Eternal Spring: Pines

Exhibition

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Eternal Spring: Pines
Kris Ercums, curator
January 17, 2025–June 29, 2025
Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
The ability of pine trees to remain green during winter and live for centuries has made them closely associated with immortality throughout East Asia. This installation complements the ceramics on view in Eternal Spring in the Lee Study Center.

Works of art

Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Akari BB1-30DL lamp
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Akari BB1-30DL lamp
Isamu Noguchi
Akari BB1-30DL lamp
designed 1951
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Akari BB1-30DL lamp
Isamu Noguchi (1904–1988), Akari BB1-30DL lamp
Isamu Noguchi
Akari BB1-30DL lamp
designed 1951
Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010), Pine Spirit
Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010), Pine Spirit
Wu Guanzhong
Pine Spirit
1984
Wu Jingting (1904–1972), Secluded Life in a Pine Valley
Wu Jingting (1904–1972), Secluded Life in a Pine Valley
Wu Jingting
Secluded Life in a Pine Valley
1940, Republic of China (1911–1949)
Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650), Pine and Wood Pigeons in Autumn
Kanō Naonobu (1607–1650), Pine and Wood Pigeons in Autumn
Kanō Naonobu
Pine and Wood Pigeons in Autumn
1600s, Edo period (1600–1868)