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Exhibition

Staging Shimomura

Staging Shimomura

Kris Ercums, curator

Galleries 315, 316, and 317, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Staging Shimomura will explore the dynamic role of performance in Roger Shimomura’s artistic practice, from his early experimental films of the late 1960s to fully realized theatrical performances in the early 2000s.

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Works of art

George M. Kren (1926–2000), Roger Shimomura - Painter/Performance, Lawrence

Michael E. Ott (1945–1996), Tube over Kansas

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), On November the First the Co-op was Hit!!!

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Bazaar Woman, Variation 3

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Sea

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Arty Fact calendar

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Kan Art Book

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Arty Culls

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Arty Culls

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Kaw Valley Banner

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Your State of Art

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Arty Fact

Michael E. Ott (1945–1996), America's Heartland (decal)

Gene Swenson (1934–1969), Personality of the Artist

Ron Galella (1931–2022), Andy Warhol's Gymnasium Party

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Kimiko Powers

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Mao

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Mao

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Marilyn

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Liz

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Diary

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Super Buddahead

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Winter Fuji

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Banana

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Target

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Lovers

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Lovers 2

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Lovers 3

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Sansei Woman

Utagawa Yoshitora (active 1830–1870), Yokohama Hatoba Keshiki (View of Yokohama Harbor)

Utagawa Sadahide (1807–1873), Yokohama iijin minami-ka shuen nozu 横浜異人南家酒宴之図 (Picture of Foreign Merchant Dining in Yokohama)

Utagawa Sadahide (1807–1873), Yokohama shōkan Furansujin umanori nozu 横浜商館佛蘭西人馬乗之図 (Picture of Horse-riding French Woman from Yokohama Trade Center)

Utagawa Yoshitomi (active circa 1848–1880), 外国人の図 Gaikokujin no zu (Pictures of Foreigners)

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Exploration

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Block 6

Roger Shimomura (born 1939); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present), Night Watch - Minidoka

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Reveille

Roger Shimomura (born 1939); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present), American Guardian

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), The Attack

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), The Camps

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Return Home

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), For Dorothea Lange

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), For Tokio Ueyama

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), For Masao Mori

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), For Ansel Adams

Roger Shimomura (born 1939); Linda Samson-Talleur (born 1953); Steinbaum Krause Gallery; Michael Sims (born 1944); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present), Memories of Childhood

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), untitled (student film)

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Back

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Seven Kabuki Plays Project

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Toku’s Dance, performance excerpt performed at Kellas Gallery, Lawrence, Kansas, November 10, 1984

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Trans-Siberian Excerpts

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), California Sushi

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Campfire Diary

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), The Last Sansei Story

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Relocation Luncheon: Documentation of Original Installation

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), La Carta performance excerpt performed at Lied Center, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, October 11, 2001

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Amnesia performance excerpt performed at Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington, January 10–11, 2002

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), excerpts from A Decade of Performances…Not Made in Japan performed at Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, Kansas, February 1, 1996

Obata Chiura (1885–1975); Takimazawa, Passing Rain

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Performance Art Class Student Work

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Campfire Diary Poster

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), The Last Sansei Story Poster

Roger Shimomura (born 1939), The Last Sansei Poster

Joel Sanderson (born 1957); Roger Shimomura (born 1939), Relocation Luncheon

Events

March 5, 2020

Talk

The Anatomy and Afterlife of Performance Art

5:30–6:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

May 1, 2020

Talk

Staging the Incarceration: Roger Shimomura’s Seven Kabuki Plays

7:00–8:00PM

Watch this event live on YouTube: https://youtu.be/tsy7uG8HnCE

May 7, 2020

Talk

Staging Shimomura Lecture Series

5:30–6:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

Resources

Documents

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