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Teaching Gallery: Then & Now: Women Artists at the Spencer Museum of Art

Susan Earle, curator

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This short-term exhibition in the Raymond White Teaching Gallery highlights works made by women that were acquired by the Spencer Museum of Art around the time of the founding of the KU women’s studies program in February 1972, in dialogue with more recent acquisitions of works by women.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Oval Form, Bodil Manz — Bodil Manz

Oval Form, 2001

Fagoel Ventilators, Imogen Cunningham — Imogen Cunningham

Fagoel Ventilators, 1934

Circus Ladies, Ruth Harris Bohan — Ruth Harris Bohan

Circus Ladies, circa 1930

Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C., Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C., 1962

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, Marion Palfi — Marion Palfi

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, 1949

Young Tree XXII, Louise Nevelson — Louise Nevelson

Young Tree XXII, 1971

Line, Pat Steir; Landfall Press — Pat Steir; Landfall Press

Line, 1976

“Body and Soul: Gloria Steinem and her partner, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, demonstrate the style that has thrilled audiences on the Women’s Liberation lecture circuit.”, Dan Wynn — Dan Wynn

“Body and Soul: Gloria Steinem and her partner, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, demonstrate the style that has thrilled audiences on the Women’s Liberation lecture circuit.”, 1971

Schlitz, Beverly Grable — Beverly Grable

Schlitz, circa 1974

Feminist group, Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk — Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk

Feminist group, 1969

untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting), Barbara Kasten — Barbara Kasten

untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting), 1974

untitled, Laurie Anderson — Laurie Anderson

untitled, circa 1980

Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do., Guerrilla Girls — Guerrilla Girls

Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do., 1985

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

Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC), 1979

ABRAXES, Jane Asbury — Jane Asbury

ABRAXES, 1973–1974

chalice, Beatrice Wood — Beatrice Wood

chalice, 1982

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, Grace Hartigan — Grace Hartigan

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, 1961

Untitled: Silueta Series, Ana Mendieta — Ana Mendieta

Untitled: Silueta Series, 1978

Ulysses, Alison Saar — Alison Saar

Ulysses, 1994

Makeup / Hands Up, Martha Rosler — Martha Rosler

Makeup / Hands Up, 1969–1972

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, Colette Stuebe Bangert — Colette Stuebe Bangert

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, 1966

Dyke Deck, Catherine Opie — Catherine Opie

Dyke Deck, 1996

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise, Jenny Holzer — Jenny Holzer

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise, 1983

Porkopolis, Sue Coe; Mandy Coe — Sue Coe; Mandy Coe

Porkopolis, date unknown

Caffeine, Joyce J. Scott — Joyce J. Scott

Caffeine, 1994–1999

Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black...", Adrian Piper — Adrian Piper

Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black...", circa 2001

Sampler (Blade Runner), Elaine Reichek — Elaine Reichek

Sampler (Blade Runner), 2001

The Hip Hop Project (2), Nikki S. Lee — Nikki S. Lee

The Hip Hop Project (2), 2001

Phoenix, Miriam Schapiro — Miriam Schapiro

Phoenix, 1974

untitled, Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger — Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger

untitled, date unknown

Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer, Jenny Schmid — Jenny Schmid

Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer, 2000

Ocean Surface, Vija Celmins — Vija Celmins

Ocean Surface, 2006

Mother Hood, Lawrence Lithography Workshop; Peregrine Honig — Lawrence Lithography Workshop; Peregrine Honig

Mother Hood, 2005

mother and children, Edith Stephane — Edith Stephane

mother and children, circa 1970

Road and Rainbow, Betty Hahn — Betty Hahn

Road and Rainbow, 1971

Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie — Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists, 1996

Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up...", Adrian Piper — Adrian Piper

Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up...", circa 2001

Events

February 1, 2012

Social

February Sisters Speak Out: 40 Years after the Occupation

4:30–6:00PM

Gallery 317 Central Court

February 4, 2012

Talk

February Sisters Speak Out: 40 Years after the Occupation

7:00–9:00PM

309 Auditorium, Gallery 317 Central Court

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Pamphlet