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Brosseau Center for Learning: Silk Road to Kansas

September 25, 2018–October 14, 2018

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Inspired by the Eurasian trade routes known as “The Silk Road” that flourished from the 2nd century BCE to the mid-15th century, the works in this exhibition highlight how artworks, design, trade goods, and people traveled both overland and by sea and resulted in new cultural forms and ideas.

Works of art

saucer — saucer, mid 1800s

Bactrian camel (tomb figure) — Bactrian camel (tomb figure), 800s, Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Camel Riders on Tianshan, Li Shan — Li Shan

Camel Riders on Tianshan, 1979

Guanyin and Attendant, Jifei; Chen Xian — Jifei; Chen Xian

Guanyin and Attendant, mid-late 1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities — Jifei; Chen Xian

Shaka Triad with Sixteen Deities, 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period

Cut-out Sky, Kenji Nakahashi — Kenji Nakahashi

Cut-out Sky, 1979

Shakyamuni undergoing austerities, Kanō Kazunobu — Kanō Kazunobu

Shakyamuni undergoing austerities, mid 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Match, No Mix: No.1, Lisa Bulawsky; Roger Shimomura; Akio Takamori; Michael Sims; Lawrence Lithography Workshop — Lisa Bulawsky; Roger Shimomura; Akio Takamori; Michael Sims; Lawrence Lithography Workshop

Match, No Mix: No.1, 1993

Oriental Masterprint, Roger Shimomura — Roger Shimomura

Oriental Masterprint, 1973

Oriental Masterprint #5, Roger Shimomura — Roger Shimomura

Oriental Masterprint #5, 1974

Graceland, Tennessee, Tseng Kwong Chi — Tseng Kwong Chi

Graceland, Tennessee, 1979

#3, Ken Ohara — Ken Ohara

#3, 1970

#11, Ken Ohara — Ken Ohara

#11, 1970

#156, Ken Ohara — Ken Ohara

#156, 1970

#128, Ken Ohara — Ken Ohara

#128, 1970

Tsukiyo no tajimaharu, dai shi (Moonlight at Taj Mahal No. 4), Yoshida Hiroshi — Yoshida Hiroshi

Tsukiyo no tajimaharu, dai shi (Moonlight at Taj Mahal No. 4), 1931, Showa period (1926–1989)

"This is the place where East is East and West is West - And the twain meet.", Elmer Simms Campbell — Elmer Simms Campbell

"This is the place where East is East and West is West - And the twain meet.", circa 1970

Novel, Hong Chun Zhang — Hong Chun Zhang

Novel, 2005

Oxford Dictionary: Bird Definition, Xu Bing — Xu Bing

Oxford Dictionary: Bird Definition, 1994–1996

Aka no kabe (Red Wall), Hodaka Yoshida — Hodaka Yoshida

Aka no kabe (Red Wall), 1992

bianhu (pilgrimage flask) with dancing monkey — Hodaka Yoshida

bianhu (pilgrimage flask) with dancing monkey, 600–700s, early Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Daughter/Daughter, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew — Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

Daughter/Daughter, 2008–2009

Whiteman/Indian, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew — Annu Palakunnathu Matthew

Whiteman/Indian, 2008–2009

Events

September 11–September 12, 2020

Conference

Visual and Material Culture of the Silk Road(s)

9:00AM–12:15PM

Register to join us via Zoom for Day 1: https://kansas.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_t1lZOnmEQGKdvaPi5r4oyQ