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

Susan Earle, curator

January 31, 2012–February 8, 2012

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 (born 1943) — Bodil Manz (born 1943)

Oval Form, 2001

Fagoel Ventilators, Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976) — Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976)

Fagoel Ventilators, 1934

Circus Ladies, Ruth Harris Bohan (1891–1981) — Ruth Harris Bohan (1891–1981)

Circus Ladies, circa 1930

Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C., Diane Arbus (1923–1971) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971)

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

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, Marion Palfi (1907–1978) — Marion Palfi (1907–1978)

Georgia, 1949, Bean picker, 1949

Young Tree XXII, Louise Nevelson (1899–1988) — Louise Nevelson (1899–1988)

Young Tree XXII, 1971

Line, Pat Steir (born 1938); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004) — Pat Steir (born 1938); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004)

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 (1919–1995) — Dan Wynn (1919–1995)

“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 (circa 1952–circa 1982) — Beverly Grable (circa 1952–circa 1982)

Schlitz, circa 1974

Feminist group, Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947) — Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947)

Feminist group, 1969

untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting), Barbara Kasten (born 1936) — Barbara Kasten (born 1936)

untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting), 1974

untitled, Laurie Anderson (born 1947) — Laurie Anderson (born 1947)

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 (active 1985–present) — Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present)

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 (born 1949) — Christy Rupp (born 1949)

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

ABRAXES, Jane Asbury (born 1943) — Jane Asbury (born 1943)

ABRAXES, 1973–1974

chalice, Beatrice Wood (1893–1998) — Beatrice Wood (1893–1998)

chalice, 1982

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, Grace Hartigan (1922–2008) — Grace Hartigan (1922–2008)

Salute: The Canal to the Sky, 1961

Untitled: Silueta Series, Ana Mendieta (1948–1985) — Ana Mendieta (1948–1985)

Untitled: Silueta Series, 1978

Ulysses, Alison Saar (born 1956) — Alison Saar (born 1956)

Ulysses, 1994

Makeup / Hands Up, Martha Rosler (born 1943) — Martha Rosler (born 1943)

Makeup / Hands Up, 1969–1972

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, Colette Stuebe Bangert (born 1934) — Colette Stuebe Bangert (born 1934)

Pink Spring Garlanded Row, 1966

Dyke Deck, Catherine Opie (born 1961) — Catherine Opie (born 1961)

Dyke Deck, 1996

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

Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise, 1983

Porkopolis, Sue Coe (born 1951); Mandy Coe — Sue Coe (born 1951); Mandy Coe

Porkopolis, date unknown

Caffeine, Joyce J. Scott (born 1948) — Joyce J. Scott (born 1948)

Caffeine, 1994–1999

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

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

Sampler (Blade Runner), Elaine Reichek (born 1943) — Elaine Reichek (born 1943)

Sampler (Blade Runner), 2001

The Hip Hop Project (2), Nikki S. Lee (born 1970) — Nikki S. Lee (born 1970)

The Hip Hop Project (2), 2001

Phoenix, Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015) — Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015)

Phoenix, 1974

untitled, Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger (1903–1992) — Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger (1903–1992)

untitled, 1920s

Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer, Jenny Schmid (born 1969) — Jenny Schmid (born 1969)

Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer, 2000

Ocean Surface, Vija Celmins (born 1938) — Vija Celmins (born 1938)

Ocean Surface, 2006

Mother Hood, Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present); Peregrine Honig (born 1976) — Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present); Peregrine Honig (born 1976)

Mother Hood, 2005

mother and children, Edith Stephane — Edith Stephane

mother and children, circa 1970

Road and Rainbow, Betty Hahn (born 1940) — Betty Hahn (born 1940)

Road and Rainbow, 1971

Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists, Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (born 1954) — Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (born 1954)

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 (born 1948) — Adrian Piper (born 1948)

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