Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now
Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now
Susan Earle, curator
Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

In this exhibition, the Conversation alcoves showcase 37 examples of the Spencer’s collection of 20th- and 21st-century painting and sculpture. The works in Conversation XIX: Phases take the viewer through a century of artistic innovation and adaptation to a swiftly-changing world. Included in the group from the first half of the 20th century are a rare reverse-glass painting by Gabrielle Münter made circa 1910, a Cubist oil painting by Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, and Norman Rockwell’s original Facts of Life illustration, created for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1951. The alcove with more recent works features Chris Pappan’s politically-charged painting Displaced Peoples 2, Richard Mawdsley’s sumptuous sterling silver Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5, three paintings from the Vogel Collection, and Kay WalkingStick’s Winter Flight.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Anna Katarina Boberg (1864–1935), Drying the Sails
Anna Katarina Boberg (1864–1935)
circa 1910
Karl W. Stuecklen (1940–2005), Portrait of Gene Swenson
Karl W. Stuecklen (1940–2005)
1968
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926–2011), Gulls and Gliders
Robert Remsen Vickrey (1926–2011)
mid-late 1900s
Gary Pruner (born 1940), Foam Chrome II
Gary Pruner (born 1940)
1973
Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875–1962), Ice Berg Lake, Glacier Park
Nellie Augusta Knopf (1875–1962)
circa 1930s
Dalton Howard (1943–2010), Toward the Light No. 1
Dalton Howard (1943–2010)
1989
G. R. Iranna (born 1970), Kiss the God
G. R. Iranna (born 1970)
2009
Richard Mawdsley (born 1945), Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5
Richard Mawdsley (born 1945)
1995–1999
Gertrude Goldsmith (1872–1952), cups and tray
Gertrude Goldsmith (1872–1952)
circa 1925
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887), coffee pot with lid
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887)
1954
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887), sugar bowl with lid, silkweave design
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887)
1954
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887), coffee cup with matching saucer
Arzberg Porzellanfabrik (founded 1887)
1954