All Exhibit Catalogues

This exhibition catalogue explores the problem of permanence versus mutability and the perception of time. AVLH explores the human perception of stars, with an emphasis on the contrast between the traditional picture of immutable points of light and the modern picture of physical objects, many of which dramatically... See more 

This is the first exhibition catalogue to bring together works from all parts of Alyson Shotz’s career. She creates works in a variety of media, from large-scale installations to digital photography and offers the following introduction to her “bio-inspired” artwork: “My work continues in the tradition of seeing our... See more 

Amy Sillman's widely influential body of work has built on traditional formats-such as landscapes, portraiture, abstraction and caricature-only to move past them, pushing these known ways of working into new places. With a fierceness and generosity of spirit, Sillman makes paintings that explore psychological... See more 

This exhibition catalogue features the final series completed by artist John Coplans who, from the late 1970’s until his death in 2003, photographed his own body. Coplans explains,” I found myself quite intuitively making some photos that I recognized with considerable excitement as reflecting the grotesque. However,... See more 

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 

Quirky cartoons of Rube Goldberg, drawn in the first half of the twentieth century, set the stage for the work of thirteen contemporary artists engaged with explorations of mechanical devices, engineering structures and rudimentary processes. Artists include Diana Cooper, Tim Hawkinson, Alan Rath, and Jeanne... See more 

Alloy of Love surveys ten years of work by San Antonio-based artist, Dario Robleto, from early investigations of vintage record albums as carriers of emotions to more recent explorations of the impact of war on the domestic sphere. His sculptures and assemblages reflect an engagement with an impressive range of... See more 

This survey of the energetic, abstract paintings and drawings of David Miller, Ella Van Dyke Tuthill Professor of Studio Art, spanned more than thirty years of his prolific career. This catalogue features an essay by poet and critic John Yau, and a dialogue between Miller and Charles Stainback. Softcover, 2001, 56... See more 

Rhode Island based artist, Dean Snyder's large sculptures represent a fusion of organic sources and material experimentation. This new series uses high tech carbon fibers and metal flake paint to eye-popping ends. In Almost Blue, investigations of process, form, and color come together in a constellation of works... See more 

During their decade-long collaboration (1985-1995), Kate Ericson and Mel Ziegler produced some of the most profound and influential conceptual art projects of the time, ranging from important public projects and site-specific installations to drawings and mixed media sculptures. Ericson and Ziegler redefined public... See more 

Forty-nine artists, including Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Robert Rauschenberg, Roy Lichtenstein, Bruce Nauman, Jasper Johns, Robert Morris, and Vito Acconci, together reveal the singular importance of collectors Illeanna and Michael Sonnabend to the formation of modern art movements from Pop and Minimalism to Arte... See more 

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 

Joachim Schmid Photoworks 1982-2007 features twenty-five years of this Berlin artist's found photography projects, installations, public art works, and publications. Schmid assembles found or salvaged images in multi-panel installations to investigate particular image domains, histories, and situations. His work... 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 

Molecules That Matter showcases ten molecules that have profoundly altered our world, including household names such as aspirin, nylon 6,6, DNA, Prozac and penicillin F, as well as isooctane, polyethylene, DDT, progestin, and buckminster-fullerene. MTM examines how our capacity to understand and reshape matter at the... See more 

Blake’s work explores complicated and subtly mixed concepts such as identity, race, relationships and representation. David Deitcher writes in the exhibition catalogue, “Nayland Blake’s sculptural installations and performances have revealed a wide range of interests, from popular culture to vanguard subversions;... See more 

Nina Katchadourian makes engaging and irreverent artworks that combine investigative practice with a more elusive, poetic logic. Incorporating sculpture, photography, video, and sound, her multilayered projects are propelled by deliberate attempts to observe, scrutinize, order, and disorder her surroundings. All... See more 

This exhibition catalogue celebrates and explores the artistic exchange between Tibet and China from the 13th to the 19th century, taking the theme of Buddist Arhat painting as a concise lens through which to view the wider ramifications of artistic and cultural interaction. Examining the exchange of motifs,... See more 

Thirty-nine artists 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. Includes an introduction by curators, Marvin Heiferman and Carole Kismaric, essays by Frank Moore and Michael Fortun, statements... See more 

Defying boundaries between artwork and display wall, Paul Henry Ramirez’s multi media installations begin with abstract paintings and expand into a plurality of experiences. Curvaceous forms, heavy drips, flying squirts and waving hairs painted directly onto the gallery surface and emanate from painted panels and... See more 

Over the years, Richard Pettibones’s work has evolved from an art of unrelenting satire to an illusively transforming art of commemoration, subtlety, and beauty. By 1964 he had found his voice in diminutive "copies" of paintings by newly famous artists, like Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Andy Warhol. He also... See more 

Art in which sound was either the subject matter or a primary element was the focus of the Tang Museum’s inaugural exhibition. Includes twenty-eight international artists such as Laurie Anderson, Joseph Grigely, Rebecca Horn, Christian Marclay, and Bruce Nauman. The catalogue includes an introduction by Charles... See more 

Trained in miniature painting in Pakistan, Shahzia Sikander boldly reinvents this tradition in her rich and detailed paintings and animations. Her integration of contemporary motifs and references in a traditional context teases the boundaries imposed by time, gender, religion, and culture in two stylistic... See more 

This catalogue contrasts the turn- of- the- century photographic and ethnographic record of the American Indian as a “disappearing race” by Edward S. Curtis with new artwork by six contemporary Native artists. Includes a foreword by W. Richard West, essays by Jill Sweet, Katherine Hauser, and Barry Pritzker,... See more 

Focusing on two specific domains, the human body and northeastern North America, this catalogue examines the ways in which realms inaccessible to our senses are depict-ed. Five centuries of maps and atlases are combined with scientific objects, genetic sequencing equipment, and artwork by eighteen contemporary... See more 

Over the past four decades, dancer/choreographer Trisha Brown has worked in collaboration with some of the most celebrated visual artists, composers, and designers of our time. Beginning in the early 1960’s with legendary Judson Dance Theater, Brown began working in an interdisciplinary mode, uniting dancers with... See more 

Religion, invention, and aesthetics are explored through the exquisite and simple designs for Shaker furniture, tools, and textiles. These objects are juxtaposed with a group of recent work by twelve artists including Janine Antoni, Ann Hamilton, Richard Pettibone, and Andrea Zittel. Includes introductions by Ian... See more 

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