Wednesday, June 28, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B • Page 5
Dennis Domer, professor of architecture at the University of Kentucky, looks at an exhibit called "December 1, 1999" at the Spencer Museum of Art. The works, which Domer viewed yesterday, are all related by the date they were bought or acquired. Photo by Nick Krug/KANSAN
Museum exhibits eclectic collection
By Scott M. Lowe Jr.
writer@kansan.com
Kansas staff writer
An art exhibit entitled "December 1, 1999" is on display until August 6 at the Raymond White gallery in the Spencer Museum of Art.
It includes NASA moon photographs and other contemporary photography, Asian art, prints, books and a glass candlestick.
"We just wanted to show a cross section of the types of things we can get," said Andrea Norris, director of the museum for 12 years.
She said the exhibit was named for the day it was developed.
"The curators had an interesting meeting that day," Norris said. "We were able to acquire a collection which was very diverse and different, yet somehow linked."
December also is the month when most tax-deductible financial gifts and art donations come in, said Norris. Though the museum bought many of the pieces, some were donated, and others came from alumni or other connections.
Former KU students and professors created some of the works.
Cynthia Schira, former professor of the design department for 23 years, has her textile designs on display.
She uses computer design programs to make futuristic patterns on cloth.
Also included is a Chinese painting by a former KU graduate student and expert in Chinese art, Kwan S. Wong. He did his ink print, "Bamboo and Rock," while still a student.
The books, called shunga, tell stories with elaborate colors and pictures
Many of the works, including the Japanese prints and books, are over a hundred years old.
Norris will lecture about the exhibit at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the gallery.
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