LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.- The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, presents "Momus - Suffusia: A Beautiful Life". Born in Scotland in 1960, Nick Currie took the name Momus in 1985 when he began recording albums of “moral tales and imaginary lives” for a series of British independent record labels (Creation, 4AD, Cherry Red). Although he never attained more than cult status in his native Britain, Momus spent much of the 90s writing and producing hits for the artists of the Shibuya-kei movement in Japan, notably Kahimi Karie. His own records, much inspired by francophone provocateurs like Jacques Brel and Serge Gainsbourg, appeared annually throughout the decade. When he tired of listing the sexual crimes of the professional classes, Momus played gestalt games with genre. The list of styles he claims to have invented includes Analog Baroque, Futuristic Vaudeville, Folktronica and Spooky Kabuki. In late 2000 Momus held his first one-man art show at New York’s LFL Gallery. He is currently living in Tokyo.