2007 Exhibitions

Molecules That Matter

September 8, 2007 - April 13, 2008

Molecules That Matter showcases ten organic molecules that profoundly altered our world in the twentieth century. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Traveling Exhibitions

Stripes

August 4 - December 30, 2007

Bold yet shifty, stripes are a powerful pattern. The striped works on view here are by a select group of contemporary artists investigating the tensions, both visual and psychological, that the pattern can provoke. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

West African Masquerade

July 14 - December 29, 2007

Large-scale color photographs created by Phyllis Galembo from 2005 to 2006 reflect the ritual adornment and spirituality of masquerade in Nigeria, Benin and Burkina Faso in West Africa. See More

Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

Elevator Music 10: Atmospherics/Weather Works

July 14 - December 30, 2007

Andrea Polli weaves information from a highly detailed meteorological model of Hurricane Bob, the storm that ravaged coastal areas of the Northeastern United States in August 1991, into a sound composition that illuminates the underlying rhythms of seemingly chaotic events. See More

Filed Under: Solo Exhibitions, Elevator Music

Alumni Invitational 2

May 17 - August 12, 2007

The second Alumni Invitational organized by the Tang Museum includes the work of four artists that represent multiple generations and a variety of media. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Alumni Exhibitions

Contexts: Writing in the Museum

March 9 - April 22, 2007

Can the writing we encounter in museums radically shift our understanding of the objects on view? Students in English 205D, "Writing for Museums" explore this question in this exhibition and the accompanying web feature. See More

Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions

Opener 12
Martin Kersels: Heavyweight Champion

February 3 - June 17, 2007

Kersel’s sculptures, photographs, and performances, though frequently funny and light-hearted at first reading, often reveal the awkwardness and embarrassment of quite literally not fitting in. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

Elevator Music 9: Elevator's Music

February 3 - April 29, 2007

Four robots within the Tang elevator's ceiling, each with the capacity to open its own door in the ceiling, "look around" and respond depending upon the behavior of the humans it carries, creating an illusion of sentient beings. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

Joachim Schmid Photoworks 1982 - 2007

February 3 - April 29, 2007

Schmid assembles related groups of found photos to reveal patterns of use and meaning that point to the social rituals, human desires, domestic events, and economic conditions that people employ photography to commemorate and display. See More

Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions