Conference of the Birds
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Conference of the Birds
Emily Kruse, curator
Sabine Rishell, curator
Sabine Rishell, curator
https://spencerartapps.ku.edu/spencer-projects/3354
Kick off the 5th annual Backyard Bash with a special edition of Spencer Projects featuring an aviary of art from the Museum’s collection projected on the building. Perch in front of the Museum to view a vast array of bird-themed pottery, paintings, and prints, as well as feathered objects. Afterward, take a flashlight tour of Conference of the Birds, a series of 13 sculptural nests created by KU students, commissioned by the Museum, and installed throughout Marvin Grove. Please wear a mask and practice social distancing. This adaptation of Spencer Projects is curated by student staff members Emily Kruse and Sabine Rishell.
Exhibition images
Works of art
Matt Morgan Art Pottery
circa 1882–1884
Roza Jaso
1820–1860
1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)
early 1900s
Hoerman Brothers Manufacturing Company (active 1893–1907)
late 1800s–1905
1883, Meiji period (1868–1912)
Karl Jutz (1838–1916)
late 1800s
mid-late 1900s
Henry Bugbee Kane (1902–1971)
circa 1954
1932
Robert Lostutter (born 1939)
1988
John Ashbery (1927–2017)
circa 1980
date unknown
Tom Druecker
1998
Sue Fuller (1914–2006)
1949
Peter Walls (born 1970)
2000
circa 1882
2003
circa 1970
2005
Eric Hagstrom
2005
late 1800s–1950
unrecorded Ayoreo artist
late 1800s–1976
Pablita Concho (1901–1993)
mid 1900s
Dale Burlison DeArmond (1914–2006)
1970
early 1900s–1965
Bernard Homer
late 1800s–1964
unknown maker
late 1800s–1992
unrecorded Lakota artist
late 1800s–1993
Mary Annette Clause
1993
late 1900s–1994
late 1900s
unrecorded Guna artist
late 1900s–1994
Michelle Sisneros (born 1960)
circa 1997
Jacqueline Bishop (born 1955)
2010
2010
late 1900s–1994
Ravi Varma Press
circa 1920
ACM SIGGRAPH (founded 1969)
1980s
Matthew Baker (born 1953)
circa 2000–2005
Skip Saunders (born 1963)
2003
late 1900s–2010
late 1900s–2010
1979
date unknown
Henry Wessel (born 1942)
1977
late 1900s
circa 1970s
1935, circa 1982
1999
2002
1920s, Taisho period (1912–1926) or Showa period (1926–1989)
Asada Benji (1899–1984); Uchida Woodblock Printing Co., Ltd.
early-mid 1900s
2004
unrecorded Kwih-dich-chuh-aht (Makah) or Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) artist
1900–1926
unrecorded Kotyit (Cochiti) artist
late 1800s
circa 1890
unrecorded Northwest Coast artist
late 1800s–early 1900s
mid 1900s
late 1800s–1928
late 1900s–1994
unrecorded A:shiwi (Zuñi) artist
circa 1967
Alice Paul
late 1800s–1996
late 1800s–1953
unrecorded Ayuukja’ay (Highland Mixe) artist
1989
Hazelle, Inc.
1959–1979
Fu Bin (born 1984)
2007
circa 1950–1976
1985
mid 1900s