- KU's Spencer Museum of Art has announced a schedule of a
dozen exhibitions for summer 2000 through May 2001.
The major show for the year is "The Gilded Age: Treasures
from the Smithsonian American Museum of Art." The show highlights
John Singer Sargent, Abbot Thayer and others who brought a new
sophistication and elegance to American art in the decades before
World War I.
Exhibits include:
· "40,000 Years of American Art: The Work of Jaune
Quick-to-See Smith," June 10 to Aug. 27
An exhibition of works on paper by contemporary Native American
artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, who will lecture about her work
at 7 p.m. June 15 in the Spencer Museum of Art auditorium.
· "December 1, 1999," June 17 to Aug. 6
A display of the diverse array of works acquired by the museum,
by gift and purchase, at a Dec. 1 curatorial meeting.
·"Brushed Voices: Calligraphy in Contemporary China,"
July 8 to Sept. 3
Calligraphy from the last decades of the 20th century that reveals
the diversity and vigor of this ancient art form in contemporary
China.
· "Artists in Exile," Sept. 2 to Oct. 1
An exhibit of prints and drawings by artists who fled Europe
during the Second World War, organized in conjunction with the
International Conference on Exile Studies at the Max Kade Center
for German-American Studies, Sept. 21 to 24.
· "The Gilded Age: Treasures from the Smithsonian
American Art Museum," Sept. 23 to Nov. 19
One of eight exhibits in "Treasures to Go," from the
Smithsonian with the support of the Principal Financial Group,
touring the nation through 2002. Major American paintings and
sculpture of the late 19th century.
·"American Indian Traditions Transformed," Sept.
9 to Oct. 22
Three-dimensional works in traditional media by contemporary
Native American artists, in conjunction with the 12th annual
Lawrence Indian Arts Show.
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· "A Writer's Vision: Prints and Drawings by Günter
Grass," Nov. 4 to Dec. 30
An exhibit of 53 prints and drawings by German artist and author
Günter Grass, recipient of the Nobel Prize for literature
in 1999.
· "Ming Painting Through the Eyes of Connoisseurs,"
Jan. 20 to March 4, 2001
Twelve Ming Dynasty (13681644) painted scrolls from the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Mo., the Spencer Museum
of Art and the Allen Memorial Museum at Oberlin College.
·"Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century Women Artists,"
Feb. 3 to April 1
Works from the collection, shown in conjunction with the British
Women Writers Association conference sponsored by the University
of Kansas in March 2001, as well as in honor of National Women's
History Month.
· "Contemporary Art from Cuba: Irony and Survival
on the Utopian Island," Jan. 13 to March 18
An exhibit presenting work by 16 young Cuban artists, all of
whom use irony for psychological survival and oblique commentary.
Their works speculate on Cuba's complex past, its love/hate relationship
with the United States and its cultural uniqueness as a nexus
of African, European and Asian cultures.
· "Remembering the Family Farm: 150 Years of American
Prints," March 24 to June 3
An exhibit that examines the material culture of the American
farm as documented by prints of farm implements, barns, silos
and other outbuildings.
· "Metaphor and Irony: Czech Scenic and Costume Designs
from 1920-1999," April 12 to June 3
This exhibit, borrowed from the collection of the Prague Theater
Institute and from individual artists, celebrates the Czech innovations
and avant-garde stage designs of the earlier part of the century
and their exciting manifestations in contemporary set designs.
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