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Since words bat and good luck are pronounced the same in Chinese, the bat is a symbol of longevity and good luck. Five bats represent the Five Blessings: longevity, ease, riches, honors and joy.
A deer is the symbol of long life and is the only animal able to find the sacred fungus of immortality. It may also symbolize wealth, as deer and official salary are homophones (pronounced the same) in Chinese. To give a gift of a deer to an official taking a placement exam is to wish them luck with their potential raise.
4. Hexagonal teapot
ca. 20th century
Pewter, brass inlay, stone
97.40.40
In 2015, the Walker celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding as a public art center dedicated to presenting and collecting the art of our times. Curated by the Walker’s executive director Olga Viso and guest curator Joan Rothfuss, the exhibition looks at 75 years of collecting at the Walker—a history distinguished not only by bold and often risk-taking choices but also acquisitions that have consistently breached the boundaries of media or disciplines.
Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections is on view from October 16, 2014 to September 11, 2016 in Galleries 4, 5, 6.
Curators: Olga Viso and Joan Rothfuss, with Andrew Blauvelt, Jill Vuchetich, and Mia Lopez
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
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Elizabeth “Grandma” Layton
Wellsville KS
Orchid I (20th century)
Color pencil
Gift of James Van Sickle
2005.34.9
Grandma Layton started drawing in her seventies. I’m impressed by the fluidity of her lines and how expressive they are. The drawing celebrates love, with the gesture of her and Glen holding hands, but also it’s a celebration of aging: these faces have earned their lines. Layton finds beauty in the wrinkles of their skin.
–Sherry Best
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42/150: Four Topeka Trade Cards, advertisements for area businesses.
38/150: The City of Homes, 1922
43/150: Helen Hodge: photographs of children, her specialty. In summers, she would close the shop to paint.
41/150: Garlinghouse home catalog. The Garlinghouse company designed and built homes all over the country.
39/150: Forbes parking token
Yoshiro Ikeda (Manhattan, KS)
"#8 Reflection" (late 20th c.)
Ceramic
Gift of George and Lois Monto (2004. 14.17)
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Peonies and bats
ca. 20th century
Embroidered panel, silk
97.40.456
A crane on a rock
ca. 20th century
Embroidered panel, silk
97.40.382
A crane on a rock, looking at the sun symbolizes a high-placed official who sees all things.
Peonies and bats
ca. 20th century
Embroidered panel, silk
97.40.455
The peony is a symbol of wealth and distinction.
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64/150: Marshall’s Band scrapbook Mr. Marshall, an Englishman by birth, was one of the non-German members of the Topeka Turn Verein. The 1884 political campaign wanted a band for Kansas delegation to the Republican National Convention, and Marshall’s Band played. Marshall’s Band played regularly at Turner Hall, the German health, athletic and social club. The Turn Verein was a team of athletes and gymnasts, who also participated in community projects and philanthropy. Turner Hall served “…ice cream and soft drinks called for by the children and ladies, there were light wines and beer, but no hard drinks. To the membership of the Verein it was inconceivable that the ban on alcoholic drinks placed in the Kansas State Constitution in 1881 could be aimed at them.” Turner Hall eventually came under violent attack by followers of Carrie Nation. In 1903 Turner Hall flooded. It burned in 1911. (The Melting Pot, p. 94-95)
57/150: The Schoolbook Commission’s The Wooster Primer, 1903. The Primer sold 50,000 copies at 12 cents copy in 1915. In 1916 it printed Bow-Wow and Mew Mew, Nixie Bunny in Manner’s Land, Eugene Ware’s Selections from Ironquill, and William Connelly’s John Brown, among others. The last two volumes were publications of Crane and Company, Topeka.
Byron Temple (Louisville, KY)
Bamboo Jar, 1996
Stoneware, wood-fired, salt glaze
TSCPL Permanent Collection, 2000.22
Shou is the Chinese character symbolizing longevity or immortality. There are over 100 various ways to represent this symbol. The shou character is often depicted with other symbols of longevity, like the bat and crane. When the two are given as a wedding gift, they symbolize a wish for many years of married life.
1. Teapot
ca. 20th century
Pewter, jade, Yixing clay
94.39.11
Akio Takamori
Peony, 2010
photographic digital color print,
aluminum plate lithograph
Gift of Mike Sims, 2011.003
Unfurled over the entrance to the College of Arts and Sciences, Clark Hall. Dr. Amalia Amaki walks up the steps.
In 2015, the Walker celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding as a public art center dedicated to presenting and collecting the art of our times. Curated by the Walker’s executive director Olga Viso and guest curator Joan Rothfuss, the exhibition looks at 75 years of collecting at the Walker—a history distinguished not only by bold and often risk-taking choices but also acquisitions that have consistently breached the boundaries of media or disciplines.
Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections is on view from October 16, 2014 to September 11, 2016 in Galleries 4, 5, 6.
Curators: Olga Viso and Joan Rothfuss, with Andrew Blauvelt, Jill Vuchetich, and Mia Lopez
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
Jean Bass
Topeka KS
Concert in Red and Blue (2007)
Fabric, silk and Peruvian linen
2008.5
I’m pleased to add one of Jean’s works to the collection. She has such a delicate touch with fabric, sewing, texture, and color.
–Sherry Best
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
My mother's favourite painting.
To the generation of women born (as my mother was) in 1915, "sophistication" was the ultimate aspiration.
They tried to dress well and fashionably, to decorate and furnish their houses stylishly (art deco), they cried over weepies like "Now Voyager" and "Brief Encounter" (I never worked out how this fitted in with sophistication).
They smoked, of course, and drank dry martinis like Steve, wife of Paul Temple, and the epitome of sophistication was~~~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Pauline in the Yellow Dress.
Cheese grater
Ghana
African villages use whatever materials are available. This cheese grater was made from an empty Red Cow Milk container.
On loan from Laura Dalrymple and Jim Harris
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108/150: David Overmyer, Ad Astra Per Aspera, c 1953, oil on paper. A sketch for a mural project that was never completed, showing Topeka’s downtown with historic and fantastic elements.
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
"'Building an art collection is rarely perceived as a radical or political act,' Amaki said. 'But there is a distinct aggressiveness to the acquisitions methodology of Paul R. Jones that suggests just that.'" (from the The University of Alabama News press kit)
In 2015, the Walker celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding as a public art center dedicated to presenting and collecting the art of our times. Curated by the Walker’s executive director Olga Viso and guest curator Joan Rothfuss, the exhibition looks at 75 years of collecting at the Walker—a history distinguished not only by bold and often risk-taking choices but also acquisitions that have consistently breached the boundaries of media or disciplines.
Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections is on view from October 16, 2014 to September 11, 2016 in Galleries 4, 5, 6.
Curators: Olga Viso and Joan Rothfuss, with Andrew Blauvelt, Jill Vuchetich, and Mia Lopez