7 8 ▁artists . ▁Over ▁the ▁years , ▁major ▁don ations ▁of ▁art ▁collections ▁have ▁come ▁from ▁the ▁L ann an ▁Foundation ▁and ▁through ▁fund ing ▁from ▁the ▁Ralph ▁M . ▁Par s ons ▁Foundation . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 0 , ▁MO CA ▁received ▁g ifts ▁from ▁artists ▁themselves , ▁including ▁major ▁pieces ▁by ▁sculpt or ▁and ▁performance ▁artist ▁Paul ▁Mc Car thy , ▁video ▁artist ▁Doug ▁A it ken ▁and ▁photograph er ▁Andreas ▁G ur sky . ▁Los ▁Angeles - based ▁artist ▁Ed ▁Mos es ▁made ▁a ▁major ▁gift ▁of ▁his ▁work ▁to ▁the ▁museum ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁surve ying ▁nearly ▁ 4 0 ▁years ▁of ▁his ▁art istic ▁development . ▁ ▁In cluded ▁within ▁today ' s ▁permanent ▁collection ▁are ▁works ▁by ▁further ▁influ ential ▁artists ▁such ▁as ▁Greg ▁Col son , ▁Kim ▁D ing le , ▁Sam ▁Durant , ▁David ▁H ock ney , ▁Kenneth ▁Price , ▁John ▁Mc L augh lin , ▁Robert ▁Mother well , ▁Raymond ▁P ett ib on , ▁James ▁Hay ward , ▁and ▁George ▁Seg al . ▁As ▁the ▁Los ▁Angeles ▁Times ▁declared , ▁" There ▁isn ’ t ▁a ▁city ▁in ▁America — not ▁New ▁York , ▁not ▁Chicago , ▁not ▁Houston , ▁not ▁San ▁Francisco — where ▁a ▁more ▁impress ive ▁museum ▁collection ▁of ▁contemporary ▁art ▁can ▁be ▁seen ." ▁ ▁Ex hib itions ▁ ▁Ever ▁since ▁it ▁opened ▁with ▁an ▁extensive ▁exhibition ▁called ▁The ▁First ▁Show : ▁P ain ting ▁and ▁S cul pt ure