Konoike Tomoko

As part of Temporal Turn, the Spencer’s major exhibition of contemporary Asian art, Japanese artist Konoike Tomoko visited Lawrence during October and November 2016 to create new, site-specific artwork. Konoike previously visited the Spencer in December 2015 to conduct a site visit and plan her commissioned piece. Her installations will explore ideas of time, mythology, and speculative inquiry—central themes of Temporal Turn. Konoike’s outdoor sculpture Inter-Traveller, which depicts the lower half of a girl’s torso, will be installed in various locations on and off the KU campus throughout the run of the exhibition. Additionally, Konoike will create a painting on stitched cowhide that will evoke local myth and folklore.