The Object Feels
Exhibition Overview
The Object Feels expands your art encounter through touchable 3D-printed and textural replicas made by KU students that mimic objects within the Spencer’s collection.
This exhibition reintroduces the tactile quality of craft-based mediums like quilts, ceramics, and beadwork that were intended to be touched and used. The objects on display relate to three current or upcoming Spencer exhibitions: American Dream, Narratives of the Soul, and Separate and Not Equal. These exhibitions engage with complex themes of opportunity, equality, education, and community within the United States.
In the spirit of these exhibitions, The Object Feels presents alternative ways to experience art and touch the past.
We invite you to gently touch the objects within this room. If you lift an object, please handle it over the table and carefully place it back on the felt table top when finished. We ask that you please refrain from touching art elsewhere in the Museum.
