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Hair grows on select parts of our bodies, and we-like our ancestors before us- manipulate it to tell our world who we are. Before we say a word to a new acquaintance, our visible hair announces our gender, suggests our class, and hints at our religion and politics. This exhibition catalogue explores the meaning of... See more 

In the art of Jim Hodges, ordinary objects become poignant and extraordinary works that transcend the everyday. Likened to souvenirs of living experience, Hodges works are painstakingly assembled visual diaries made from familiar materials such as fabric, mirrors, glass, and light bulbs. These delicate works mark the... See more 

Immersed in the desires of poetry and the vocabulary of contemporary art, Jonathan Seliger makes brightly-colored paintings that are stretched, folded and glued to form recognizable everyday objects, such as envelopes, shopping bags and pillows. Includes a dialogue between the artist and Tang Curator Ian Berry, and a... See more 

Joseph Grigely creates works that explore the failures, idiosyncrasies, and ruptures of language and communication. An artist who has been deaf since childhood, Grigely first became known in the early 1990's for a series of works called Conversations with the Hearing. One ongoing theme in Grigely's work is the... See more 

Bakery counter cakes, gleaming wedding dresses and meticulously painted hors d’oeuvre platters shine from Jacquette’s glossy enamel-on-wood pop paintings and her most recent large scale gridded canvasses. Desire and memory are found within her focused look at middle class Americana and its cultural reproduction... See more 

Known for her black-paper cutout silhouettes, Kara Walker has quickly become one of the most important voices of her generation. This catalogue features works from all phases of her career, including wall installations, watercolor drawings, and projections. Essays by Darby English, Mark Reinhardt, Anne M. Wagner, and... See more 

Kathy Butterly's quirky, colorful porcelain and earthenware objects pack unusual, cartoonish shapes and textures into pint-sized packages. Each of Butterly's cup-like vessels begins its existence as a symmetrical form cast in wet clay; she then manipulates these classically inspired pieces into curvaceous, slumping... See more 

The eighth installment of the Opener series featured large-scale works by Brooklyn- based artist Lee Boroson. Since 1995, Boroson has been known for his room-filling, inflated sculptures made of sewn-nylon and kept aloft by electric blowers. These colorful enclosures find inspiration in both natural and man-made... See more 

Heavyweight Champion gathers thirteen years of mixed media work by Los Angeles based artist Martin Kersels. His artwork, though frequently funny at first glance, often reveals the awkwardness and embarrassment of quite literally not fitting in. Works that initially inspire laughter slowly reveal darker underlayers,... See more 

Fusing the roles of librarian, archaeologist, taxonomist and artist, Michael Oatman makes intricately detailed collages and exhaustively researched installations focused on what he calls the "poetic interpretation of documents." Archives, photographs and records both inspire Oatman's invented worlds and figure... See more