Join us for Conversations at MOCA with exhibiting artist, Philip Smith, and Curator/Art Historian, Robin Clark, as they discuss Philip Smith: Magnetic Fields, the artist's career survey and solo institutional debut of over 50 works spanning five decades of Smith’s expansive artistic career. Space is limited, and seats will not be held. The conversation will begin promptly at 7 PM with a Q&A session to follow.

Conversations at MOCA is free with the price of admission. MOCA Members and North Miami Residents receive free admission by presenting a valid membership card or ID at the door.

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About Philip Smith

Philip Smith (b. Miami, FL, 1952) is based in Miami. In his work, found images documented by Smith on slide film are used to create metaphysical narratives that explore new areas of consciousness. Art historical references, DNA strands, periodic tables, tarot cards, Cold War spy manuals, advertisements for home goods, and cartoon characters populate his imagery which is both cryptic and personal. While much of his earlier work seems mysteriously encoded, the most recent paintings convey a sense of openness and dynamism. They may be understood as generators of positive energy, or magnetic fields. Smith’s work has been

collected by major museums including the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Whitney Museum, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Perez Art Museum Miami. He is the author of a memoir, Walking Through Walls (Simon and Schuster, 2008).

About Robin Clark

Robin Clark is a program director, curator, and educator focused on the imbrications of contemporary art, architecture, and the environment from a global perspective. She has held curatorial positions at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum; the Saint Louis Art Museum; the Pulitzer Arts Foundation; and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego. She led the Artist Initiative collection research program at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, where she also launched the museum’s first higher education program teaching from collections. Until recently a scholar in residence at the University of California, Berkeley, she currently manages the Parker Foundation art collection loan program in San Francisco, and is a contributor to the Josef Albers catalogue raisonné of paintings forthcoming from Yale University Press

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