I'm a sucker for well-orchestrated art shows. Out in la la land beginning this May, MOCA presents Rebel, conceived by star power from the likes of James Franco with Douglas Gordon, Harmony Korine, Damon McCarthy, Paul McCarthy, Terry Richardson, Ed Ruscha, and Aaron Young.

Rebel is an interrogative ode to Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece Rebel Without A Cause (1955), conceived by Franco to embrace and mine the main themes and events in the original film. The exhibition reinterprets the film’s legends, the people involved, its place in Hollywood, film as a medium, and behind-the-scenes footage, in a new, fresh, and unconventional presentation of film, video installation, photography, painting, drawing, and sculpture, housed in and framed by iconic Hollywood structures. 

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May 15–June 23, 2012 
JF Chen 941 
North Highland Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90038 
Opening event: Saturday, May 12, 2012, 7–10pm