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Trees & Other Ramifications: Branches in Nature & Culture

Stephen Goddard, curator

March 5, 2009–January 2, 2011

see Venue records

Trees and other Ramifications offers an open-ended look at some of the many ways that trees are meaningful to humanity and important in the natural world.

Works of art

Sketch Club Feed, F. O. Marvin — F. O. Marvin

Sketch Club Feed, 1888

Giant Cedars, Birger Sandzén — Birger Sandzén

Giant Cedars, 1922

La Pendaison (The Hanging), Jacques Callot — Jacques Callot

La Pendaison (The Hanging), 1633

Apocalypse II, Jerry Norman Uelsmann — Jerry Norman Uelsmann

Apocalypse II, 1967

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, Carleton Emmons Watkins — Carleton Emmons Watkins

Grizzly Giant, Mariposa Grove, circa 1859

Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau, Karl Blossfeldt — Karl Blossfeldt

Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau, circa 1926–1928

Bearded Man with Tree, Venice, CA, Elliott Erwitt — Elliott Erwitt

Bearded Man with Tree, Venice, CA, 1976

Plant Trees Avert Nuclear Peril, Friedensreich Hundertwasser — Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Plant Trees Avert Nuclear Peril, 1980

The Cottage on the Hill, Jacob van Ruisdael — Jacob van Ruisdael

The Cottage on the Hill, 1650s

Tree Planting Group, Grant Wood; Associated American Artists; George Charles Miller — Grant Wood; Associated American Artists; George Charles Miller

Tree Planting Group, 1937

White of the Eye, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton — Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton

White of the Eye, 1979

Oak with Man in Hammock, David Johnson — David Johnson

Oak with Man in Hammock, 1883

Trimming, Kenji Nakahashi — Kenji Nakahashi

Trimming, 1987

Brook with Cottonwood Trees, Birger Sandzén — Birger Sandzén

Brook with Cottonwood Trees, 1934

Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern California, Ansel Adams — Ansel Adams

Redwoods, Bull Creek Flat, Northern California, circa 1960

Among Branches, Mildred Bryant Brooks — Mildred Bryant Brooks

Among Branches, 1941

Bringing Home the Christmas Tree, Rockwell Kent — Rockwell Kent

Bringing Home the Christmas Tree, 1928

The 'Home Sweet Home' of John Payne, East Hampton, Mary Nimmo Moran — Mary Nimmo Moran

The 'Home Sweet Home' of John Payne, East Hampton, 1885

Man and a Small Boy in a Wood, Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the elder — Carl Wilhelm Kolbe the elder

Man and a Small Boy in a Wood, 1789

Arbre de la Vierge, pres du Caire (Tree of the Virgin, near Cairo), Wilhelm Hammerschmidt — Wilhelm Hammerschmidt

Arbre de la Vierge, pres du Caire (Tree of the Virgin, near Cairo), circa 1860

dessert fork, Württemberg Metal Factory — Württemberg Metal Factory

dessert fork, circa 1905

untitled (after Edward Hicks), Joan Nelson; Cirrus Editions Ltd. — Joan Nelson; Cirrus Editions Ltd.

untitled (after Edward Hicks), 1993

Old Cedars and Spanish Peaks, George Elbert Burr — George Elbert Burr

Old Cedars and Spanish Peaks, 1922

Spring Secrets, Robert Kipniss — Robert Kipniss

Spring Secrets, 1980

The Little Pigeon, Mark Leithauser — Mark Leithauser

The Little Pigeon, 1981

Birches, Mark Leithauser — Mark Leithauser

Birches, 1980

Trees #3, Tanaka Ryōhei — Tanaka Ryōhei

Trees #3, 1974, Showa period (1926–1989)

Dorpshuizen or De Dode Boom (Village Houses or The Dead Tree), Jan Toorop — Jan Toorop

Dorpshuizen or De Dode Boom (Village Houses or The Dead Tree), 1897

untitled (under side of a leaf), William Sharp; John Fisk Allen — William Sharp; John Fisk Allen

untitled (under side of a leaf), 1854

Village Street, Hieronymus Cock; Jan and/or Lucas van Doetecum; Master of the Small Landscapes — Hieronymus Cock; Jan and/or Lucas van Doetecum; Master of the Small Landscapes

Village Street, 1559–1561

Forellenweiher (Trout Pond), Franz von Stuck — Franz von Stuck

Forellenweiher (Trout Pond), circa 1890

Shoreline, Donald Resnick — Donald Resnick

Shoreline, circa 1997

Woods/Morning, Donald Resnick — Donald Resnick

Woods/Morning, 1998

untitled (resting men and dogs under a large tree), Wiliam Alfred Delamotte — Wiliam Alfred Delamotte

untitled (resting men and dogs under a large tree), 1802

Mountain Cottonwoods, Charles Merrick Capps — Charles Merrick Capps

Mountain Cottonwoods, 1957

Der Lebensbaum (The Tree of Life), George Grosz — George Grosz

Der Lebensbaum (The Tree of Life), 1928

Structure of Thought 15, Doug Starn; Mike Starn — Doug Starn; Mike Starn

Structure of Thought 15, 2001–2005

Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia, Linda Connor — Linda Connor

Western Courtyard, Ta Prohm, Cambodia, 2003

Edge of the Forest, Charles Chaplin — Charles Chaplin

Edge of the Forest, 1965

In the New Forest Glade, Charles Chaplin — Charles Chaplin

In the New Forest Glade, 1962

Copper Beech, Jacques Hnizdovsky — Jacques Hnizdovsky

Copper Beech, 1985

Abecedaire, Francois Houtin — Francois Houtin

Abecedaire, 2004

Native Oak, Roger Medearis — Roger Medearis

Native Oak, 1979

untitled, Shigeki Tomura — Shigeki Tomura

untitled, 1979

Tree Farm, Zibo, Shantung Province, China, Pok Chi Lau — Pok Chi Lau

Tree Farm, Zibo, Shantung Province, China, 2004

title unknown (tree planting), Pok Chi Lau — Pok Chi Lau

title unknown (tree planting), 2005

Lone Lychee Tree, Shenzhen, China, Pok Chi Lau — Pok Chi Lau

Lone Lychee Tree, Shenzhen, China, 1994

Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf) — Sterculia snowII Lesquereux (type) (fossil leaf), Cretaceous period, collected mid to late 1800s

Hec est arbor Consanguineitatis (Here is the Tree of Blood Relationships) from Etymologiae. Liber Ethymologiarum Isidori Hyspalensis Ep[iscop]i., Isidore of Seville — Isidore of Seville

Hec est arbor Consanguineitatis (Here is the Tree of Blood Relationships) from Etymologiae. Liber Ethymologiarum Isidori Hyspalensis Ep[iscop]i., 1489

Della famiglia Montalto, libri III, scritti da Giuseppe Aurelio de Gennnaro..., Bartolomeo Da Grado — Bartolomeo Da Grado

Della famiglia Montalto, libri III, scritti da Giuseppe Aurelio de Gennnaro..., 1735

Tree of Life, Charles Darwin — Charles Darwin

Tree of Life, 1860

The evolution of man: a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny. From the German. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., Ernst Haeckel — Ernst Haeckel

The evolution of man: a popular exposition of the principal points of human ontogeny and phylogeny. From the German. London: Kegan Paul, Trench & Co., 1883

Arbor Moralis (Moral Tree), Ramon Llull — Ramon Llull

Arbor Moralis (Moral Tree), 1469

Arbol Imaginal (Imaginative Tree), Ramon Llull — Ramon Llull

Arbol Imaginal (Imaginative Tree), 1664

The Pillars of Hercules and Thus Are Giants Murdered, Lindley Eddy — Lindley Eddy

The Pillars of Hercules and Thus Are Giants Murdered, circa 1930

Linea Regum Egipti Ptholomeus Dionisus (Lineage of Ptolemy XII, Dionysus) from Liber chronicarum., Michael Wolgemut — Michael Wolgemut

Linea Regum Egipti Ptholomeus Dionisus (Lineage of Ptolemy XII, Dionysus) from Liber chronicarum., 1493

Arboretum, David Byrne — David Byrne

Arboretum, 2006

Programmable Do-Gooders, Valerie Lueth — Valerie Lueth

Programmable Do-Gooders, 2004

A Fresh Rhizome of Cimifuga Racemosa, J. Augustus Knapp — J. Augustus Knapp

A Fresh Rhizome of Cimifuga Racemosa, date unknown

Essai d’une Distribution Généalogique des Sciences et des Arts Principaux (Essay on a Genealogical Distribution of the Primary Sciences and Arts), Robert Bernard — Robert Bernard

Essai d’une Distribution Généalogique des Sciences et des Arts Principaux (Essay on a Genealogical Distribution of the Primary Sciences and Arts), 1780

How to Look at Modern Art in America, Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf — Ad Reinhardt; Thomas B. Hess; Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf

How to Look at Modern Art in America, 1946

untitled (tree), Xu Bing; Sophia Gakii — Xu Bing; Sophia Gakii

untitled (tree), 2008

Und neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen (And new Life blossoms from the ruins), Klaus Staeck — Klaus Staeck

Und neues Leben blüht aus den Ruinen (And new Life blossoms from the ruins), 1979

What is man that thou art mindful of him? Psalm 8, 4, Harold Lukens Doolittle — Harold Lukens Doolittle

What is man that thou art mindful of him? Psalm 8, 4, date unknown

bower, Yellow-Breasted Bowerbird — Yellow-Breasted Bowerbird

bower, date unknown

Wind in the Elms, Howard Norton Cook — Howard Norton Cook

Wind in the Elms, 1926

Winnebago Trainspotters in the Universe, David Byrne — David Byrne

Winnebago Trainspotters in the Universe, 2002

The Evolution of Category, David Byrne — David Byrne

The Evolution of Category, 2003

Being There, David Byrne — David Byrne

Being There, 2004

Trees sheltering tombs, Shenzhen, China, Pok Chi Lau — Pok Chi Lau

Trees sheltering tombs, Shenzhen, China, 1994

Events

March 5, 2009

Social

Spring @ the Spencer

6:30–8:00PM

April 18, 2009

Workshop

Tree Personalities

10:30AM–12:30PM

April 18, 2009

Workshop

Tree Personalities

1:30–3:30PM

April 23, 2009

Social

SMA Student Night: Art on the Green

6:00–8:00PM

April 28, 2009

Activity

Trees and Other Ramifications

May 2, 2009

Activity

Spring Arts & Culture Festival

1:00–5:00PM

Gallery 317 Central Court, Front Lawn

May 6, 2009

Performance

Makoto Nakura, marimba, performs The Wood and Forests Project

7:00–8:00PM

Gallery 317 Central Court