MOCA’s Got ‘Room To Live’

Josefina Samvelyan of Burbank sets up a shot at the “Room to Live” exhibition. Next to her is Liz Larner’s “Untitled (Wall).”  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Ashley Bickerton’s “Wild Gene Pool: Ark #31990” is on display in “Room to Live.”  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Architectural student Bun Ben Ko of Los Angeles studies Marnie Weber’s “Giggle of Clowns,” 2009-13.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Marnie Weber’s mixed media work, “Giggle of Clowns,” is a recent acquisition on view at the show.  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)

Curator Bennett Simpson on “Room to Live”: “This show -- it’s telling the story of a museum too. The museum needs room to live, the collection needs room to grow, the curators need room to think within the collection, so in that sense, the museum itself is also the room -- or the room is the museum.”  (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times)