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Contemporary Photographs: Rethinking the Genres

Contemporary Photographs: Rethinking the Genres

Rachel Epp Buller, curator

October 15, 2000–December 12, 2000

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

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

Blast Furnaces, 1996

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

Mekong Central, 1998

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

The Blue Lagoon, Geothermal Pumping Station, Iceland, 1988

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

Crushed Can and Scratchboard, 1992

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

Graceland, Tennessee, 1979

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

Dam at Dundee, Graffiti, 1993

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

Japan, 1994

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

Suzanne and Philippe on the Train, Long Island, 1985

untitled, Jan Groover (1943–2012) — Jan Groover (1943–2012)

untitled, 1991

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

Evidence of Water Not Seen, 1995

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

Interim Figure #642, 1993

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

Cafe at Canal and W. Broadway, New York, 1987

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

Photo Documentation, Post-Partum Document VI, Pre-writing alphabet, exerque and diary, 1979

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

Splitting, 1974–1975

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

Valpinçon Bather, 1907, 1988

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

Untitled: Silueta Series, 1978

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

Miraculous Photo, 1994

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

Living Pencils, 1979

untitled, Han Nguyen (born 1956) — Han Nguyen (born 1956)

untitled, 1997

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

The Bonham Project (torso side views), 1989

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

The Bonham Project (arm/chest views), 1989

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

Apparition in the Hood, 1992

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

Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), 1989

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

Madonna and Child II, 1989

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

Crayons, 1994

untitled, Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939) — Joel Peter Witkin (born 1939)

untitled, 1987