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Exhibition

Forms of Thought

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 (1828–1882), La Pia de' Tolomei

Bernardo Zenale (circa 1464–1526), Madonna and Saints

Neri di Bicci (1418–1492), Saint Bartholomew and Saint James the Great

Cola dell'Amatrice (1489–1559), Four Prophets of the Old Testament: Jonah, Jeremiah, Zachariah, and Elijah

Johann Christian Thomas Winck (1738–1797), Moses and the Brazen Serpent

Johann Christian Thomas Winck (1738–1797), Moses Striking Water from the Rocks

Jacopo Palma il Giovane (circa 1548–1628), Christ in Gethsemane

Francesco Bassano II (1549–1592), The Capture of Christ

Martin Johann Schmidt (1718–1801), Crucifixion

Orazio Fontana (circa 1510–1571), pilgrim bottle

Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), chalice

François Du Quesnoy (circa 1594–1643); Alessandro Algardi (1598–1654), Flagellation of Christ

Tilman Riemenschneider (circa 1460–1531), Madonna and Child on the Crescent Moon

Benjamin West (1738–1820), The Inspiration of the Prophet Isaiah

김익영/金益寧 Kim Yik-yung (born 1935), covered vessel

Stella Tafoya Chavarria (born 1939, active 1955–?); Pablita Tafoya Chavarria (1914–1979, active 1930–1979), jar with Avanyu design

unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist, very small plate

vase or water jar

William Andrew Pacheco (born 1975, active circa 1985–present), Dinosaur storage jar

Michael Cullen Todd (born 1935), Or-Deal

Ruth Duckworth (1919–2009), Untitled 31587

Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732–1810), The Glory of St. Sigismund

a monk (possibly Saint Romuald)

Perseus and Andromeda

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Ondo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Oyo artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

unrecorded Yoruba artist, ere ibeji (twin figure)

Jean-Baptiste LePrince (1734–1781), Anacreon

Carol Haerer (1933–2002), Abiquiu

Ralph Albert Blakelock (1847–1919), untitled (landscape)

Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), Soleil Couchant, Marine

U Sunok (1958–2023), The Moon

Sueharu Fukami (born 1947), 天空II Tenkū II (Heaven II)

Frederick John Eversley (1941–2025), Pale Lens

Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai)

Harry Bertoia (1915–1978), Square Frame

Harry Bertoia (1915–1978), Yellow and Red

Alexander Calder (1898–1976), maquette for Fourth Financial Center, Wichita, KS

Luca Giordano (1634–1705), David Taking the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem

Lola Fernández (born 1926), Takarasuka

Maria Martinez (1887–1980); Popovi Da (1923–1971), jar with feather design

Robert Indiana (1928–2018), FUN

Buddha seated on lotus base

Du Kun (born 1981), 電音禪境 (Zen Temple of Techno)

Events

November 19, 2017

Talk

Amida Buddha (Amitābha)

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 407

April 8, 2018

Talk

Zen Temple of Techno

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407

September 13, 2018

Talk

Watching Water in Larry Schwarm: Kansas Farmers

10:15–11:15AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

April 11, 2019

Talk

Zen Temple of Techno

10:15–11:15AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407

April 25, 2019

Talk

Picturing the Dead in Ancient Palmyra

10:15–11:15AM

Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406

November 24, 2019

Talk

Nigerian ere ibeji (twin figures)

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407

January 18, 2020

Activity

Playing with Patterns

1:00–3:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407