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Decade of Transformation: American Art of the 1960s

Decade of Transformation: American Art of the 1960s

David Cateforis, curator

Kress Gallery and South Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Avant-garde art in the United States underwent dramatic transformations in the 910s and contributed to the cultural ferment of that turbulent decade. The counter culture of the decade is represented in works with psychedelic imagery referring to the drug subculture of the decade, imagery protesting the Vietnam War, and pieces promoting the positive ideals of the hippie culture. The exhibition and its catalogue are supported by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), Crying Girl

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), For Love

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), No-Nox

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008); Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957), Suburban

Zigmunds Priede (born 1935); Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008); Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957), Ark

Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Test Stone 3 (study for Booster)

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), 1, 2, 3 Outside

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), Campaign

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), Sunrise

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997), Pyramids

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), drawing of Gene Swenson

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), S & H Green Stamps

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Portrait of Rauschenberg

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Liz

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Heinz Tomato Ketchup box

Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), Figure Before Blackness

Robert Motherwell (1915–1991); Hollander's Workshop (active 1964–1972), Madrid Suite I

Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), Salute: On a Tar Roof

Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), Salute: This So-called Angel

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

Frank Stella (1936–2024); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Six Mile Bottom

Frank Stella (1936–2024); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Avicenna

Jules Olitski (1922–2007), untitled

Adolph Gottlieb (1903–1974), Blue Night

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), Red, Black, Blue

Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled

Donald Judd (1928–1994), untitled (stack)

Carol Haerer (1933–2002), Abiquiu

Roy Lichtenstein (1923–1997); Wadsworth Atheneum, Sandwich and Soda

Peter Voulkos (1924–2002), Mother

Bruce Beasley (born 1939), Tigibus

Ed Moses (1926–2018), Hegemann no. 166

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), F-111

Martha Rosler (born 1943), Makeup / Hands Up

Peter Max (born 1937), Kaleidoscope effect

Robert Indiana (1928–2018), poster for exhibition at the Stable Gallery, May 1966

Nooruddeen Durkee (1938–2020), Peace! Love!

Irving Petlin (born 1934); The Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc., Little Box of Earthquake and Cotton

Richard Joseph Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), Blake Suite #7

Richard Joseph Anuszkiewicz (1930–2020), cover for Blake Suite #7

John Clem Clarke (1937–2021); Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659–1743), Louis XIV

Ronald Wendell Davis (born 1937); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966), Double Slice

Jim Dine (born 1935), Tool Box I

Frederick John Eversley (born 1941), Pale Lens

David James Gilhooly (1943–2013), The Mummy of Frogtosis, II (Frog Mummy)

Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), Interior with Lamp and Flowers

Red Grooms (born 1937), Home Clarion

Philip Guston (1913–1980), Rome Studio

Ralph Humphrey (1932–1990), untitled

Robert Indiana (1928–2018); Wadsworth Atheneum, Eternal Hexagon

Robert Indiana (1928–2018), Love

Eugene McCarthy (1916–2005), Love It Or Leave It

Malcolm Morley (1931–2018), Beach Scene

Robert Motherwell (1915–1991); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled

Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), Young Tree XXII

Irving Norman (1906–1989), The Race

Claes Oldenburg (1929–2022), Store Window: Box, Hats, Hearts, Shirt $.29

George Earl Ortman (1926–2015); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled

Ed Paschke (1939–2004); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Hairy Shoes

Larry Poons (born 1937); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled

Fairfield Porter (1907–1975), July

Ad Reinhardt (1913–1967); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled

Larry Rivers (1923–2002), Drummer

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), poster with G-E circles of Confusion

James Rosenquist (1933–2017), Delivery Hat

Peter Saul (born 1934), untitled

Peter Saul (born 1934), Business Man No. 2

George Segal (1924–2000), Girl on a Chair

David Smith (1906–1965), untitled

Bob Stanley (1932–1997), Dionne Warwick

Frank Stella (1936–2024); Wadsworth Atheneum, untitled (Rabat)

George Sugarman (1912–1999), untitled (Axum)

Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021), Around the Cake

Wayne Thiebaud (1920–2021), Black and White Suckers

Andy Warhol (1928–1987), Flowers

Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), drawing for "The Great American Nude #50"

H. C. Westermann (1922–1981), J Print

Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), Seascape (Foot)

William T. Wiley (1937–2021), Diary for a Monday Morning

John Willenbecher (born 1936), untitled

Paul John Wonner (1920–2008), Figure with Flowers

The Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc.; Hannah Weiner (1928–1997), Signal Flag Poems

Events

January 28, 1999

Screening

Painters Painting

7:00–9:00PM

309 Auditorium

January 30, 1999

Screening

American Graffiti

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium

February 6, 1999

Screening

Goldfinger

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium

February 13, 1999

Screening

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium

February 20, 1999

Screening

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium

February 27, 1999

Screening

Blow Up

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium

March 6, 1999

Screening

Easy Rider

2:00–4:00PM

309 Auditorium