Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2016 KU Common Book
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2016 KU Common Book
October 17, 2016–October 31, 2016
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Display of objects from the collection in dialogue with the 2016 KU Common Book, "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Display includes the 2016 Common Work of Art, three prints by Willie Cole.
Exhibition images
Works of art
Willie Cole (born 1955)
Man, Spirit, and Mask,
1999
Willie Cole (born 1955)
Man, Spirit, and Mask,
1999
Willie Cole (born 1955)
Man, Spirit, and Mask,
1999
Willie Cole (born 1955); Highpoint Center for Printmaking (founded 2001)
Calpurnia,
2012
Willie Cole (born 1955); Highpoint Center for Printmaking (founded 2001)
Bertha Mae,
2012
Willie Cole (born 1955); Highpoint Center for Printmaking (founded 2001)
Lula Bell,
2012
Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell
The Beginning,
1995
Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell
The Hunt,
1995
Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell
The Chase,
1995
Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell
The Plunge,
1995
Kara Walker (born 1969); Steve Campbell
The End,
1995
Gordon Parks (1912–2006)
Gordon Parks (1912–2006)
Gordon Parks (1912–2006)
Auto Maintenance,
1940s
Gordon Parks (1912–2006)
Aaron Siskind (1903–1991)
Harlem Document 18,
1939
Roy DeCarava (1919–2009)
Dancers, New York,
1956
Glenn Ligon (born 1960)
Glenn Ligon (born 1960)
Glenn Ligon (born 1960)
Glenn Ligon (born 1960)
Robert Adelman (1930–2016)
James Baldwin,
1964
Robert Adelman (1930–2016)
James Baldwin,
1964
Robert Adelman (1930–2016)
James Baldwin,
1964
Lorna Simpson (born 1960)
III,
1994
Elizabeth Catlett (1919–2012)
Sharecropper,
1952
Betye Saar (born 1926); The Limited Edition Club; Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960)
Daniel S. Williams (born 1942)
Festival on the Parkway,
1991
Accra Shepp (born 1962)
Accra Shepp (born 1962)
Leonard Freed (1929–2006)
Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Cerealart Projects LLC
St. Francis of Adelaide,
2006
Charles Moore (1931–2010)
Charles Moore (1931–2010)
Charles White (1918–1979)
Frederick Douglass,
1951
Minoru Aoki (born 1936)
Stokely Carmichael,
1967
Carl Fischer (1924–2023)
Andy Warhol (1928–1987); Wadsworth Atheneum
Race Riot,
1964
United Press International (founded 1907); Robert L. Greger (1939–2013)
Adrian Piper (born 1948)
Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black...",
circa 2001
Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971)
Joe Schwartz (1913–2013)
Promises, Promises,
1930s
Alison Saar (born 1956); Vinalhaven Press (active 1985–1999)
Blue Plate Special,
1993
Hale Aspacio Woodruff (1900–1980)
By Parties Unknown,
1935