2011 Exhibitions

Curiouser and Curiouser:
Exploring Image and Identity in
Alice in Wonderland

December 1 - December 18, 2011

This student-curated project explores questions of image and identity in Alice in Wonderland. See More

Filed Under: Student Curated

Behind Those Planes Are the Stars

October 1, 2011 - February 5, 2012

This exhibition invites visitors to consider why, as nations, we fight and kill, and how the grave decisions of those in power affect our individual lives.
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Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

I Myself Have Seen It:
Photography and Kiki Smith

September 17 - December 30, 2011

I Myself Have Seen It is the first comprehensive survey of artist Kiki Smith’s work in photography. See More

Filed Under: Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

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Kabir Carter: Split

September 17, 2011 - January 20, 2012

Playing on the idea of “elevator music,” Kabir Carter’s new work Split—features sounds based on the noises generated by the elevator itself. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

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Whiting Tennis

September 3 - December 30, 2011

Whiting Tennis creates paintings, sculptures, and drawings populated by mysterious forms that are at once recognizable yet otherworldly. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions

MELT

May 28 - September 18, 2011

MELT presents artists who expose the fluid nature of things we might not normally consider fluid. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

And All You Suck In Is Oil

May 28 - September 4, 2011

And All You Suck In Is Oil presents work from the Tang Collection and on extended loan by artists Rita Ackermann, Kim Jones, and Marlene McCarty. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Senior Thesis Exhibition

May 13 - May 21, 2011

A tradition continues with the annual Skidmore Senior Thesis Exhibition. Celebrate the work of forty-four senior studio art majors May 13 through May 21.
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Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Imperial Post: Views of Colonial Delhi

May 4 - May 22, 2011

Imperial Post explores Delhi, India, through the lens of tourist souvenirs. The exhibition explores the rise and rapid dissemination of the picture postcard in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. See More

Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Student Curated

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Michael Prime: L- Fields

April 12 - September 11, 2011

Michael Prime’s compositions blend environmental sounds gathered from around the world with organic sounds generated from the biorhythms of plants and fungi. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

Alumni Invitational 3

March 26 - August 14, 2011

The third Alumni Invitational organized by the Tang Museum. Four Skidmore alumni artists will be shown in the museum's Wachenheim Gallery. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions, Alumni Exhibitions

Environment and Object
Recent African Art

February 5 - July 31, 2011

This exhibition examines the broad impact of the environment on recent African art, and the use of found objects and materials as media. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions

Unstable Ground

February 5 - April 17, 2011

Unstable Ground pairs two complementary projects that visually present landscape changes over time. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Traveling Exhibitions, Student Curated

Say- - Sea- - Take Me!

February 5 - April 17, 2011

This constellation of artworks from the Tang Collection presents a view of the natural world as both idiosyncratic and full of mystery. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

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Peter Edwards: Specter

October 9, 2010 - February 27, 2011

Elevator Music 17 features a new sound and light based sculpture by sound artist and instrument builder Peter Edwards. See More

Filed Under: Elevator Music

The Jewel Thief

September 18, 2010 - February 27, 2011

The Jewel Thief will combine works by over fifty contemporary artists with eccentric arrangements to explore new ways to think about and experience abstract art. See More

Filed Under: Group Exhibitions

Eye Rhymes

September 7, 2010 - January 2, 2011

Eye Rhymes will introduce viewers to the intersections of text and image while serving as a classroom space for the fall 2010 Scribner Seminar, Ways of Seeing: Image, Text, Illumination. See More

Filed Under: Faculty Curated, Student Curated

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Suzanne Bocanegra: I Write the Songs

July 17, 2010 - January 2, 2011

This exhibition will feature a range of work, including wall works, sound and video installations, and a new work that combines live dance and recorded sound See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

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Paula Hayes: Understory

July 17, 2010 - April 17, 2011

Paula Hayes creates living art that intimately connects people with the natural environment. See More

Filed Under: Opener Series, Solo Exhibitions