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Richard Pettibone: A Retrospective
November 19, 2005 - February 12, 2006
The first retrospective exhibition of Richard Pettibone’s artwork in over twenty years, this exhibition presents the full range of the artist’s career, from his early shadow-box assemblages to his more recent sculptures and paintings. See More
Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions
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
Opener 9
Michael Oatman: A Lifetime of Service and a Mile of Thread
June 25 - September 11, 2005
Fusing the roles of librarian, archaeologist, taxonomist and artist, Michael Oatman makes intricately detailed collages and exhaustively researched installations focused on what he calls the “poetic interpretation of documents.” See More
Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions
Weapons of Mass Dissemination: The Propaganda of War
June 24 - October 30, 2005
"Weapons of Mass Dissemination: The Propaganda of War" presents an historic portrait of wartime culture, while inviting the spectator to reflect on the critical role that design plays in our lives, especially during times of conflict. See More
Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Group 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
October 23, 2004 - June 5, 2005
Through historical artifacts, star charts, maps, globes, and contemporary art, this exhibition poses questions regarding the nature of time, the constancy of experience, and the human perception of change. See More
Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions
Paradise and Plumage: Chinese Connections in Tibetan Arhat Painting
September 25, 2004 - January 2, 2005
This exhibition featured Chinese and Tibetan versions of identical compositions and juxtaposed paintings and objects of the fourteenth through eighteenth centuries from China and Tibet. See More
Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions
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