Alien Forms / Future Worlds

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Alien Forms / Future Worlds
Kris Ercums, curator
June 30, 2026–January 10, 2027
Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Alien Forms / Future Worlds bring together artists across time, media, and geography who imagine bodies, environments, and worlds that feel unfamiliar but strangely recognizable.

Works of art

Nebula I quilt, Virginia Randles
Virginia Randles
The Outer Space Man and the Plant Girl, Ryohei Tanaka
Ryohei Tanaka
Su Shi – When Will the Moon Be Clear and Bright, 王冬龄 WANG Dongling
王冬龄 WANG Dongling
untitled (Dango 89-5-10), Jun Kaneko
Jun Kaneko
N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket, Alex Ebel
Alex Ebel
“The children laughed at the way everyone’s hair stood on end. The stewardess explained that this was caused by the gravitational pull of the moon.”, Chesley K. Bonestell
Chesley K. Bonestell
untitled (stacked sculpture vessel), Gayle Singer
Gayle Singer
Photographie Lunaire: Clavius, Tycho, Hésiode, Maurice Loewy; Pierre Henri Puiseux; Observatoire de Paris
Maurice Loewy; Pierre Henri Puiseux; Observatoire de Paris
Oval sitting atop a Cosmos Ball, Murakami Takashi
Murakami Takashi
Into the Dream, Ryohei Tanaka
Ryohei Tanaka
Anatomy of Starfish Man, 백재중 Beck Jae-jung
백재중 Beck Jae-jung
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SunYoung Park
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SunYoung Park
Her Socks, 2025
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Qiu Anxiong