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SHANA MOULTON:
META/PHYSICAL THERAPY
HEALING MEETS THE SURREAL IN ARTIST SHANA MOULTON’S
HYPER-SATURATED DREAMSCAPE IN THE EXHIBITION AND
PERFORMANCE SERIES “META/PHYSICAL THERAPY,” WHICH
PREMIERED AT THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (MOMA) IN Shana Moulton. Still from Inversion Therapy. 2019. High-definition video (color,
sound). 3 min. Image courtesy the artist © 2024 Shana Moulton
NEW YORK.
project continues the artist’s incisive examination of the
aesthetics of pain and healing and the mass marketing
This exhibition premiere a new site-specific installation by of wellness, and explores the maladies of middle age.
Shana Moulton, whose work seeks to capture the enormity Presented as a multi-chapter narrative, the installation
and banality of everyday life. Through performance, video, will be accompanied by a series of performances created
and sculpture, Moulton chronicles the experiences of her in collaboration with composer Nick Hallett, bringing
semi-autobiographical alter-ego, Cynthia, as she navigates Cynthia’s inner world to life.
personal choices and physical limitations. Transforming the Organized by Erica Papernik-Shimizu, Associate Curator,
Kravis Studio into a prismatic environment, this installation with May Makki, Curatorial Assistant, Department of
employs the artist’s signature blend of spiritual imagery, Media and Performance. Performances produced by
medical technology, popular culture, and references to Lizzie Gorfaine, Associate Director and Producer, with
high art and dollar-store kitsch. An extension of Moulton’s Olivia Rousey, Assistant Performance Coordinator,
Whispering Pines series, which began in 2002, the Performance and Live Programs.

Shana Moulton. Still from Meta/Physical Therapy. 2023–24. Eight-channel 4K
and high-definition video (color, sound; varying durations), MDF, vinyl, seating,
scrims, props, and window gel. Dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist, Galerie
Crèvecœur, and Galerie Gregor Staiger. © 2024 Shana Moulton

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