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Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon - MoMA PS1 - Museum Exhibitions - Paula Cooper Gallery
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class="contentWrapper"> <div class='news-details img'> <div class='clearfix'> <div class="container page-header-container"><header class="section-header divider page-header "><div class='item-header'><h1>Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon</h1><h2>MoMA PS1</h2><h3>November 14, 2024鈥揗arch 24, 2025</h3></div><span class='links'><a href='/' class="link-back back-link back">Back</a></span></header></div> <div class='container'> <div class="image clearfix"> <img alt="Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon" src='https://img.artlogic.net/w_750,h_750,c_limit/exhibit-e/5f5a43b313a837455d8b4567/49f11314b96e9b1938a7f73421b5ba8e.jpeg' /> <div class='caption'><p> Installation view of <em>Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon</em>, on view at MoMA PS1 from November 14 through March 24, 2024. © Ralph Lemon. Photo: Steven Paneccasio.</p></div> </div> <div class="paragraph-styling details"> <p>This major exhibition of artist Ralph Lemon (b. 1952, Cincinnati) features more than sixty artworks made over the last decade across disciplines and marks the debut of several collaborative performances. One of the most significant figures to emerge from New York’s downtown scene, Lemon has expanded the capacity for storytelling across contexts and traditions. <em>Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon</em> comprises dance, drawings, photographs, sculpture, paintings, and video throughout the museum’s expansive third-floor galleries, alongside a synchronous program of live works staged in a dedicated performance space. The centerpiece of the exhibition is <em>Rant redux</em> (2020–24), a major four-channel video and sound installation realized with Kevin Beasley and based on the live performance <em>Rant</em> (2019–ongoing). The performance program includes the US debut of <em>In Proximity</em> (2022) and the New York premiere of <em>Tell it anyway</em> (2024), and invites a series of special guests to respond to Lemon’s drawings from<em> Untitled (The greatest [Black] art history story ever told. Unfinished)</em> (2015–present). Lemon’s work takes the body as an archive of raw emotion, physical labor, and received histories to challenge the ways we have been taught to see the world.</p> <div class="links"> <div class='file'> <a href='https://www.momaps1.org/en/programs/377-ceremonies-out-of-the-air-ralph-lemon?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=ps1_lemon&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAyJS7BhBiEiwAyS9uNUMgVWhrgGdmH-dpRA0Q3ueMgkwkZMNKtrXcVl_12W4tNNzSGn3lVBoCPDUQAvD_BwE' target="_blank">View More</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <footer class="divider show4col"><div class="container clearfix"><div class='divider'></div><div class='footer-cols'><div class="footer-col1"><p>534 W 21st Street, NY, NY 10011</p></div><div class="footer-col2"><p>Tel 212.255.1105 / Fax 212.255.5156</p></div><div class="footer-col3"><p><a href="mailto:INFO@PAULACOOPERGALLERY.COM">info@paulacoopergallery.com</a></p></div><div class="footer-col4"><p><a href="/information#subscription_form" target="_blank">Subscribe</a> / <a href="http://instagram.com/paulacoopergallery" target="_blank">Instagram</a> / <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Paula-Cooper-Gallery/267802929992076" target="_blank">Facebook</a> / <a href="https://twitter.com/paulacooperny" target="_blank">Twitter</a> / <a href="/wechat">WeChat</a> / <a href="https://www.paulacoopergallery.com/careers/">Careers</a> / <a href="/site-index">Site Index</a></p></div></div><span><a href="/site-index" class="footer-siteindex">Site Index</a></span></div></footer> </body> </html>