MOCA's latest exhibition showcases Italian conceptual artist Francesco Vezzoli, whose work explores how celebrity culture influences art and the public imagination
Francesco Vezzoli, Michelle Williams and Natalie Portman in Greed, The New Fragrance by Francesco Vezzoli, 2009, video, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, gift of the artist, photo by Guy Ferrandis, courtesy of the artist. Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Marisa Berenson in A Love Trilogy: Self- Portrait with Marisa Berenson as Edith Piaf, 1999, video, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, purchased with funds provided by Eugenio López, Neal Castleman and Ellen Hoffman Castleman, and Scott Watt, courtesy of the artist.Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Eva Mendes in Jeu De Paume, Je t’aime! (Advertisement for an Exhibition That will Never Open), 2009, video, courtesy Prada Collection, Milan, photo by Pasquale Abbattista. Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Milla Jovovich in Trailer for a Remake of Gore Vidal’s Caligula, 2005, video, courtesy Tate Modern, London and the Solomon R Guggenheim Foundation, New York, Photo by Matthias Vriens. Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Sono come tu mi vuoi, 2007, handmade wool tapestry, courtesy of the Prada Collection, Milan.Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Death in Venice, CA, 2008, Inkjet on canvas, paper, metallic embroidery, private Collection, Los Angeles, courtesy of the artist.Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Suddenly Last Summer Walk of Fame (Katharine Hepburn as Mrs. Violet Venable), 2006 Tempera paint and metallic embroidery on canvas in star- shaped frame, courtesy of Gagosian Gallery. Photograph: MOCAFrancesco Vezzoli, Untitled (Spencer Tracy), 2006, tempera paint and metallic embroidery on canvas in star-shaped frame, private collection, Rome.Photograph: MOCA
