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Brosseau Center for Learning: Remembrance: Reflections from the Día de Muertos

Kate Meyer, curator

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation primarily features Mexican and Chicanx art from the collection concerning mortality, memorial, remembrance, Día de Muertos, and the borderlands.

Works of art

papel picado (cut-paper work) — papel picado (cut-paper work)

circa 1990

Francisco Toledo (1940–2019), Calcetines de Cuadros (Checkered Socks) — Calcetines de Cuadros (Checkered Socks)

Francisco Toledo

circa 1980

Diego Rivera (1886–1957), Zapata — Zapata

Diego Rivera

1932

Graciela Iturbide (born 1942), Nuestra señora de las iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas) — Nuestra señora de las iguanas (Our Lady of the Iguanas)

Graciela Iturbide

1979

Carlos Mérida (1891–1985), Mestiza--Estado de Yucatán — Mestiza--Estado de Yucatán

Carlos Mérida

1945

Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006); Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 1998–2001), El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd) — El Buen Pastor (The Good Shepherd)

Luis Alfonso Jimenez, Lawrence Lithography Workshop

1999

Enrique Chagoya (born 1953), Escape from Fantasylandia: An Illegal Alien's Survival Guide — Escape from Fantasylandia: An Illegal Alien's Survival Guide

Enrique Chagoya

2011

"remember me" mug — "remember me" mug

date unknown

Alba Matias de Victoria, picture frame — picture frame

Alba Matias de Victoria

1986–1996

Tom Kiefer (born 1959), Satisfies! — Satisfies!

Tom Kiefer

2014

Tom Kiefer (born 1959), Water Bottles — Water Bottles

Tom Kiefer

2013

Mario Martinez (born 1953); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus; Marion Karl, Scottsdale Yaquis: Generations — Scottsdale Yaquis: Generations

Mario Martinez, Landfall Press, Jack Lemon, Steve Campbell, Sarah Pavlus, Marion Karl

2001

standing skeleton figure — standing skeleton figure

1988–1998

Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1968), Homenaje a José Guadalupe Posada — Homenaje a José Guadalupe Posada

Leopoldo Méndez

1956

Carlos Mérida (1891–1985), Papantla--Estado de Veracruz — Papantla--Estado de Veracruz

Carlos Mérida

1945

Leopoldo Méndez (1902–1968), Lo que no debe venir (That Which Must Not Come) — Lo que no debe venir (That Which Must Not Come)

Leopoldo Méndez

1945

retablo — retablo

late 1900s–1994

miniature offering table — miniature offering table

1985–1995

Noche de Muertos bordado (Night of the Dead embroidery) — Noche de Muertos bordado (Night of the Dead embroidery)

mid 1900s–1992

Tom Kiefer (born 1959), Inside Cover — Inside Cover

Tom Kiefer

2013

Manuel Alvarez Bravo (1902–2002), Day of All Dead — Day of All Dead

Manuel Alvarez Bravo

1933

Édouard Boubat (1923–1999), Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico) — Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico)

Édouard Boubat

1980

papel picado (cut-paper work) — papel picado (cut-paper work)

circa 1990

José Guadalupe Posada (1851–1913), Rebumbio de Calaveras (Skeletons in a Hubbub) — Rebumbio de Calaveras (Skeletons in a Hubbub)

José Guadalupe Posada

mid 1800s–early 1900s

Michael Menchaca (born 1985); Overpass Projects, Gotta Catch 'Em All! — Gotta Catch 'Em All!

Michael Menchaca, Overpass Projects

2016

Felipe Linares (born 1936), Catrina figure — Catrina figure

Felipe Linares

1955–1995

Pablo Ayson, miniature altar — miniature altar

Pablo Ayson

1996

Tom Kiefer (born 1959), Nuevos Testamentos — Nuevos Testamentos

Tom Kiefer

2013

Catrina figure — Catrina figure

1998

Christopher Cardinale; Josh MacPhee (born 1973); Stumptown Printers (founded 1999), Primo Tapia de la Cruz — Primo Tapia de la Cruz

Josh MacPhee, Stumptown Printers, Christopher Cardinale

2015

Luis Alfonso Jimenez (1940–2006); Segura Publishing, Dance with Death: Baile con La Talaca — Dance with Death: Baile con La Talaca

Luis Alfonso Jimenez, Segura Publishing

1984