Calendar

June 6, 2009 through April 25, 2010
In 1980, artist Stan VanDerBeek (1927-1984) recalled a dream he had of the ideal exhibition space: a dark room with “projected images, movies, and stills everywhere,” which he playfully referred to as “amazement park.” Suspended by a wire device, the viewer swings through the space as “images like snowflakes…fly... See more 

May 30, 2009 through November 1, 2009
British Pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924 - 2005) pioneered commercial silkscreen methods for fine art, simultaneously exploiting technology to make art and satirizing the exploitation of images by our technology-driven culture. Curated by Skidmore MALS graduate Michelle Paquette ’08, this exhibition from the Tang... See more 

July 18, 2009 through March 14, 2010
Elevator Music 15 features Annea Lockwood’s A Sound Map Of The Hudson River, an aural journey spanning from the source of the river—Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack peaks—downstream to the Lower Bay and into the Atlantic Ocean. Originally commissioned by the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers, NY, the piece is... See more 

July 18, 2009 through March 14, 2010
Lives of the Hudson explores the long history of one of America's greatest rivers. Four themes have guided us in our organization of this exhibition: the natural river, the imagined river, the human river, and the working river. Along with important works by Hudson River School painters, Lives of the Hudson... See more 

September 26, 2009 through January 3, 2010
The Way We Weren’t features a recent series of paintings that continues artist Nicole Eisenman's almost two decades-long exploration of our social and psychological lives. This new body of work explores ways we cope with sadness, hardship, and depression in a culture engrossed with happiness. Surly and melancholic... See more 

September 26, 2009 through January 3, 2010
Arlene Shechet’s recent glazed ceramic objects float, twist, and puff up atop stacks of unadorned concrete, plaster, wood, and steel. While Shechet has worked in sculpture for over two decades, these new works shift away from her earlier explorations of iconographic Buddhist imagery toward more abstract forms and... See more 

September 26, 2009 through January 3, 2010
Fences to prevent loitering; spikes on building ledges to deter sitting; pylons to direct traffic flow—all ways of controlling our physical movement in a city’s supposedly public spaces. With the heightened anxiety and climate of fear that grew after the World Trade Center attacks, these structures sprung up in... See more 

September 17, 2009
Begins at 7:00pm
Artists Margaret Cogswell and Annea Lockwood in conversation with Ian Berry, Malloy Curator, Tang Museum Thursday, September 17, 7:00PM See more 

September 26, 2009
6:00pm to 7:30pm
Opening Reception for Fall Exhibitions Saturday, September 26, 6:00-7:30PM Location: Tang Atrium Nicole Eisenman: The Way We Weren't September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010 Arlene Shechet: Blow By Blow September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010 Type A: Barrier September 26, 2009 - January 3, 2010 See more 

September 23, 2009
Begins at 7:30pm
Artist Lecture with Arlene Shechet Wednesday, September 23, 7:30PM See more 

September 24, 2009
Begins at 7:30pm
With John Cronin, Director and CEO, Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries Thursday, September 24, 7:30PM See more 

September 16, 2009
Begins at 12:00pm
With Tom Lewis, co-organizer of the exhibition and Professor of English, Skidmore College Wednesday, September 16, Noon See more