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Exhibition

Larry Schwarm: Kansas Farmers

Larry Schwarm: Kansas Farmers

Kate Meyer, curator

Gallery 317, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition of 50 photographs by artist Larry Schwarm explores the contemporary realities of farm life in Kansas.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Laurence and Pauline Schwarm in front of their 100-year old farm, Greensburg, Kansas, June 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Laurence and Baxter, Kiowa County, Kansas, November 2010

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Divided, Wabaunsee County, Kansas, April 2009

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Generations: Filling a stock tank—about six miles south of Greensburg, Kansas, October 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Thunderstorm north of Cassoday, Kansas, April 2009

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Drought-damaged wheat with storm clouds, just east of Elkhart, Kansas, July 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Post Office in Belvidere, Kansas, October 2007

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Mural in Palco, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Showing swine at Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson, Kansas, September 2010

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Piles of milo in Greensburg, Kansas, October 2015

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Old farm machinery in field, Ness County, Kansas, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Transferring wheat from hopper to truck, Kiowa County, Kansas, June 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Grain prices, Cheney, Kansas, June 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), GPS-operated tractor on Gamble farms north of Greensburg, Kansas, April 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Wheat stubble about three miles west of Colby, Kansas, 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Brookover Ranch Feed Yard with EAT BEEF—KEEP SLIM sign, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Weighting tarp with old tires, Brookover Ranch Feed Yard, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Feed truck, Brookover Ranch Feed Yard, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Wind turbine and windmill, south of Beaumont, Kansas, June 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), ECOLOGICAL BASTARDS – Redneck Bumper Sticker, Kiowa County Kansas, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Cattle in drought-damaged pasture near Elkhart, Kansas, July 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Kansas Farm sign with rain gauge, east of Shallow Water, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Marvin in his field of new terraces, Atchison County, Kansas, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Morning work conference, Lon Frahm Farm, Colby, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Empty train cars in wheat field near Friend, Kansas, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Irrigated corn, Thomas County, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Armadillo and quail in window, Kiowa County, Kansas, August 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Post Office, Hazelton, Kansas, August 2014

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Custom Mills Feed Store near Arlington, Kansas, 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Supper break during wheat harvest, southeast of Wilson, Kansas, June 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Aerial spraying, Rice County, Kansas, June 2013

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Interior of Western Plains Energy Ethanol Plant near Oakley, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Poultry auction in Yoder, Kansas, March 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), ATV tracks on Arkansas River bed, south of Holcomb, Kansas, February 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Irrigating wheat in Reno County, Kansas, April 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Main Street, Syracuse, Kansas, June 2013

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Preparing seedbed, near Cunningham, Kansas, October 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Alfalfa field, Ford County, Kansas, June 2014

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Corn tunnel, Kiowa County, Kansas, August 2016

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Unloading wheat in Haviland, Kansas elevator, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), City Hall, Sylvan Grove, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Field of cotton north of Cullison, Kansas, November 2016

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Country Café, Mullinville, Kansas, October 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Ki Gamble planting corn north of Greensburg, Kansas, April 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Corner of Main and Harvest Streets, Lucas, Kansas, July 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Mom and daughter walking down Main Street, Pretty Prairie, Kansas, May 2012

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Combines and oil wells, Ellsworth County, Kansas, June 2011

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Grain silos at sunset, north of Cullison, Kansas, November 2010

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), LEMA meeting, Sharon Springs, Kansas, June 2013

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), YOU KNOW painted on metal building in Elkhart, Kansas, 2011

C. Bechstein (founded 1853), grand piano

Kirke Mechem (born 1925), The Story of Home on the Range

Events

August 25, 2018

Activity

Kansas Prairie Collage

1:00–4:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

August 26, 2018

Talk

Kansas Farmers

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

September 7, 2018

Talk

Coffee and Conversation with Visiting Artist Larry Schwarm

2:00–3:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

September 8, 2018

Social

A Harvest Brunch with Visiting Artist Larry Schwarm

11:30AM–1:00PM

832 Ohio Street, Lawrence Kansas

September 26, 2018

Performance

Sounds of the Plains

6:30–7:30PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Sam and Connie Perkins Central Court, 317

November 9, 2018

Talk

Homecoming: Five Decades of American Art Studies at the University of Kansas

1:45–2:15PM

317

November 16, 2018

Talk

Conversation on Community-Driven Food Research

12:00–1:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, 317

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