Forms of Thought
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Forms of Thought
Kris Ercums, curator
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
La Pia de' Tolomei,
1868–1880
Bernardo Zenale
Madonna and Saints,
circa 1495
Neri di Bicci
Saint Bartholomew and Saint James the Great,
1460–1470
Cola dell'Amatrice
Johann Christian Thomas Winck
Moses and the Brazen Serpent,
mid-late 1700s
Johann Christian Thomas Winck
Moses Striking Water from the Rocks,
mid-late 1700s
Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Christ in Gethsemane,
circa 1590–1605
Francesco Bassano II
The Capture of Christ,
circa 1575–1580
Martin Johann Schmidt
Crucifixion,
1795
Orazio Fontana
pilgrim bottle,
mid 1500s
Beatrice Wood
chalice,
1982
François Du Quesnoy; Alessandro Algardi
Flagellation of Christ,
early 1600s
Tilman Riemenschneider
Madonna and Child on the Crescent Moon,
circa 1500–1501
Benjamin West
Stoldo di Gino Lorenzi
profile portrait of a woman,
mid 1500s
Park Kwang Jean
Yin and Yang 9904,
1999
김익영/金益寧 Kim Yik-yung
covered vessel,
2004
Stella Tafoya Chavarria; Pablita Tafoya Chavarria
jar with Avanyu design,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
very small plate,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
vase or water jar,
mid 1900s
William Andrew Pacheco
Dinosaur storage jar,
2000
Michael Cullen Todd
Or-Deal,
mid-late 1900s
Michael Cullen Todd
cup stand,
early 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Michael Cullen Todd
bowl,
宋朝 Song dynasty (960–1279)
Ruth Duckworth
Untitled 31587,
1987
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
a monk (possibly Saint Romuald),
late 1400s–early 1500s
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
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
Anacreon,
1767
Carol Haerer
Abiquiu,
1968–1969
Ralph Albert Blakelock
untitled (landscape),
1880s–1890s
Gustave Courbet
Soleil Couchant, Marine,
1865 or 1869
U Sunok
The Moon,
2006–2011
Sueharu Fukami
天空II Tenkū II (Heaven II),
1980–1992
Frederick John Eversley
Pale Lens,
1970
Frederick John Eversley
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai),
circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Raymond Jonson
Watercolor No. 4,
1945
Harry Bertoia
Square Frame,
circa 1950
Harry Bertoia
Yellow and Red,
1958
Alexander Calder
Park Kwang Jean
Yin and Yang 9903,
1999
Luca Giordano
David Taking the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem,
circa 1692–1702
Sonja Sekula
Lienzo Negro (Black Canvas),
circa 1940s
Lola Fernández
Takarasuka,
1962
Sonja Sekula
Nightless,
1951
Maria Martinez; Popovi Da
jar with feather design,
1964
Maria Martinez; Popovi Da
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