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Contemporary Photographs: Rethinking the Genres

Contemporary Photographs: Rethinking the Genres

Rachel Epp Buller, curator

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

This exhibition begins with the premise that art historical genres such as still life, landscape, and the nude traditionally have been easily defined and distinctly separate from one another. Contemporary photographers employ such traditional motifs yet also seek to update and blur the boundaries between these categories.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Bernhard Becher (1931–2007); Hilla Becher (born 1934), Blast Furnaces — Blast Furnaces

Bernhard Becher, Hilla Becher

1996

Craig J. Barber (born 1947), Mekong Central — Mekong Central

Craig J. Barber

1998

Virginia Beahan (born 1946); Laura McPhee (born 1958), The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland — The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland

Virginia Beahan, Laura McPhee

1988

Zeke Berman (born 1951), Crushed Can and Scratchboard — Crushed Can and Scratchboard

Zeke Berman

1992

Tseng Kwong Chi (1950–1990), Graceland, Tennessee — Graceland, Tennessee

Tseng Kwong Chi

1979

Gregory Conniff (born 1944), Dam at Dundee, Graffiti — Dam at Dundee, Graffiti

Gregory Conniff

1993

Philip-Lorca DiCorcia (born 1951), Japan — Japan

Philip-Lorca DiCorcia

1994

Nan Goldin (born 1953), Suzanne and Philippe on the Train, Long Island — Suzanne and Philippe on the Train, Long Island

Nan Goldin

1985

Jan Groover (1943–2012), untitled — untitled

Jan Groover

1991

Wanda Hammerbeck (born 1945), Evidence of Water Not Seen — Evidence of Water Not Seen

Wanda Hammerbeck

1995

Bill Jacobson (born 1955), Interim Figure #642 — Interim Figure #642

Bill Jacobson

1993

Daniel Kazimierski (born 1949), Cafe at Canal and W. Broadway, New York — Cafe at Canal and W. Broadway, New York

Daniel Kazimierski

1987

Mary Kelly (born 1941), Photo Documentation, Post-Partum Document VI, Pre-writing alphabet, exerque and diary — Photo Documentation, Post-Partum Document VI, Pre-writing alphabet, exerque and diary

Mary Kelly

1979

Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), Splitting — Splitting

Gordon Matta-Clark

1974–1975

David McDermott (born 1952); Peter McGough (born 1958), Valpinçon Bather, 1907 — Valpinçon Bather, 1907

David McDermott, Peter McGough

1988

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

Ana Mendieta

1978

Patrick A. Nagatani (1945–2017), Miraculous Photo — Miraculous Photo

Patrick A. Nagatani

1994

Kenji Nakahashi (1947–2017), Living Pencils — Living Pencils

Kenji Nakahashi

1979

Han Nguyen (born 1956), untitled — untitled

Han Nguyen

1997

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project (torso side views) — The Bonham Project (torso side views)

Jon O'Neal

1989

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project (arm/chest views) — The Bonham Project (arm/chest views)

Jon O'Neal

1989

Rubén Ortiz Torres (born 1964), Apparition in the Hood — Apparition in the Hood

Rubén Ortiz Torres

1992

Luis González Palma (born 1957), Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I) — Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I)

Luis González Palma

1989

Andres Serrano (born 1950), Madonna and Child II — Madonna and Child II

Andres Serrano

1989

Neil S. Winokur (born 1945), Crayons — Crayons

Neil S. Winokur

1994

Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939), untitled — untitled

Joel Peter Witkin

1987