Forms of Thought
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Forms of Thought
Kris Ercums, curator
March 18, 2014–April 12, 2015
Gallery 407, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Forms of Thought and This Land are two exhibitions that together explore intangible ideas. Works in Forms of Thought capture various artists’ attempts to depict transcendent, sacred, and religious ideas.
Exhibition images
Works of art
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
La Pia de' Tolomei,
1868–1880
Bernardo Zenale (circa 1464–1526)
Madonna and Saints,
circa 1495
Neri di Bicci (1418–1492)
Saint Bartholomew and Saint James the Great,
1460–1470
Cola dell'Amatrice (1489–1559)
Johann Christian Thomas Winck (1738–1797)
Moses and the Brazen Serpent,
mid-late 1700s
Johann Christian Thomas Winck (1738–1797)
Moses Striking Water from the Rocks,
mid-late 1700s
Jacopo Palma il Giovane (circa 1548–1628)
Christ in Gethsemane,
circa 1590–1605
Francesco Bassano II (1549–1592)
The Capture of Christ,
circa 1575–1580
Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801)
Crucifixion,
1795
Orazio Fontana (circa 1510–1571)
pilgrim bottle,
mid 1500s
Beatrice Wood (1893–1998)
chalice,
1982
François Du Quesnoy (circa 1594–1643); Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654)
Flagellation of Christ,
early 1600s
Tilman Riemenschneider (circa 1460–1531)
Madonna and Child on the Crescent Moon,
circa 1500–1501
Benjamin West (1738–1820)
Stoldo di Gino Lorenzi (1534–1583)
profile portrait of a woman,
mid 1500s
Park Kwang Jean (born 1957)
Yin and Yang 9904,
1999
김익영/金益寧 Kim Yik-yung (born 1935)
covered vessel,
2004
Stella Tafoya Chavarria (born 1939, active 1955–?); Pablita Tafoya Chavarria (1914–1979, active 1930–1979)
jar with Avanyu design,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
very small plate,
mid 1900s
vase or water jar,
mid 1900s
William Andrew Pacheco (born 1975, active circa 1985–present)
Dinosaur storage jar,
2000
Michael Cullen Todd (born 1935)
Or-Deal,
mid-late 1900s
cup stand,
early 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
bowl,
宋朝 Song dynasty (960–1279)
Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009)
Untitled 31587,
1987
Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732–1810)
a monk (possibly Saint Romuald),
late 1400s–early 1500s
Perseus and Andromeda,
circa 1775
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
circa 1950
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
mid 1900s
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
mid 1900s
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure),
late 1800s–1993
Jean-Baptiste LePrince (1734–1781)
Anacreon,
1767
Carol Haerer (1933–2002)
Abiquiu,
1968–1969
Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919)
untitled (landscape),
1880s–1890s
Gustave Courbet (1819–1877)
Soleil Couchant, Marine,
1865 or 1869
U Sunok (1958–2023)
The Moon,
2006–2011
Sueharu Fukami (born 1947)
天空II Tenkū II (Heaven II),
1980–1992
Frederick John Eversley (1941–2025)
Pale Lens,
1970
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai),
circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Raymond Jonson (1891–1982)
Watercolor No. 4,
1945
Harry Bertoia (1915–1978)
Square Frame,
circa 1950
Harry Bertoia (1915–1978)
Yellow and Red,
1958
Alexander Calder (1898–1976)
Park Kwang Jean (born 1957)
Yin and Yang 9903,
1999
Luca Giordano (1634–1705)
David Taking the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem,
circa 1692–1702
Sonja Sekula (1918–1963)
Lienzo Negro (Black Canvas),
circa 1940s
Lola Fernández (born 1926)
Takarasuka,
1962
Sonja Sekula (1918–1963)
Nightless,
1951
Maria Martinez (1887–1980); Popovi Da (1923–1971)
jar with feather design,
1964
cup,
early 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Events
February 8, 2015
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Gallery 407, 307 Reception Room, Spencer Museum of Art