Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Roots and Journeys: Encountering Global Arts and Cultures
Nancy Mahaney, curator
Cassandra Mesick, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Cassandra Mesick, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Gallery 404, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
The gallery of Global Indigenous Arts at the Spencer Museum of Art explores artistic inspirations gleaned from nature, heritage, and transcendent experiences. From ancient instruments to reverse glass paintings, these objects speak to the connections of people to place, the importance of traditions, and the essential creativity of the human spirit.
Sculptural works from around the world serve as anchors for discrete segments of the gallery hosting rotations of arts and cultural works from the University’s former ethnographic collections. These works, now accessioned into the Spencer’s collection, are presented in dialogue with new acquisitions and rarely seen works to create new synergies and thought-provoking engagements.
Exhibition images
Works of art
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–1918
Ike Hans
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) or Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist
late 1800s–1954
Hubert Koonuk (1911–1994)
circa 1972
unrecorded Australian Aboriginal artist
late 1800s–1944
unrecorded Koasati (Coushatta) artist
late 1800s–1981
late 1800s–1992
unrecorded Kewa Pueblo (Santo Domingo) artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Pueblo artist
late 1800s–1981
unrecorded Tlingit artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Native Arctic artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Haida artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Karuk (Karok), Natinixwe (Hupa), or Yurok artist
late 1800s–1917
unrecorded Wasco artist
mid 1900s
late 1920s
1932
Julia Jumbo (1928–2007, active 1940–2007)
circa 1959
late 1800s
unrecorded Senufo artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Nupe artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
unrecorded Abelam artist
1850s–1969
Luke Watson (died 1948)
1937
unrecorded Haida or Tlingit artist
late 1800s–1926
Preston Singletary (born 1963)
2003
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
late 1800s–1898
unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Tetsuge Owingeh (Tesuque) artist
late 1800s
Pieter Hugo (born 1976)
2009
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
1980
unrecorded Oyo artist
late 1950s
unrecorded Yoruba artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1900s–1979
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Ndebele artist
1960–1982
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
early 1930s
unrecorded Potawatomi artist
early 1930s
unrecorded Onitsha artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Onitsha artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Dakelh (Carrier) artist
late 1800s–1950
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) or Sioux artist
late 1800s
unrecorded Flathead artist
circa 1912
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Igbo artist
circa 1950
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1900s–1982
unrecorded Ndebele artist
1960–1982
unrecorded Guro artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Yoruba artist
late 1800s–1982
unrecorded Oyo artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Maasai artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Hinono’eino (Arapaho) artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Plains artist
late 1800s–1980
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s
unrecorded Ka’igwu (Kiowa) artist
1890s–1901
unrecorded Maasai artist
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Nubian artist
mid-late 1900s
unrecorded Acoma artist
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Zulu artist
1960–1965
unrecorded Valley Zapotec artist
1989
Events
March 11, 2011
Talk
4:00–6:30PM
309 Auditorium
June 29, 2013
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
Gallery 317 Central Court, Gallery 404, Gallery 405
September 15, 2013
Activity
12:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 404, 1301 Mississippi St
October 24, 2013
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 404
February 28, 2015
Activity
10:30–11:30AM
307 Reception Room, Gallery 404, Gallery 405