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Printed Art and Social Radicalism

Printed Art and Social Radicalism

Stephen Goddard, curator

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Around 1900, prints played a significant role voicing the agenda of activists for social and political reform. The exhibition, drawn from the permanent collection, will include work from the critical period around 1880-1920, and will also include examples of more recent graphic art aligned with political activism and social reform. Among the artists included in the exhibition will be Félix Vallotton, Alfred Jarry, Théophile Alexandre Steinlein, Käthe Kollwitz, Constantin Meunier, Lazar El Lissitsky, Picasso, John Sloan, and Louis Lozowick.

Exhibition images

Works of art

James Stephen George Boggs (1955–2017), Adornment

James Stephen George Boggs (1955–2017), Adornment

James Stephen George Boggs (1955–2017), receipt for Adornment

James Stephen George Boggs (1955–2017), Adornment

Jules de Bruycker (1870–1945), Ruelle, Gand (Alley, Ghent)

Pieter Dupont (1870–1911), Th. Steinlen (Théophile Alexandre Steinlen)

Juan Genovés (1930–2020), Señales Internaciónales (International Signals)

Juan Genovés (1930–2020), Ida y Vuelta (Going and Returning)

Peter Gourfain (born 1934), Hen Eys Tru Ile

George Grosz (1893–1959); Associated American Artists (active 1934–2000), Nach getaner Arbeit (The End of a Perfect Day)

George Grosz (1893–1959), Gefangen (Prisoners of War)

Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), Relax Senator Helms, the art world is your kind of place!

Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), Guerrilla Girls Review the Whitney (Clocktower Show)

Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Ubu Roi-Programme du Theatre de l'Oeuvre

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), Ende (The End)

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), Die Pfluger (The Ploughmen)

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), Beim Dengeln (Whetting the Scythe)

Käthe Kollwitz (1867–1945), Die Liebenden dem Toten (gedenkblatt fur Karl Liebknecht) [The Living for the Dead (memorial for Karl Liebknecht)]

Li Yitai (born 1944), Lu Xun

Louis Lozowick (1892–1973), New York (Brooklyn Bridge)

Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1968), Homenaje a José Guadalupe Posada

Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), Mineurs, borinag

Richard Basil Mock (1944–2006), All American Family

Adrian Piper (born 1948), Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black..."

Adrian Piper (born 1948), Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up..."

Camille Pissarro (1830–1903), La Charrue

James Dean Pruner (1951–1987 or 1988), Lesson in American History Power in Numbers

James Dean Pruner (1951–1987 or 1988), Temptation to Sell the Soul

James Dean Pruner (1951–1987 or 1988), Dinner of Dollars at the Third World Café

Félicien Joseph Victor Rops (1833–1898), La vielle Masken, servente anversoise (The Old Woman)

Christy Rupp (born 1949), Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)

Peter Saul (born 1934); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Politics

Théophile Alexandre Steinlen (1859–1932), Ouvriers sortant de l'usine

Norman Strike (born 1949), This I Believe

Jesús Alvarez Amaya (1925–2010); Taller Gráfica Popular, Cárdenas y la Expropación Petrolera (Cárdenas and the Expropriation of Petroleum)

Sarah Jiménez (1927–2017); Taller Gráfica Popular, Industrializació del Campo (Industrialization of the Fields)

Adolfo Quinteros (1928–1995); Taller Gráfica Popular, Cárdenas por la Paz (Cárdenas for Peace)

Pablo O'Higgins (1904–1983); Taller Gráfica Popular, Intervención en Veracruz (Intervention in Veracruz)

Xavier Iñiquez (1932–1979); Taller Gráfica Popular, Fiesta Popular (Popular Festival)

Alberto Beltrán (1923–2002); Taller Gráfica Popular, Industria Pesada (Heavy Industry)

Félix Edouard Vallotton (1865–1925), Les Nécrophores (The Pall Bearers)

Zhao Yannian (1924–2014), Nightmare #2, 1989

Sue Coe (born 1951); Mandy Coe, Porkopolis

Jenny Holzer (born 1950), Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise

Schwabacher Drucke; Hubert Vogl (1933–2012), Wassergreuelmärchen

Dona McAdams (born 1954); Tim Miller, Democracy in America

Donald Dennis Celender (1932–2005), Opinions of Working People Concerning the Arts

Frans Masereel (1889–1972), Die Passion Eines Menschen (The Passion of a Man)

Bullet Space (1985–present), portfolio cover

Robert The (born 1961), untitled (gun-shaped book cut out)

Bullet Space (1985–present), endpaper

Bullet Space (1985–present); Anton van Dalen (born 1938), title page

Bullet Space (1985–present); Andrew Castrucci (born 1961); Nadia Coën (born 1961), epigraph

Bullet Space (1985–present), colophon

Bullet Space (1985–present), dedication

Bullet Space (1985–present), text

Bullet Space (1985–present); Paul Castrucci (born 1978), Landscape

Bullet Space (1985–present); John A. Fekner (born 1950), Slowdown Children Growing

Bullet Space (1985–present); Eric Drooker (born 1951), Wake Up, Man

Bullet Space (1985–present); Stash Two (born 1967), Subway Map

Bullet Space (1985–present); Tom McGlynn (born 1958); Emily Carter (born 1960), I Love N.Y.

Bullet Space (1985–present); Dennis Thomas (born 1955); Day Gleeson (born 1948), Homelessness at Work

Bullet Space (1985–present); Nadia Coën (born 1961), Survival of the Fittest

Bullet Space (1985–present); Anton van Dalen (born 1938), Home, Family, Work, Community

Bullet Space (1985–present); Juan Sánchez (born 1954), Donde Esta Mi Casa?

Bullet Space (1985–present); Martin Wong (1946–1999), Viva Tu Vida En Loisaida

Bullet Space (1985–present); Andrew Castrucci (born 1961); Miguel Piñero (1946–1988), Book of Genesis According to Saint Miguelito

Bullet Space (1985–present); Betzaida Concepción (born 1977), By Betsy

Bullet Space (1985–present); Seth Tobocman (born 1958), Umbrella House

Bullet Space (1985–present); Sabrina Jones (born 1960), untitled

Bullet Space (1985–present); Sabrina Jones (born 1960), untitled

Bullet Space (1985–present); Red David Rodriguez (born 1958), S.O.S. Tompkins Square Park

Bullet Space (1985–present); Marguerite van Cook (born 1954); James Romberger (born 1958), We're Concerned, Are You?

Bullet Space (1985–present); Neighborhood News, Stop Warehousing Apartments

Bullet Space (1985–present); David Wojnarowicz (1954–1992), Democracy at Work

Bullet Space (1985–present); Lee Quiñones (born 1960); Eduardo Hughes Galeano (1940–2015), Century of the Wind

Bullet Space (1985–present); John A. Fekner (born 1950), N.Y. + D.K. Forever

Bullet Space (1985–present); Lady Pink (born 1964), Under the Brooklyn Bridge

Bullet Space (1985–present); Sebastian Schroder (born 1961), Untitled

Bullet Space (1985–present); Missing Foundation (founded 1984), The Cement Has Been Poured

Bullet Space (1985–present); Walter Sipser (born 1961), Crutch

Bullet Space (1985–present); William Bruce Witsiepe (1951–1995), Hail Disaster

Bullet Space (1985–present); Tom McGlynn (born 1958), Die Ha

Bullet Space (1985–present); Will Sales (1928–2013), Death of a Neighborhood

Bullet Space (1985–present); Vincent William Gagliostro (born 1954); Avram Finkelstein (born 1952), Enjoy AZT (ACT UP)

Bullet Space (1985–present); Andrew Castrucci (born 1961), Fishook

Events

June 6, 2002

Talk

Curator Steve Goddard

7:00–8:00PM

Gallery 404