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Press Release: Brushing the Present
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Artists in Brushing the Present
Exhibiting Artists
Han Changli
Liu Changsheng
Du Chunsheng
Li Chunxia
Wang Chunyan
Yang Dawei
Yue Dong
Kong Fantao
Li Guangping
Zou Guanping
Hao Haibo
Zhang Hongbo
Liu Lei
Gu Liming
Mao Lin
Shen Ling
Yao Ming
Zhang Ping
Wei Rong
Shi Rongqiang
Yao Xianing
Zhang Yang
Chen Yingjun
Yao Yong
Chen Yupu
Xu Zheng
Gao Zhonghua See more 
Brushing the Present: Contemporary Academy Painting from China
Brushing the Present: Contemporary Academy Painting from China presented a selection of academic artists’ responses to the cultural changes occurring in contemporary China. These portraits, models, and still lifes included themes of globalization, the Chinese landscape, folk arts and legends, and traditional and new... See more
Catalogue: Brushing the Present
This catalogue includes thirty-five works by twenty-seven contemporary Chinese artists whose paintings reveal an alternative view of contemporary Chinese art from what is normally seen in North American museums. The artists received their training at a variety of Chinese institutions and are affiliated with... See more
Press Release: Alyson Shotz
Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College to present "bio-inspired" artworks by Alyson Shotz
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—New York City artist Alyson Schotz replicates nature as many of us experience it nowadays—interfaced with technology and filtered through culture; tamed, trimmed, and patented. Opener 5: Alyson Shotz:... See more
Press Release: America Starts Here
Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler retrospective opens at Tang
During their 17-year collaboration, the artist team of Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler produced some of the most profound and influential conceptual art projects of the times. Their work has not been widely recognized, however--many of their strongest pieces... See more
Press Release: And Therefore I Am
New Tang Exhibition Explores Nature of Human Consciousness
In his 1637 treatise Discourse on Method, the French philosopher René Descartes coined a concise and enduring definition of what makes us human: “I think, therefore I am.” Taking Descartes's famous dictum as its springboard, a new exhibition, “And... See more
Press Release: Fred Wilson
Tang hosts retrospective of American artist Fred Wilson— Art that questions museums and their biases
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. —The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College will present Fred Wilson: Objects and Installations 1979-2000 from Oct. 26 to Dec. 31, 2002. The exhibition will include nearly... See more
Press Release: Hair
New Tang exhibition teases out the social meanings of hair, from the Renaissance era to the present
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Hair might be defined in any standard dictionary as “a slender threadlike outgrowth of the epidermis of an animal.” But hair can also be a subtle and complex cultural signifier that... See more
Press Release: Joachim Schmid
Joachim Schmid Photoworks to Feature Mid-Career Retrospective of Artist's Work
As an artist who works in the medium of found photography, Joachim Schmid salvages photos from flea markets and archives, cuts them out of catalogues and publications, retrieves them from city streets, and finds them on the Internet. He... See more
Press Release: Kara Walker
Kara Walker to exhibit powerful and elegant artworks at Skidmore’s Tang Teaching Museum Jan. 18–June 1
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. —The Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College will present Kara Walker: Narratives of a Negress, from Jan. 18 through June 1, 2003. An exhibition of selected and new works... See more