The Object Speaks
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
The Object Speaks
Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Gallery 406, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Exhibition images
Works of art

Takahiro Kondō (born 1958)
2001

circa 1824

circa 1824

late 1500s–early 1600s, Ming dynasty (1368–1644)

Theodoor Rombouts (1579–1637)
circa 1616–1625

100s CE, Roman Empire (27 BCE–476 CE)

Joseph Ducreux (1735–1802)
circa 1791

circa 1562–1565

mid 1200s

Studio of Domenico and Valore Casini
1610–1628

circa 1536–1548

William Beechey (1753–1839)
1813

Jacopo da Empoli (circa 1554–1640)
circa 1615–1620

Circle of Tilman Riemenschneider (active late 1400s–early 1500s)
circa 1500–1510

circa 1430–1435

Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni (active 1369–1415)
circa 1410–1415

Pieter Cornelisz. van Rijck (1568–1628)
late 1500s

Max Oppenheimer (MOPP) (1885–1954)
1910–1911

Pierre Eugène Emile Hébert (1828–1893)
1863

late 400s, Kofun period (250 CE–552 CE)

circa 1530

circa 1968

circa 1515–1518

1996

Richard Mawdsley (born 1945)
1995–1999

Preston Singletary (born 1963)
2003

circa 1536–1548

Clementine Hunter (1886–1988)
circa 1958

Luke Watson (died 1948)
1937

unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
circa 1880

early 1900s

unrecorded Sioux artist
early-mid 1900s

1998

unrecorded Kassena artist
mid 1900s

possibly 1600s

circa 200 CE, Eastern Han dynasty (25 CE–220 CE)

circa 1825–1850

circa 1775–1800

late 1600s–early 1700s, Joseon dynasty (1392–1910)

circa 1910

1990s

circa 1830

1800s

circa 1800–1850

late 1700s–early 1800s

late 1500s–early 1600s

circa 1825

unrecorded Bamana artist
early-mid 1900s

mid-late 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Masatoshi (active Meiji period (1868–1912))
circa 1880s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

late 1800s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Andreas Michel (active 1600s)
circa 1620

Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902)
1886

2009

2001

unrecorded Bini artist
late 1800s–1975

circa 1580

circa 1890

Edo period (1600–1868)

unrecorded Senufo artist
late 1800s–1975

1986

circa 1515–1518
Events
November 13, 2016
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
March 12, 2017
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
March 23, 2017
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
May 21, 2017
Talk
2:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
October 12, 2017
Talk
10:00–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 318, Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning
October 14, 2017
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 406, John and Linda Stewart Gallery
June 24, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
July 29, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
September 23, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
December 16, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
January 29, 2019
Talk
3:30–4:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
February 23, 2019
Activity
1:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
April 28, 2019
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
August 17, 2019
Activity
1:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
August 25, 2019
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
October 27, 2019
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406