2005 Exhibitions

Elevator Music 6: Pamela Z

October 29, 2005 - January 30, 2006

San Francisco-based composer and performer Pamela Z creates a commissioned multi-channel audio installation for the Elevator Music series and combines segments of her new piece with previous works in a live performance kicking off the Tang's Fifth Anniversary Fall Reception. See More

Filed Under: Solo Exhibitions, Elevator Music

America Starts Here: Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler

October 1 - December 30, 2005

"America Starts Here," the first retrospective exhibition of Ericson and Ziegler’s career, provides a critical analysis of the artists’ still under-appreciated position in the history of twentieth-century art. The exhibition includes sculptures and installations, as well as models and video document... See More

Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions

Opener 10
Kathy Butterly: Freaks and Beauties

October 1 - December 30, 2005

Kathy Butterly makes colorful porcelain and earthenware objects that push quirky forms, cartoonish actions and surprising textures into pint-sized packages. Though typically standing less than eight inches tall, Butterly infuses each of her freaks and beauties with a unique, often mischievous person... See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions

Elevator Music 4: Julianne Swartz

February 5 - June 5, 2005

Borrowing the vibrant music of rock and folk performers of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Swartz renders once-poignant anthems into “elevator music”—bland, atmospheric décor meant to distract and pacify rather then stimulate and rally. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

Opener 8
Lee Boroson: Outer Limit

February 5 - June 5, 2005

The eighth installment of the Opener series featured seven large-scale works by Brooklyn-based artist Lee Boroson. Since 1995, Boroson has been known for his room-filling, inflated sculptures made of sewn-nylon and kept aloft by electric blowers. These colorful enclosures find inspiration in both na... See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions

About Sculpture

June 26, 2004 - January 2, 2005

About Sculpture accompanies the large-scale exhibition About Painting and features artworks from the Tang Collection as well as several on extended loan, including work by Jean Blackburn, Beverly Semmes, Dorothy Dehner, Charles Long, Richard Pettibone, and others. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions