SARATOGA SPRINGS — A screening of short experimental films in conjunction with the new exhibition “Unset Texts” will take place 6:30 pm Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College.
The event - Whole Grain: Moving Words - explores the relationship between text and image. Paul Benzon, who co-curated the exhibition, will introduce the screening and lead a discussion afterward.
Unset Texts, an exhibition that explores books as objects, opened earlier this month and is on view through Dec. 30.
Unset Texts presents sculpture, photographs, collage, painting, prints, and artist’s books from the Tang collection and Scribner Library’s Special Collections that explore printed material in creative and critical ways.
Books are often thought of as containers for language, narrative, and thought. But what happens when we view them as aesthetic objects as well? Books can take on new and expanded meanings in the hands of artists such as Nayland Blake, Julie Chen, Robert Gober, Guerrilla Girls, Martine Gutierrez, Leslie Hewitt, David Hammons, Yoko Ono, Tim Rollins and K.O.S., and Kara Walker.
All events are free and open to the public. More information is available at the Tang Visitors Services Desk by phone at 518-580-8080 or email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., or visit tang.skidmore.edu.
