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Illumination

Kris Ercums, curator

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This exhibition explores the concept of illumination, both as light and knowledge. By contrasting works associated with light and those conjuring darkness, Illumination seeks to expand awareness about the hidden and obscured.

Works of art

Irene Tsosie, sand painting depicting sun and eagle

Wu Chi-Tsung (born 1981), Still Life 02 - Orchid

Artist Unknown, Optometrist sign

Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823–1880), Morning in the Adirondacks

standing warrior holding a lance

Raqs Media Collective (founded 1992), रात दिन दिन रात (Rāta-Dina, Dina- Rāta) Night & Day, Day & Night

U Sunok (1958–2023), The Moon

Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006), Howl

Frederick John Eversley (1941–2025), Pale Lens

Bruce Beasley (born 1939), Tigibus

Ellen Lanyon (1926–2013), Poyet Projection

Lisa Grossman (born 1967), Navigating

Jacopo Palma il Giovane (circa 1548–1628), Christ in Gethsemane

Ernst Prophète (born 1950, active 1960s–present), but...I dreamt

Jane Bunker (born 1945), Genesis

Gustave Courbet (1819–1877), Soleil Couchant, Marine

Jim Dine (born 1935), Two Boys Looking

Franz Ludwig Catel (1778–1856), Nuns in the Certosa Cloister, overlooking a Moonlit Sea towards the Faraglioni, Capri

Giovanni Battista Crosato (circa 1697–1758), Christ Brought Before Pilate

Neha Choksi (born 1973), Iceboat

Nuremberg armorial stained glass roundel

landsknecht (mercenary soldier)

Frederick Stuart Church (1842–1924), Blossom and Decay

Taro Izumi (born 1976), Napoléon

Lilly Martin Spencer (1822–1902), Baby Chicks

Richard Lindner (1901–1978), untitled

Penius Leriche (born 1940), Woman Leading a Blind Man

Meissen Porcelain Factory (active 1710–present), Blindfolded Cupid

Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902), Sunset on the Plains

Rombout van Troyen (1605–1656), The Burning of Troy

fireplace grill

Elihu Vedder (1836–1923); Chelsea Tile Works, Soul of the Sunflower

The Annunciation roundel

Judith holding the head of Holofernes

Cenni di Francesco di Ser Cenni (active 1369–1415), Madonna and Child

Ward Lockwood (1894–1963), The Possessors

Sassetta (circa 1400–1450), Madonna and Child with Saints

Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), chalice

Philip James de Loutherbourg (1740–1812), A Shipwreck

Eric Pape (1870–1938), Sun Dappled Entrance, Egypt

Carl Spitzweg (1808–1885), Moonlit Scene with Castle Ruins

Albert Y. Wong (born 1947), untitled

Claude Buck (1890–1974), The Conqueror Worm

William Fleming (active 1940s–1950s), We Who Are About to Die

Kuwata Takurō (born 1981), 茶碗 chawan (tea bowl)

Events

November 30, 2023

Tour

HA 166 The Visual Arts of East Asia 17590

1:00–2:15PM

Spencer Museum of Art, 315 Long Ellis Gallery, 316 Simons Gallery, 317 Perkins Central Court, 401 Loo Gallery, 405 Michaelis Gallery, 406 Stewart Gallery, 407 Kress Gallery

March 2, 2025

Talk

Eyes on the Art: A Stroll with Museum Security

2:00–3:00PM