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A highlight of the exhibition is Rant redux (2020–24),
WORLD-CLASS ART CEREMONIES OUT OF THE AIR: developed with Kevin Beasley and rooted in Lemon’s
a dynamic four-channel video and sound installation,

ongoing live performance series Rant (2019–present).
RALPH LEMON
This layered audiovisual experience features influential
artists including Okwui Okpokwasili, Samita Sinha, Darrell

Complementing the installation, the exhibition debuts
This fall, MoMA PS1 presents Ceremonies Out of the Jones, and Lemon himself.
Air, a major exhibition celebrating the multidisciplinary Tell it anyway (2024), a performance premiering at
work of artist Ralph Lemon. Opening on November 14, MoMA PS1’s opening weekend, and in spring 2025, a
2024, the exhibition spans dance, drawing, photography, special presentation of Rant #6 will return the cinematic
sculpture, painting, and video, alongside a dedicated energy of Rant redux to a live format. Organized by
program of live performances. Connie Butler, Thomas Lax, and Kari Rittenbach, this
Recognized as a key figure in postmodern dance expansive presentation highlights Lemon’s ability to
since the 1990s, Lemon explores storytelling through merge choreography, visual arts, and performance into a
movement, examining performance as it unfolds in singular, immersive experience.
museums, on stages, and in daily life. His works frame
the body as an archive, capturing raw emotion, labor,
and lived experience, while challenging conventional
ways of seeing and understanding history.

Ralph Lemon (American, born 1952). Godhead under the kitchen table 2024
Aluminum, steel, LEDs, electrical wiring, and cable table: 30 × 90 × 30" (76.2 ×
228.6 × 76.2 cm) Production: Roderick Murray, RED, 618 Design. Curtesy The
Museum of Modern Art's and MoMA PS1

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