Alien Forms / Future Worlds

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Alien Forms / Future Worlds
Kris Ercums, curator
June 30, 2026–January 10, 2027
Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Alien Forms / Future Worlds bring together artists across time, media, and geography who imagine bodies, environments, and worlds that feel unfamiliar but strangely recognizable.

Works of art

Nebula I quilt, Virginia Randles (1912–1996)
Virginia Randles (1912–1996)
The Outer Space Man and the Plant Girl, Ryohei Tanaka (born 1977)
Ryohei Tanaka (born 1977)
Su Shi – When Will the Moon Be Clear and Bright, 王冬龄 WANG Dongling (born 1945)
王冬龄 WANG Dongling (born 1945)
Her Socks, SunYoung Park
SunYoung Park
Her Socks, 2025
untitled (Dango 89-5-10), Jun Kaneko (born 1942)
Jun Kaneko (born 1942)
N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket, Alex Ebel (1923–2013)
Alex Ebel (1923–2013)
“The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”, Chesley K. Bonestell (1888–1986)
Chesley K. Bonestell (1888–1986)
untitled (stacked sculpture vessel), Gayle Singer (born 1955)
Gayle Singer (born 1955)
Photographie Lunaire: Clavius, Tycho, Hésiode, Maurice Loewy (1833–1907); Pierre Henri Puiseux (1855–1928); Observatoire de Paris
Maurice Loewy (1833–1907); Pierre Henri Puiseux (1855–1928); Observatoire de Paris
Oval sitting atop a Cosmos Ball, Murakami Takashi (born 1962)
Murakami Takashi (born 1962)
Into the Dream, Ryohei Tanaka (born 1977)
Ryohei Tanaka (born 1977)
Anatomy of Starfish Man, 백재중 Beck Jae-jung (born 1974)
백재중 Beck Jae-jung (born 1974)
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SunYoung Park
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Qiu Anxiong (born 1972)