Dreams and Portals

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Dreams and Portals
Susan Earle, curator
Kris Ercums, curator
Central Court, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

The summer display in the Central Court features selections from the permanent collection, including works that evoke dreams and ideas of place, near and far.

The works range in media from painting and watercolor to collage and drawing. Some will transport you to other places, such as the lyrical Blue Door (La Porte Bleue) by French artist Pierre Lesieur. Reflecting the artist’s travels to North Africa, this painting evokes the sea or an open door in a way that suggests a dream. Other highlights include photo-realist paintings, a newly acquired abstraction by Jim Leedy, and a spirited work based on the play A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, made in 2001 by Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival) in collaboration with children from Salina, Kansas.

Come let your mind wander and see what dreams you might recall, or what new perspective you might gain.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Michael Goldberg
1966
Walter Stuempfig
1940s
Gary Pruner
1973
William T. Wiley
1979
Claude Buck
1920
Beverly Grable
circa 1974
Walter Stuempfig
circa 1950
James Gross
1983
Sam Gilliam
1982
Frank Stella, Tyler Graphics Ltd.
1993
Tim Rollins + K.O.S. (Kids of Survival)
2001
Gerald E. Lubensky
2001
Jim Leedy
1987
Reginald Herard
1993
Larry Schulte
1995
Chizuko Yoshida
1951
John E. Buck, Landfall Press
1982
Red Grooms
1964
Peter G. Thompson
1981–1982
Jerry Duane Ott
1973

Resources

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