Conversation XII: Crafting Continuities

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Conversation XII: Crafting Continuities
Conversation XII: Crafting Continuities
Chassica Kirchhoff, curator
20/21 Gallery, Process Space, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

So-called craft media have played an integral role in the trajectory of 20th-century art. These materials, such as glass, metal, fiber, and ceramic, are steeped in histories of labor, class, and gender, as well as regional and familial identity. Craft media therefore can convey both the meaning of the specific piece and the deeper implications of the material. Crafting Continuities, which inhabits three distinct spaces within the 20/21 Gallery, aims to inspire conversations about the implications of material and process.

The installation juxtaposes contemporary objects from the collection with their historic counterparts and with remnants of the process, such as preparatory drawings. In this way, Crafting Continuities engages deeper content found in the Spencer’s contemporary craft media artworks, while highlighting the depth of the Museum’s collection of historic artworks in these media.

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Works of art

김익영/金益寧 Kim Yik-yung
2004
Mary A. Kretsinger
1980s
Salviati & C.
1875–1899
Lino Tagliapietra
2002
1700s–1800s
Johann Theodor de Bry
early 1600s
Johann Theodor de Bry
early 1600s
Lynn Basa
1990
circa 600s–800s CE
Kevin Coates
1980
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1972
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
Nancy Loo Bjorge
1974
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
late 1800s–1923
David Watkins
2003
Joël Degen
2004
Sonja Blomdahl
1997
Nicolas Africano
2004
Armin Landeck
1979
Robert W. Ebendorf
1969–1970
Karen LaMonte
2010
Paye and Baker Manufacturing Co.
circa 1900
1700s–1800s
1700s–1800s
Paul Flindt II
1601–1618
Wendy Ramshaw
circa 1982
circa 100–400
Southern Song dynasty (1127–1279)
circa 1450
Victor Durand Jr., Vineland Flint Glass Works
circa 1926–1928
Linda Lighton
2003
Cynthia Schira
1986
Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947)
2010
Armin Landeck
1935
Andreas Feininger
1938

Events

October 2, 2011
Activity
1:00–3:00PM
Gallery 317 Central Court, Gallery 405
October 8, 2011
Workshop
10:30AM–12:30PM
October 8, 2011
Workshop
1:30–3:30PM
October 13, 2011
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Gallery 405
October 31, 2011
Talk
1:30–2:20PM
309 Auditorium
January 26, 2012
Activity
5:30–7:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court, Gallery 405

Resources

Audio