Sept 25 - Dec. 13, 2009
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Molecules That Matter
An exhibition exploring 10 significant molecules of the 20th century: aspirin, isooctane, penicillin, polyethylene, nylon, DNA, progestin, DDT, prozac, and the buckminsterfullerene/nanotube. Developed jointly by the Chemical Heritage Foundation and the Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College, the exhibition includes large models of the molecules, important works of contemporary art that comment on and utilize these molecules as materials and/or subjects, and works of popular culture. Among the artists included are Roxy Paine, Alexis Rockman, Dan Peterman, and Ed Ruscha.

Organized by the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York and the Chemical Heritage Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Left to right:

Melissa Gwyn, DDT, 2007, oil on wood panel, 36 x 24 x 2 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
Buckyball model as installed in Molecules That Matter at the Tang Museum.
Bryan Crockett, Anger, Gluttony, Sloth (clockwise from top), from the Seven Deadly Sins series, 2001, cultured marble, sizes vary. Courtesy of the Joy of Giving Something, Inc., New York City.
Tony Cragg, New Figuration, 1985, plastic wall construction, 113 x 54 inches, Collection Speed Art Museum.
Photos: Art Evans, courtesy of The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College.

Selma and Lowndes County 1965/1966
Photographs by John F. Phillips '67
John Chrystal Center Gallery

With other Grinnell College students, John F. Phillips '67 participated in and photographed civil rights marches in Selma, Montgomery, New Haven, Washington, DC, and Toronto. His photographs reveal this remarkable era in history with dignity and, often, tenderness. All works are a recent gift to the Grinnell College Art Collection.


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John Phillips, Holding Hands Playground racial integration protest march, SDS project, New Haven, Connecticut, 1965. Grinnell College Art Collection.

Previous Exhibitions
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1999-2000: Re-Structure, American Spectrum, Ghost Dance
2000-2001: Corot to Picasso, Power of the Word, Patient Process, Will Pergl, and more
2001-2002: Energy Inside, Sandy Skoglund, Estonian Art, Prairie Suite, Iraqi Art, and more
2002-2003: Positional Play, Italian Drawings and Prints, Brazilian Art, Tom Huck, and more
2003-2004: Roots of Renewal, John Wilson, Keith Achepohl, Master Quilts, and more
2004-2005: Mark Lombardi, Goya, Kentridge, Swedish Photography, and more
2005-2006: Danish Photography, An Impressionist Eye, Japanese bamboo, and more
2006-2007: Breuer photography, Indigo Quilts, works from the Grinnell College Collection, and more
2007-2008: Installations: Seven International Artistst with Roots in Morrocco; Little Allende, America; Subject Space: Interiors; The Stamp of Self Help Graphics; Where Are You From? Contemporary Art From Portugal/De Onde Vens? Arte Contemporânea de Portugal and more
2008-2009:The Return of the Yellow Peril: A Survey of the Work of Roger Shimomura, 1969-2004; A Constructed Balance: Photographs by Emily Grimes; Egazini Outreach Project


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