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MOCA announces music & popular culture icon Deborah Harry to perform at MOCA Gala 2011

LOS ANGELES, CA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art announced that singer-songwriter, actress, fashion muse, front woman for Blondie, and icon of popular culture Deborah Harry will collaborate for the first time with Marina Abramović, celebrated performance artist and the artistic director of MOCA’s gala, An Artist’s Life Manifesto. The highly anticipated event will be held Saturday, November 12, 2011, at MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. Harry introduced the world to a new fusion of music, art, and fashion. In addition to being one of the greatest musical performers, she is also an outstanding actress and an inspiration to artists ranging from Andy Warhol to Robert Williams. Her spray-paint portrait by New York artist Lee Quinones and Blondie’s influential music video Rapture, featuring artists Jean-Michel Basquiat, Fab 5 Freddy, and Quinones, were featured in MOCA’s recent exhibition Art in The Streets. Rapture was t