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Issues of racial bias, gender, class, politics and aesthetics feature prominently in Fred Wilson’s inquiries into the complex relationship between the art object and the museum. The museum itself is Wilson’s medium and muse: his oeuvre consists of faux museum installations and finely wrought mock art objects that use... See more 

Since Skidmore College seeks to realize an innovative model for a teaching museum, the college has sought ways to provide faculty with opportunities to develop their interests and expertise in using the museum in teaching and research. Established to support this effort, The Program in Object Exhibition and... See more 

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 

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 

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 

Exhibition of contemporary academic Chinese artworks opens Oct. 16 at Skidmore’s Tang Museum SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y.—Brushing the Present: Contemporary Academy Painting from China will be on view Oct. 16–Dec. 31, at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College. The exhibition is presented in... See more 

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 

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 

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 

Master Ceramicist Kathy Butterly Is Focus of Tang Opener Small, quirky works by a master ceramicist will be on view in Opener 10: Kathy Butterly, at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery Oct. 1 to Dec. 30, 2005. The latest in the Tang's series of exhibitions introducing new work and artists to... See more