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He sent a survey to all museum employees - including curatorial, education, and janitorial - asking them to pick from among four options. (photo Matt Stromberg/Hyperallergic)įordjour took this democratic approach to art when selecting the works to reproduce for the project. “It’s also a wonderful way to activate a painting, to make a painting an invitation.” The work will be shredded and reused in future works by Fordjour after deinstallation. I’m interested in reaching people who might not otherwise consider going inside a museum,” Fordjour told Hyperallergic.

“We live in a world where it’s still true that, for lots of people, an afternoon in the museum is not their first option.

For Fordjour, the project offered an opportunity to connect with new audiences. But seen from across the wide street, its dancing bodies come to life. When viewed up close, the magnified work fragments into a lively array of colors and shapes. The work celebrates the marching bands of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (photo Matt Stromberg/Hyperallergic) In accordance with the sustainability mission of MOCA’s Environmental Council, launched in 2020, the vinyl wrap was printed in the US with aqueous inks and will be shredded and reused in future works by Fordjour after deinstallation. This is the first in MOCA’s Building Art series, which will feature artworks on the facades of both MOCA locations - Grand Avenue and the nearby Geffen Contemporary - potentially including video and installation, according to a museum spokesperson. The work celebrates the marching bands of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), taking its name from one of Jackson State University’s famous ensembles, nicknamed the “ Sonic Boom of the South.”

A parade of Black, uniformed drum majors and majorettes strides rhythmically across the wall against brightly colored and patterned backgrounds.ĭerek Fordjour’s mural for MOCA, “ Sonic Boom” (2022), features reproductions of five paintings by the New York-based artist, blown-up and printed on vinyl wrap to cover more than 5,400 square feet of the museum’s entrance wall. Behind them on the building’s facade, another line-up - resplendent and monumental - echoed the phalanx of visitors. Last Thursday, April 28, just before 11am, a group of museum-goers lined up along Grand Avenue outside of Los Angeles’s Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), waiting for it to open. Installation view of Derek Fordjour’s “Sonic Boom” (2022) (photo by Elon Schoenholz courtesy the artist and the Museum of Contemporary Art)