Laura Owens at MOCA

Owens does everything wrong, which makes her art so totally right. Cat doodles, children’s book illustrations, needlework, handicrafts—categories that are anathema to the conventions of professional, asset class, contemporary art.

Laura Owens, Untitled(detail), 2014, ink, silkscreen ink, vinyl paint, acrylic, oil, pastel, paper, wood, solvent transfers, stickers, handmade paper, thread, board, and glue on linen and polyester, five parts: 138 1/8 x 106 1/2 x 2 5/8 in. (350.8 x 270.5 x 6.7 cm) overall, © Laura Owens, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, purchased with funds from Jonathan Sobel

Laura Owens, Untitled, 1998, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 72 in. (167.6 x 182.9 cm), collection of the artist, © Laura Owens, courtesy of Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York and Rome; Sadie Coles HQ, London; and Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne

Laura Owens, Untitled(detail), 2012, acrylic, oil, vinyl paint, charcoal, yarn, and cord on hand-dyed linen, 33 panels, 35 1/2 x 331/4 in. (90.2 x 84.5 cm) each, © Laura Owens, collection of Maja Hoffmann/LUMA Foundation

Laura Owens, Untitled, 2001, acrylic, oil, ink, and felt on canvas, 117 × 72 in. (297.18 × 182.88 cm), © Laura Owens, collection of Annie and Matt Aberle.

Laura Owens, Untitled, 2013, acrylic, oil, and Flashe on canvas, 137 1/2× 120 in. (349.25 × 304.8 cm), © Laura Owens, collection of Peter Morton.

through March 25, 2019.