About Painting

Martin Borowski, Bistro, 2004, oil on canvas, 67 x 118 inches, on extended loan from a private collection

Installation view, About Painting, Tang Teaching Museum, 2004

Installation view of Heather McGill’s Untitled, 2004, in About Painting, Tang Teaching Museum, 2004

Installation view, About Painting, Tang Teaching Museum, 2004

Featuring a diverse and eccentric group of artworks by seventy artists from the United States, Europe, and Asia, About Painting explores the legacy and developments of the medium in the twenty-first century. Displayed in themed sections, the artworks range from the realistic to the abstract, from the surreal to the conceptual, and from Pop art iconography to stark geometries. The exhibition includes a range of works, including pieces by well-known artists such as Philip Guston and On Kawara and younger artists like Amy Cutler and Todd Herbert, as well as works in pencil, pen, oils, acrylics, encaustic, DayGlo, glitter, modeling paste, thread, herbs, and even vegetable oil. Some of the artists exhibited have perfected the craft of mixing pigment, while others create conceptual frameworks for the fabrication of the images; still others refer to past imagery and art historical styles for inspiration. Painting, at times framed and static, is loosening its bonds — and we are the witness to its metamorphosis.

The exhibition features artworks from the Tang Collection and on loan by artists Matthew Antezzo, Eve Aschheim, Michael Banicki, Matthew Benedict, Bert de Beul, Ashley Bickerton, Martin Borowski, Lowell Boyers, Scott Brodie, Alex Brown, Tom Burckhardt, Peter Cain, Amy Cutler, Stephen Dean, David Diao, Lydia Dona, Jeronimo Elespe, Jeff Gauntt, Mark Greenwold, Philip Guston, Peter Halley, Todd Herbert, Julie Heffernan, YZ Kami, On Kawara, Robert Klümpen, Michael Lazarus, Marko Lehanka, Sherrie Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Marcin Maciejowski, Gina Magid, Allan McCollum, Heather McGill, John Miller, David Moreno, Victoria Morton, Carrie Moyer, Hiroko Nakao, Robert Olsen, Richard Pettibone, Bernard Philippeaux, Ann Pibal, Gert Rappenecker, Michael Raedecker, Scott Richter, Matthew Ritchie, Julie Roberts, Steve Roden, Alexander Ross, Paul Sattler, Sandra Scolnik, Jonathan Seliger, Nancy Shaver, Jim Shaw, James Siena, Amy Sillman, John Sonsini, Joan Snyder, Rudolf Stingel, Elaine Sturtevant, Barbara Takenaga, Padraig Timoney, Luc Tuymans, Richard Upton, Michael van Ofen, Cornelius Völker, Mark Wallinger, and Kevin Wolff.

About Painting accompanied by a foldout replica of the gallery walls with stickers of the artworks, inviting visitors to recreate and rearrange the exhibition on their own.

About Painting is organized by Tang curator Ian Berry and made possible with support from the Friends of the Tang.

Alex Brown
Scorpio, 1997
oil on canvas

A large, textured, abstract painting of a sunflower field with red, abstract poppies filling the center of the painting.

Joan Snyder
And Always Searching For Beauty, 2001
oil, acrylic, papier mache, herbs on linen

David Diao
Barr Talk, 1989
acrylic on canvas

Michael Lazarus
Again, 1999
oil, enamel on panel

Exhibition Name

About Painting

Exhibition Type

Group Exhibitions

Place

Wachenheim Gallery

Dates

Jun 26, 2004 - Sep 26, 2004

Curators

This exhibition is curated by Ian Berry, Curator for the Tang Teaching Museum.

Artists

Matthew Antezzo, Eve Aschheim, Michael Banicki, Matthew Benedict, Bert de Beul, Ashley Bickerton, Martin Borowski, Lowell Boyers, Scott Brodie, Alex Brown, Tom Burckhardt, Peter Cain, Amy Cutler, Stephen Dean, David Diao, Lydia Dona, Jeronimo Elespe, Jeff Gauntt, Mark Greenwold, Philip Guston, Peter Halley, Todd Hebert, Julie Heffernan, Y.Z. Kami, On Kawara, Robert Klümpen, Michael Lazarus, Marko Lehanka, Sherrie Levine, Roy Lichtenstein, Marcin Maciejowski, Gina Magid, Allan McCollum, Heather McGill, John Miller, David Moreno, Victoria Morton, Carrie Moyer, Hiroko Nakao, Michael van Ofen, Robert Olsen, Richard Pettibone, Bernard Philippeaux, Ann Pibal, Michael Raedecker, Gert Rappenecker, Scott Richter, Matthew Ritchie, Julie Roberts, Steve Roden, Alexander Ross, Paul Sattler, Sandra Scolnik, Jonathan Seliger, Joan Snyder, Rudolf Stingel, Elaine Sturtevant, Barbara Takenaga, Padraig Timoney, Luc Tuymans, Richard Upton, Cornelius Völker, Mark Wallinger, Kevin Wolff