Eternal Spring: Bamboo

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Eternal Spring: Bamboo
Kris Ercums, curator
July 1, 2025–December 7, 2025
Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Bamboo has captivated the imagination of East Asian artists and poets for centuries. This installation complements the ceramics on view in Eternal Spring in the Lee Study Center.

Works of art

woman's outer kimono (uchikake)
woman's outer kimono (uchikake), circa 1953, Showa period (1926–1989)
凳子 dengzi (stool)
凳子 dengzi (stool), 1700s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
Su Shi in Bamboo Grove, Kaihō Yūshō
Kaihō Yūshō
Su Shi in Bamboo Grove, early 1650s, Edo period (1600–1868)
灯架靠背椅 dengjia kaobei yi (lamphanger highback chair)
鳥籠 niaolong (birdcage with six feeding dishes)
鳥籠 niaolong (birdcage with six feeding dishes), circa 1930, Republic of China (1911–1949)