2008 Exhibitions

Maya Murals: The Art of Power

October 11, 2008 - January 23, 2009

This study exhibition highlighting the interdisciplinary work of 1997 Skidmore graduate Heather Hurst features large-scale renderings of Maya murals, original architectural drawings, and related historical objects drawn from the Tang Museum collection. See More

Filed Under: Faculty Curated

Dario Robleto: Alloy of Love

September 27, 2008 - January 25, 2009

"Alloy of Love" surveys ten years of work by Dario Robleto, from his first investigations of vintage record albums as embodiments of emotions to more recent explorations of the impact of war on the domestic sphere. See More

Filed Under: Audio, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

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Amy Sillman: Third Person Singular

July 19, 2008 - January 4, 2009

On view for the first time, the drawings and paintings in "Third Person Singular" negotiate and complicate the intersections between abstraction and figuration. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

Elevator Music 12: Jessica Rylan

May 24 - September 20, 2008

Sound artist, electronic musician, and instrument maker Jessica Rylan transforms the Tang’s cavernous, stainless steel elevator into a new kind of musical instrument. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

Things Remain

May 24 - September 7, 2008

Things Remain brings together works by a select group of contemporary artists who seek to validate the notion of objects as archives of the past, while also raising questions about race, gender, class, and heritage. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

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Dean Snyder: Almost Blue

May 17 - August 31, 2008

Situated in a gallery designed as one immersive and mysterious setting, the sculptures in "Almost Blue" represent a fusion of organic sources and high-tech materials. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions

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Joseph Grigely : St. Cecilia

February 9 - June 15, 2008

This new exhibition brings together a number of recent works by Joseph Grigely, an artist who creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

Smack

February 9 - April 20, 2008

Whether jarring or soothing, dissonant or melodic, sound results from action. The artists in Smack use distinct actions, like scratching, stomping, or dragging, to explore specific sounds. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Student Curated

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