All Interdisciplinary 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

Lives of The Hudson

July 18, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Lives of the Hudson explores the long history of one of America’s greatest rivers, surveying the natural river, the imagined river, the human river, and the working river. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty 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

A Very Liquid Heaven

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

Hair: Untangling a Social History

January 24 - June 6, 2004

From a hirsute Beasty Girl to a lock of George Washington’s hair, this project explores the significance of facial, head, and body hair in western society from the Renaissance to the present. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated

Containing Culture: West African Pottery and Tradition

March 15 - April 20, 2003

This exhibition features a range of ceramic traditions from West Africa. exploring the cultural significance of pottery's production and use in the Nupe, Lobi, Yoruba, and Igbo societies. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Student Curated

Trisha Brown: Dance and Art in Dialogue 1961 - 2001

February 1 - June 1, 2003

The sinuous elegance and innovative freshness of Trisha Brown’s choreography is explored in this retrospective look at the postmodern legend’s celebrated career. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Traveling Exhibitions, Solo Exhibitions

Dreaming of Timbuctoo

February 1 - March 2, 2003

Dreaming of Timbuctoo tells the story of a visionary and pragmatic response to the harsh political and social climate in antebellum New York State. The show includes a range of artifacts and objects that illustrate Gerrit Smith’s land reform and voting rights plan, an arrangement that led to ... See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Traveling Exhibitions

Dressed to Express: Costume in Victorian Illustration

March 19 - April 14, 2002

The phrase “clothes make the man” was a truth universally acknowledged in Victorian Britain. Dress expressed one’s place in a hierarchical society with limited opportunity for social mobility. This exhibition includes nineteenth-century novels, periodicals, and memoirs that illustrate how dress tran... See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Student Curated

Staging the Indian: The Politics of Representation

February 2 - April 2, 2002

For this exhibition, the Tang invited six contemporary North American Indian artists to make works that would respond to Edward Curtis's controversial photographic representations of American Indians . See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions

Africa Embodied: The Language of Adornment

November 29 - December 21, 2001

This exhibition focuses on how various African cultures use body art to communicate ideas and beliefs related to social organization, spirituality, gender roles, and nonverbal expression. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Student Curated

Paradise Now: Picturing the Genetic Revolution

September 16, 2001 - January 6, 2002

The artworks featured in "Paradise Now" explore the possibilities for health and human improvement generated by the decoding of the human genome, as well as the impact of biotechnology on animal and plant life. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Traveling Exhibitions, Group Exhibitions

The World According to the Newest and Most Exact Observations: Mapping Art and Science

March 3 - June 3, 2001

Focusing on two specific domains, the human body and northeastern North America, this exhibition examined how we depict realms inaccessible to our senses. See More

Filed Under: Interdisciplinary Exhibitions, Faculty Curated, Group Exhibitions