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Africa Embodied: The Language of Adornment
November 29 - December 21, 2001
This exhibition focuses on how various African cultures use body art to communicate ideas and beliefs related to social organization, spirituality, gender roles, and nonverbal expression. See More
Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Student Curated
October 13, 2001 - January 6, 2002
Eminent in China as a decorative art form, and, more importantly, as a scholarly foundation for learning, calligraphy is the art of the written word. Power of the Word presents the work of nine contemporary Chinese artists who both celebrate and critique the conventions of Chinese calligraphy, prese... See More
Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution
September 16, 2001 - January 6, 2002
The artworks featured in "Paradise Now" explore the possibilities for health and human improvement generated by the decoding of the human genome, as well as the impact of biotechnology on animal and plant life. See More
Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
Grett H. Friedman '42: Three Sculptures
July 7 - September 9, 2001
Santa Fe sculptor Gertrude Haas Friedman, creates larger-than-life, bronze-cast sculptures; this exhibition presents three of these powerful sculptures on the Tang’s rooftop. See More
Filed Under: Solo Exhibitions, Alumni Exhibitions
Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art
June 30 - September 23, 2001
"Work: Shaker Design and Recent Art" proposed new ways of looking at familiar and beloved forms alongside contemporary avant-garde art. See More
Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions
Opener 1
Jonathan Seliger: Floor Model
June 16 - August 26, 2001
By combining techniques of painting, printmaking, and sculpture by stretching, folding, and gluing canvases to form recognizable everyday objects, such as envelopes, shopping bags, and pillows, Seliger explores the individual and elevated experiences that underlie the commonness of everyday life. See More
Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions
Still Photography: Works from the Tang Collection
June 16 - August 26, 2001
Challenging our assumptions about photographed reality, this exhibition features contemporary artists who have experimented with new ways in which photographs can be understood as artworks. See More
Filed Under: Group Exhibitions
March 10 - June 17, 2001
"David Miller: A Retrospective" featured a selection of paintings from the artist’s entire career, featuring his focus on contour and line, his celebrated, exuberant use of color, and his imaginative, often playful images.
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Filed Under: Solo Exhibitions
The World According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations: Mapping Art and Science
March 3 - June 3, 2001
Focusing on two specific domains, the human body and northeastern North America, this exhibition examined how we depict realms inaccessible to our senses. See More
Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions
October 28, 2000 - January 28, 2001
One of the Tang’s inaugural exhibitions, "S.O.S.: Scenes of Sounds" was an exploration of sound through contemporary art, focusing on the immediate visceral responses made possible by sound. See More
Filed Under: Group Exhibitions
Vik Muniz: Seeing Is Believing
October 28, 2000 - February 11, 2001
A comprehensive look into the work of this Brazilian-born, New York-based artist, whose photographs transform nonconventional materials into what he calls “photographic delusions”—images that initially appear familiar, but on closer examination reveal the unusual nature of their material and creatio... See More
Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions
