, bring NEW giant banyan tree ilincluding the DalMEANING to luminated by more las Museum of Art; everyday objects. than 60 fluorescent Le Consortium, light fixtures. Dijon, France; FRAC Centre, Born in Hong Kong in 1969, Orleans, France; MOCA, North Handforth grew up in Lon- Miami; Museum of Contempodon and attended the Städel- rary Art, Los Angeles; Whitney schule, Staatliche Hochschule Museum of American Art, New für Bildende Künste in Frank- York; the François Pinault Colfurt am Main, Germany and lection; Rachofsky Collection; Slade School of Fine Art at Uni- and Rubell Family Collection. versity College in London be- O n V iew
opposite page: Ziggy Stardust, 2004, fluorescent lights, fixtures, 275 x 150 cm Above (top to bottom): 1. Rolling Stop, 2008, aluminum, vinyl and acrylic, 96 x 96” 2. Eclipse, 2003, white fluorescent lights, 15-1/2’ x 25’ 3. Lucky Luke, 2008, painted aluminum I-beams left: MARK HANDFORTH All images courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s enterprise