Tang Extra Credit

A banana, two limes, and a lemon at left reproduces an abstract work by Corita Kent of a yellow and green stripes

Lauren Sacco ‘20 on Corita Kent’s seed persons [partial-color trial proof], 1972, serigraph, 22 7/8 x 23 inches, Gift of Harry Hambly, serigrapher, Hambly Studios, 2016.14.74

The Extra Credit

This art-making project is inspired by a recent extra credit assignment from Professor Catherine Hill’s MB240 class, in which she asked students to re-create art from the Tang collection.

What does “extra credit” mean for you? If you include your home mailing address with your submission, we will send you a Tang Opener catalogue!

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An image of a chair with rainbow colored resistance bands draped over the back. Beside it, a drawing of a folding wooden chair with a rainbow draped over the back of it.

Michael Gelatt on Patrick Hughes’ Untitled [from The Domestic Life of the Rainbow], 1979, screen print on 280 gsm BFK Rives paper, 7 x 4 ¾ inches, Gift of Marvin A. Sackner, 1981.155.7

A close-up image of a mushroom, next to an image of a similar shaped vintage hat form

Tang staff member kelly ward on Alfred Z. Solomon’s hat form, 1899, wood, 9 ½ x 8 3/8 x 10 inches, Beverly Eastabrook Mastrianni, ED2017.4.6a-f

Image of the interior of the Tang's elevator, covered in geometrically patterned purple fabric with a record player and two purple ottomans. Beside it, an image of a re-creation made of fabric, Legos, and an Apple Watch.

Elevator Music 40: Melissa Thorne-Landslide/Solid re-created by Virginia Lee

An image of a white door with a drawn rainbow partially hidden by the door, next to a drawing of a similar image

Friend of the Tang Caroline Seligman and Tang staff member Rachel Seligman on Partick Hughes’ Untitled (from The Domestic Life of the Rainbow), 1979, screen print, 7 x 4 ¾ inches, Gift of Marvin A. Sackner, 1981.155.4

Fluted pencil shavings on top of lined paper, next to a black and white image of conical shapes made of metal

Tang staff member Cynthia Zellner on Katy Schimert’s Armored Landscapes, 1994, sheet metal, 17 ½ x 40 ¼ x 34 5/8 inches, Purchased with funds in honor of Morgan Leger Rosenberg, Class of 2009, 2008.13.5a-e

Image of a ceramic object with a plant, next to a similar ceramic object and vine

Keith Edmier’s Cycas revoluta bulbil, 2003, acrylic, cast urethane form on basalt base, Gift of Marianne Boesky, 2015.38.1 re-created by Chloe Walker

An image of a woman in a white shirt holding a concrete goose and sitting in the door to a shed, next to a similar image

Tang staff member Rachel Seligman on Shelby Lee Adams’ Lila and the Goose, 2002, Gelatin silver print, 12 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2018.38.33

A black and white image of a young woman with a scarf tied around her head next to a similar, older photograph

Naira Abdula ‘20 on Lewis W. Hine’s A Young German Just Arrived at Ellis Island, 1910, printed before 1938, gelatin silver contact print, 6 ½ x 4 ½ inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.1.86

Photograph of two stuffed toys tucked into white bed sheets, next to a similar photograph

Felix Gonzales Torres’ untitled, 1994, chromogenic print in Plexiglas box with cardboard supports, 4 x 6 inches, Gift of Peter Norton, 2014.7.30 re-created by Tang staff member Elizabeth Karp and Skidmore staff member Mike Durkee.

An image of a person wearing a pink shopping bag on their head with the words "I like me but I hate me" next to an image of a piece of wood painted with the same lettering

Allison Green ‘15 on Cary S. Leibowitz’s i like me but i hate me, 1994, latex on wood, metal D-ring, 5 ½ x 4 ¼ x 1 ½ inches, Gift of Peter Norton, 2014.7.24

An image of a man leaning his head back into a stream of water next to a similar image of a figure in the same pose

Wolfgang Tillmans’s Damon, shower, head up (Damon Albarn), 1995, chromogenic print on Fujicolor paper, 13 x 9 ½ inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.1.122 re-created by Dea Sumrall ‘20

Two pairs of shoes tied to each other, next to an image of a pair of shoes chained to one another

Evian Pan ‘17 on Nayland Blake’s Lap Dog, 1986, leather shoes, brass labels and chains, Gift of Patti and Frank Kolodny, 2008.12.1

A series of black and white images of a hawk flying, next to a series of colored photographs of a woman holding a ball and then tossing it into the air

Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 763 (Red-tailed hawk; flying), 1887, collotype (photomechanical print), The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.1.32 re-created by Friend of the Tang Patricia Cornute

A black and white image of a woman dressed in black holding a black cat, next to a black and white image of a man holding a black and white cat

Caroline Coxe ‘20 on Roger Ballen’s Man Holding Cat, 1995, printed 2000, selenium-toned gelatin silver print on Ilford Multigrade paper, 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography, 2015.1.126

A woman dressed in black in a series of photographs modeling various poses, next to a black and white image of a woman in white performing similar poses

Tang staff member Kara Jefts on Eadweard Muybridge’s Animal Locomotion, Plate 526 (A, lifting ball; B, emptying bucket of water; C, kicking above her head; D, striking with a stick; E, stumbling; F, lifting 50-lb dumb-bell), 1887, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2015.1.36

A smiling monster figure created with coffee grounds and beans, alongside a drawing of a similar monster figure in black

Jingling Zhang ‘17 on Joyce Pensato’s Psycho-Killer Felix, 2005, lithograph with charcoal, pastel, fixative, distressing handworking on Somerset paper, Exit Art 2005 Print Portfolio, Gift of Exit Art, 2012.19.1e

A black and white image of a woman sitting, resting in chin in one hand and holding a bag of rabbits in the other, next to a similar image of a woman holding a bag of ducklings

Ken Heyman’s Tashkent Market, Selling Ducklings, 1963, gelatin silver print, Gift of Peter Chatzky and Susan Hamilton Chatzky, 2013.20.12 re-created by Friend of the Tang Sophie Ward

A black and white image of a man sitting with a woman, who leans against him, next to a recreation of this image

Diane Arbus’ Marcel Duchamp and his wife, Alexina Sattler, at home, N.Y.C. 1965, 1965 (printed later), gelatin silver print on Agfa paper, 14 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches, Gift of Alan Mark and Jeffrey Fraenkel, 2015.40.13 re-created by Tang staff member Sunny Ra

An image of several different solves Rubik's cubes in straight lines in like colors, next to an image of painted colored lines

Sadiq Ahmed ‘20 on Corita Kent’s rainbow [trial proof], 1970, serigraph, 23 x 23 ¾ inches, Corita Kent Collection, Gift of Harry Hambly, serigrapher, Hambly Studios, 2016.14.89

Image of two brightly colored pot holders with abstract patterns situated next to each other, next to an image of a quilt with similar colors

Meera Ratte ‘21 on crazy quilt top by an unrecorded artist, 1883, silk, velvet, and other fabrics, 54 ½ x 54 ½ inches, Donor unknown, TX2006.14

A man standing with one arm up and one arm down, next to a drawing of a man in a similar position

Ted Roach ‘20 on Frank Moore’s drawing for “Panoramagram” (Ball Passing) by Charles Moulton, c. 1990-1991, gouache on paper, paper size: 14 1/8 x 11 3/8 inches, Frank Moore Collection, Gift of the Gesso Foundation, 2016.20.192

A black and white photograph of a young woman wearing a black shirt, white blazer, and necklace, next to a black and white image of a woman in black with a neck

Meera Ratte ‘21 on title unknown by an unrecorded artist, mid-20th century, gelatin silver print, 1 ½ x 1 7/8 inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2017.41.55

An image of a red-haired man with exaggerated ears and nose wearing a white suit, next to a recreated image of a person wearing a backwards baseball cap

Matthew Barney’s CREMASTER 4: The Loughton Candidate, 1994, color photograph on artist-made cast-plastic frame, 13 5/8 x 11 5/8 inches, Gift of Peter Norton, 2014.7.2 re-created by Skidmore staff member Martha O'Leary

A semicircular cake reproduces a bracelet made of ivory and metal

Xinyi Gu ‘20 on arm ornament by an unrecorded artist, early 20th century, ivory, metal, ½ x 3 ½ x 3 ½ inches, Gift of Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium, 2007.8.43

A recreation of a photo of a close up shot of a young man

Ken Ohara’s #483 [from One], 1970, gelatin silver print, 8 5/8 x 7 ¼ inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2017.41.85 re-created by Aaron Rosenblum ‘20

A recreation of a photograph of a cake standing on a pair of doll legs with a black background, with Happy Birthday written on the cake.

Shannon Ambrose ‘20 on Laurie Simmons’ Walking Cake II, 1989, cibachrome print on Kodak paper, 11 ¾ x 7 7/8 inches (approx.), Gift of Eileen and Michael Cohen, 2018.1.17

Two men holding hands and leaning away from each other with their arms out, side by side with a similar image of two girls

Alex Miller ‘21 on title unknown by an unrecorded artist, n.d., gelatin silver print, 2 1/8 x 2 7/8 inches, Peter J. Cohen, 2018.12.162

A print of a bunch of asparagus tips, next to a photograph of asparagus tips arranged similarly

Inigo Ugarte on Laura Grosch’s Asparagus, 1973, 3-color lithograph on Arches BFK paper, 30 x 23 ¼ inches, Roommate: Living with Tang Art, Gift of Dwain G. Fuller, 1984.251

A mango with various utensils coming out of it to form the shape of a woman in a large skirt, next to a drawing of a costumed figure in the same shaped garment

Emma Addington-White ‘21 on Frank Moore’s drawing for dance or theater production, c. 1980s, pen, crayon on paper, 10 x 8 inches, Frank Moore Collection, Gift of the Gesso Foundation, 2016.20.170

Image of cutting board with spice jars arranged like chess pieces, next to image of large-scale chess board

Kye Hoon Jo ‘20 on Willie Cole’s To get to the other side, 2001, 32 cast-concrete lawn jockeys and mixed media, galvanized steel, wood, 32 ½ x 198 x 198 inches, Gift of Peter Norton, 2015.26.35

Image of young man with backwards baseball cap holding a roll of cables on a stick on his shoulder, next to a similar view of a soldier carrying cables

Matthew Waldron ‘20 on Istituto Nazionale Luce’s Un geniere con dei cavi arrotolati attorno a un bastone, July 11-July 24, 1940, gelatin silver print, 4 ¾ x 4 ¾ inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography at the Tang Teaching Museum, 2016.1.34

Black and white image of a lightbulb, next to a sepia-toned version of the same

Bradon Kasel on Tony Oursler’s Talking light, 1996, CD, flood light bulb (no. 212, 150 watts), sound organ kit with attached electrical cord, screw with hook, black electrical cable with socket for light bulb, Gift of Peter Norton, 2015.26.12

A black and white image of a rose wrapped in fabric to appear as though the rose is wearing a tuxedo, laying on its side; an image of a man in a tuxedo laying down with disfigured skin

Irene Lian on Yinka Shonibare’s Dorian Gray [scene 12], 2001, resin print,30 x 37 ½ inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography, 2017.25l

An image of an older man holding a black and white cat, next to a similar image of a woman holding a black and white cat, with a staircase in the background

Roger Ballen’s Man Holding Cat, 1995, printed 2000, selenium-toned gelatin silver print on Ilford Multigrade paper, 15 5/8 x 15 5/8 inches, The Jack Shear Collection of Photography, 2015.1.126 re-created by Liesje Bluestone ‘20

A drawing of a one-legged, smiling black figure, next to a similar original drawing

Jack Waldron ‘21 on Joyce Pensato’s Psycho-Killer Felix, 2005, lithograph with charcoal, pastel, fixative, distressing handworking on Somerset paper, Exit Art 2005 Print Portfolio, Gift of Exit Art, 2012.19.1e

A Rubik's cube sitting on an angle with a pencil balance on top of it, next to an image of a multi-colored cube sitting in the same position with a long piece of orange aluminium balanced on it

Jenna Bredvik ‘20 on Sarah Braman’s Fall Friend, 2012, cast aluminium, aluminium angle, Plexiglas, paint, 55 ½ x 36 x 36 inches, Gift of American Contemporary, 2015.2

White bowls of various sizes floating in a blue kiddie pool, next to an image of white and beige bowls of various sizes floating in a bathtub

Celeste Boursier Mougenot’s untitled, 1999, plastic pool, porcelain bowls, 22 ½ x 100 inches, Gift of Peter Norton, 2014.7.35.1-49 re-created by Tang staff member kelly ward

Tang staff member Sunny Ra on Frank Moore’s drawing for “Beehive” by Frank Moore and Jim Self, early 1980s, marker, pencil on paper, 13 x 19 ¾ inches, Gift of the Gesso Foundation, 2016.20.102

A drawing of a woman wearing a white dress with black fringe, over a blue background, in a dance-like pose, next to a recreated image of a woman wearing a white dress

Frank Moore’s drawing for dance or theater production, probably 1980s, gouache on paper, 16 3/8 x 13 1/8 inches, Frank Moore Collection, Gift of the Gesso Foundation, 2016.20.198 re-created by Jenna Bredvik ‘20

A series of lanyards and strings in wavy, horizontal lines, next to a drawing of snakes in a similar pattern

Liesje Bluestone ‘20 on student drawing by an unrecorded Indian artist, late 19th century, gouache on paper, Gift in memory of Claude Simard, 2017.36.27

A series of lines of text on a white sheet of paper, written in different colors, next to a similar image

Oyikwan Asante ‘20 on Corita Kent’s what is real, 1971, ink on acetate, 11 3/8 x 11 ½ inches, Gift of Harry Hambly, serigrapher, Hambly Studios, 2016.14.305

A drawing of Caravaggio's Medusa made on a plate with tomato sauce, next to a similar image

Friend of the Tang Soona Hahn-Ward on Vik Muniz’s Medusa Marinara, 1999, printed Ceramic plate, 12 3/8x12 3/8 inches, Peter Norton Family Christmas Project, Gift of John Weber and Leila Whittemore, 2013.9

A photo of a drawn chessboard with candles and corks as the playing pieces. Beside it, an image of a large-scale chessboard in a gallery space with lawn jockeys as playing pieces

Jack Waldron ‘21 on Willie Cole’s To get to the other side, 2001, 32 cast-concrete lawn jockeys and mixed media, galvanized steel, wood, 32 ½ x 198 x 198 inches, approximate size, Gift of Peter Norton, 2015.26.35

An avocado, garlic bulbs, and tomatoes arranged neatly on a countertop, next to an image of white carved buttons arranged similarly

Liesje Bluestone ‘20 on buttons by an unrecorded Ovambo artist, before 1964, ivory, pigment, Gift of Schenectady Museum & Suits-Bueche Planetarium, 2007.8.133a-h

Textured metal cones arranged in a black and white image, next to a similar image

Friend of the Tang Eric Seplowitz on Katy Schimert’s Armored Landscapes, 1994, sheet metal, 17 ½ x 40 ¼ x 34 5/8 inches, Purchased with funds in honor of Morgan Leger Rosenberg, Class of 2009, 2008.13.5a-e

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