NetWorks: Art and Artists from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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NetWorks: Art and Artists from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection
Susan Earle, curator
Stephen Goddard, curator
Gallery 318, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

In 2009 the Spencer received a gift from the collection of two extraordinary patrons. Dorothy and Herbert Vogel, New Yorkers of modest means, decided to begin collecting the work of emerging artists shortly after their marriage in 1962. Through their patronage, the Vogels encouraged and supported more than 177 remarkable artists, 25 of whom are represented in their gift of 50 works to the Spencer Museum. The Vogel Network celebrates the addition of the Vogel donation to the Spencer collection.

Among these 50 pieces are everything from studies and sketches to highly finished works of art. As a group, they demonstrate the Vogel’s confidence to act instinctively, acquiring works that provoked their mind’s eye, whether by established or—more frequently—emerging artists. Through the process of collecting, the Vogels wove a rich web of connections with a diverse group of artists, many of whom had their own interactions with one another. This network of artistic and personal connections, with Herb and Dorothy at its center, has become our way of visualizing the significance of the Vogel Collection.

The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection came to the Spencer through the auspices of the National Gallery of Art, which has collaborated with the Vogels since the early 1990s. All exhibited works share a common acknowledgment:

"The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, The University of Kansas, The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States, a joint initiative of the Trustees of the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection and the National Gallery of Art, with generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the Institute of Museum and Library Services."

This exhibition was organized by a team of curators and Museum interns: Susan Earle, Denise Giannino, Stephen Goddard, Chassica Kirchhoff, Kate Meyer, Meredith Moore, and Ellen Raimond.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Will Barnet
1984
Robert Barry
1975
Robert Barry
1975
Loren Calaway
1985
Loren Calaway
1981
Charles Clough
1978
Gene B. Davis
1970
Richard Francisco
1981
Michael Goldberg
1981
Don Hazlitt
1981
Jene Highstein
1992
Peter Hutchinson
1969
Steve Keister
1990
Steve Keister
1994–1996
Steve Keister
1994–1996
Mark Kostabi
1983
Mark Kostabi
1981
Michael Lucero
1981
Joseph Nechvatal
1984
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Lucio Pozzi
1974
Lucio Pozzi
1988
Lucio Pozzi
1983
Edda Renouf
1975
Edda Renouf
1975
Edda Renouf
1995
Edward Renouf
1960
Edward Renouf
1960–1970
Peter Schuyff
1998
Barbara Schwartz
1982
Daryl Trivieri
1990
Daryl Trivieri
1990
Richard Tuttle
1987
Richard Tuttle, Mei-mei Berssenbrugge
1988
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Joseph White
circa 1971
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982
Richard Tuttle
1980–1982

Events

April 4, 2011
Talk
2:00–4:00PM
April 15, 2011
Screening
10:30AM–12:00PM
April 15, 2011
Talk
12:00–1:00PM
April 15, 2011
Social
5:30–7:00PM
Gallery 317 Central Court
April 15, 2011
Talk
5:30–6:30PM
309 Auditorium
April 28, 2011
Screening
6:00–7:30PM
309 Auditorium
April 30, 2011
Workshop
10:30AM–12:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court
April 30, 2011
Workshop
1:30–3:30PM
Gallery 317 Central Court

Resources

Audio