Forms of Thought

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Forms of Thought
Forms of Thought
Kris Ercums, curator
October 15, 2016–May 16, 2021
Gallery 407, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Forms of Thought and This Land are two exhibitions that together explore intangible ideas. Works in Forms of Thought capture various artists’ attempts to depict transcendent, sacred, and religious ideas.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Dante Gabriel Rossetti
La Pia de' Tolomei, 1868–1880
Bernardo Zenale
Madonna and Saints, circa 1495
Johann Christian Thomas Winck
Johann Christian Thomas Winck
Jacopo Palma il Giovane
Christ in Gethsemane, circa 1590–1605
Francesco Bassano II
The Capture of Christ, circa 1575–1580
Martin Johann Schmidt
Crucifixion, 1795
Orazio Fontana
pilgrim bottle, mid 1500s
Beatrice Wood
chalice, 1982
François Du Quesnoy; Alessandro Algardi
Flagellation of Christ, early 1600s
Tilman Riemenschneider
Stoldo di Gino Lorenzi
김익영/金益寧 Kim Yik-yung
Stella Tafoya Chavarria; Pablita Tafoya Chavarria
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
very small plate, mid 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
vase or water jar, mid 1900s
William Andrew Pacheco
Michael Cullen Todd
Or-Deal, mid-late 1900s
Michael Cullen Todd
cup stand, early 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Michael Cullen Todd
bowl, 宋朝 Song dynasty (960–1279)
Ruth Duckworth
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
a monk (possibly Saint Romuald), late 1400s–early 1500s
Johann Baptist Hagenauer
Perseus and Andromeda, circa 1775
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), early-mid 1900s
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Ondo artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1975
unrecorded Oyo artist
unrecorded Yoruba artist
unrecorded Yoruba artist
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1969
unrecorded Yoruba artist
ere ibeji (twin figure), late 1800s–1993
Jean-Baptiste LePrince
Anacreon, 1767
Carol Haerer
Abiquiu, 1968–1969
Ralph Albert Blakelock
untitled (landscape), 1880s–1890s
Gustave Courbet
Soleil Couchant, Marine, 1865 or 1869
U Sunok
The Moon, 2006–2011
Sueharu Fukami
Frederick John Eversley
Pale Lens, 1970
Frederick John Eversley
Amitābha (阿弥陀仏 Amida butsu; 阿弥陀如来 Amida nyorai), circa 1400s, Muromachi period (1338–1573)
Harry Bertoia
Square Frame, circa 1950
Harry Bertoia
Luca Giordano
Sonja Sekula
Lola Fernández
Takarasuka, 1962
Maria Martinez; Popovi Da
Maria Martinez; Popovi Da
cup, early 1100s, Goryeo dynasty (918–1392)
Robert Indiana
FUN, 1961
Robert Indiana
Buddha seated on lotus base, 900–1100, Tang dynasty (618 CE–907 CE)

Events

November 19, 2017
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Gallery 407
April 8, 2018
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407
September 13, 2018
Talk
10:15–11:15AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317
April 11, 2019
Talk
10:15–11:15AM
Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407
April 25, 2019
Talk
10:15–11:15AM
Spencer Museum of Art, John and Linda Stewart Gallery, 406
November 24, 2019
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407
January 18, 2020
Activity
1:00–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Samuel H. Kress Foundation Gallery, 407