Images of the Journey

Exhibition

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Images of the Journey
Hillary Pedersen, curator
June 4, 2005–September 25, 2005
Asia Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Travel is adventure. Not just the destination, but also the journey itself invites new, enriching experiences. This selection from the Spencer's Asian collection highlights depictions of travel, explorations of places unfamiliar to the artists and representations of artists' journeys. The selected works depict traveling figures, evoke well-known tourist destinations and routes, record artists' experiences of travel, and invite the viewer to experience "virtual" travel through interaction with the images.

Works of art

三峽暮色 Sanxia muse (Sunset at the Three Gorges), Zhao Shao’ang
Zhao Shao’ang
三峽暮色 Sanxia muse (Sunset at the Three Gorges), 1941, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Quiet Hamlet, Yi Fujiu
Yi Fujiu
Quiet Hamlet, early 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Secluded Hermitage, after I Fu-chiu, Noro Kaiseki
Noro Kaiseki
Secluded Hermitage, after I Fu-chiu, late 1700s–early 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
River Scene, Zhao Shao’ang
Zhao Shao’ang
River Scene, 1939, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Camel Riders on Tianshan, Li Shan
Li Shan
Bactrian camel (tomb figure)
Li Shan
Bactrian camel (tomb figure), 800s, Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)
jade figure of standing camel
Li Shan
jade figure of standing camel, Qing Dynasty (1644–1911)
Tōkaidō plate
Li Shan
Tōkaidō plate, circa 1840, Edo period (1600–1868)
#28 Fukuroi, Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige
#28 Fukuroi, 1832–1833, Edo period (1600–1868)
#28 Fukuroi no zu (Picture of Fukuroi), Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Kunisada
#28 Fukuroi no zu (Picture of Fukuroi), circa 1838, Edo period (1600–1868)
#53 Kusatsu kara Yabase wa michi no yumi to tsuru (Sailing from Kusatsu to Yabase), Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige
#23 Fujieda Jindo tsugitate (Relay Station at Fujieda), Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Hiroshige
#23 Fujieda Jindo tsugitate (Relay Station at Fujieda), 1833–1834, Edo period (1600–1868)
Hachi daime (Act 8), Utagawa Yoshitora
Utagawa Yoshitora
Hachi daime (Act 8), 1852, 8th month, Edo period (1600–1868)
#44 Kuwana Funanori Tokuzō no Den (The Story of Funanori Tokuzō and the Sea Ghost at Kuwana, #44), Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Kojimaya Jubei
Utagawa Kuniyoshi; Kojimaya Jubei
芭蕉像 Basho-zō (Portrait of Bashō), Yokoi Kinkoku
Yokoi Kinkoku
芭蕉像 Basho-zō (Portrait of Bashō), 1814, Edo period (1600–1868)

Events

June 18, 2005
Workshop
Travel Around the World
10:30AM–12:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court
June 18, 2005
Workshop
Travel Around the World
1:30–3:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court
June 25, 2005
Workshop
Images of the Journey
10:30AM–12:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court
June 25, 2005
Workshop
Images of the Journey
1:30–3:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court

Resources

Documents

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