The Tang Teaching Museum at Skidmore College’s latest exhibition, "FLEX," opens tomorrow.
"FLEX" continues the Tang’s tradition of faculty-curated exhibitions. It brings together contemporary and historical art and material culture to consider how classical ideals, muscular physiques and heroic images intersect, and how muscled bodies represent changing notions of bravery, beauty, and health.
The exhibition will feature plaster casts of ancient sculptures juxtaposed with comic books, superhero figurines, bodybuilder photographs, and work by contemporary artists such as Nick Cave, Lucy Kim, Nancy Spero, and Andres Serrano.
Tonight in conjunction with the exhibition, the Tang’s Dunkerley Dialogue series features exhibiting artist Andres Serrano in conversation with Skidmore Professor of photography Robert ParkeHarrison.
We are joined by Ian Berry, the Dayton Director of the Tang, and two Skidmore College faculty members who co-curated "FLEX:" Dan Curley, of the Classics Department, and Gregory Spinner, of the Religious Studies Department.
![Francisco Goya y Lucientes, El Sueño de la Razon Produce Monstruos [Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters], 1799, Etching and aquatint, 8 3/4 x 5 15/16 in. -- and -- Image: Dox Thrash, City Plevins, ca. 1939, watercolor, 15 3/8 x 11 11/16 in.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f1a0de4/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3264x1819+0+247/resize/560x312!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fwamc%2Ffiles%2F202001%2Fhydecollection012320.jpg)
