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Exhibition

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

Cassandra Mesick Braun, curator

Galleries 315, 316, and 317, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibition explores our ongoing curiosity of the human body through historic and contemporary works of art that expose the diverse ways that people have attempted to understand the human body in its many physiological, psychological, and symbolic dimensions.

Exhibition images

Works of art

藥師佛 Yaoshi fo (Medicine Buddha)

Gōshō Mandara (Mandala of Amitābha’s Welcoming Descent)

Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797–1861), Bodaichū Kodaisō attended by the Physician Shini Andōzen

Patrick A. Nagatani (1945–2017), Chromo-Therapy

Margo Kren (born 1939), School Nurse

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project (Armpits)

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project (torso side views)

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project (arm/chest views)

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project Panel

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project

Jon O'Neal (born 1957), The Bonham Project

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (1940–2025); Michael Sims (born 1944); Zanatta Editions (1996–present), Nature/Medicine

Renée Stout (born 1958), untitled (Womba, version 2, RS9805)

Jenny Schmid (born 1969), Anorexia Girl

Eric Avery (born 1948); Bill Lagatutta; Peregrine Press, As It Is

Eric Avery (born 1948), Emerging Infectious Diseases

Lucas Kilian (1579–1637); Johann Remmelin (1583–1632); Stephan Michelspacher (active 1613–1619), Anatomical Plate with Male and Female Figures

unrecorded Ibibio artist, idiok mask

unrecorded Oyo artist, agere Ifa (divination cup)

unrecorded Plains artist, medical bag

unrecorded Ibibio artist, possible idiok mask

unrecorded Hopi artist, Honan (badger katsina)

Renée Stout (born 1958), Root Chart #1

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), Fear

Jane Bunker (born 1945), Genesis

Renée Stout (born 1958); Pyramid Atlantic (founded 1981), Seduction Coat

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), Raggedy Ann and Andy on the Shelf

Peter G. Thompson (1939–2025), Entry - Frame

Peter G. Thompson (1939–2025), Frame

Peter G. Thompson (1939–2025), Consultation room / Surgery

Philip Heying (born 1959), Repurposed billboard west of Salina, Kansas along I-70 7/13/2014 – 1:40PM

Athena Tacha (born 1936), Brain Cancer Headdress for Maro

Gina Westergard (born 1962), Eclipse

Ruth Cuthand (born 1953), Reserving: Tuberculosis

Dylan Mortimer (born 1979), The Ceiling Can’t Hold Us

Dylan Mortimer (born 1979), View from the Ambulance

Sean Caulfield (born 1967), The Anatomy Table

Merritt Johnson (born 1977), Fetish (object/object/object)

Merritt Johnson (born 1977), Exorcising America: Mouth Exercises

Merritt Johnson (born 1977), Door between worlds (Animal)

Holland Houdek (born 1985), Spinal Disc Replacement—Mr. Chalmers

Holland Houdek (born 1985), Nelumbo Mastoplasty, Lotus Breast Implant Replacement Neckpiece

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Rachel Causer (born 1970), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Rachel Causer (born 1970), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Vanessa Rolf (born 1977), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Andrea Barrett (born 1997), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), untitled

Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797–1849); Nicolas Henri Jacob, Plate A, from Traité complet d l’anatomy de l’homme: Tome 7 (Complete Treatise of the Anatomy of Man: Volume 7)

Jean-Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797–1849); Nicolas Henri Jacob, Plate D, from Traité complet d l’anatomy de l’homme: Tome 7 (Complete Treatise of the Anatomy of Man: Volume 7)

Jan Wandelaar (1690–1759); Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770), Tab. VIII The Skeleton, Back View

Jan Wandelaar (1690–1759); Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770), Tab. III The Skeleton, Side View

Jan Wandelaar (1690–1759); Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770), Tab. IV The Fourth Order of Muscles, Front View

Jan Wandelaar (1690–1759); Bernhard Siegfried Albinus (1697–1770), Tab. II The Fourth Order of Muscles, Back View

Robert Hooke (1635–1703), Micrographia; or, Some physiological descriptions of minute bodies made by magnifying glasses. With observations and inquiries thereupon

Manṣūr ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad ibn Yūsuf Ibn Ilyās (1380–1422), Tashrīḥ-i badan-i insān (Mansur’s Anatomy)

William Cowper (circa 1666–1709), Anatomia corporum humanorum

acupuncture model (and box with calligraphic writing)

Franciscus Francisci and Johannes Criegher; Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564), De humani corporis fabrica (On the Fabric of the Human Body)

Holland Houdek (born 1985), Device 39C, Insulin Pumps

Holland Houdek (born 1985), Shoulder Replacement – Mrs. Bjerk

Holland Houdek (born 1985), Cardiovascular Complex, Heart and Vein Implant

Holland Houdek (born 1985), x-ray image of Shoulder Replacement – Mrs. Bjerk

Holland Houdek (born 1985), x-ray image of Spinal Disc Replacement – Mr. Chalmers

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Listening to music (Schubert's "Serenade"), 1880

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Umbilical cord, first gasp, cutting of cord, 1886

Dario Robleto (born 1972), 10 year old boy, 1886

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Smelling lavender, 1896

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Full meal with wine, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Under influence of hiccups, 1886

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Palpitations (panic attack), 1902

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Name softly called while sleeping, 1877

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Faith, 1913

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Religious guilt, 1878

Dario Robleto (born 1972), irregular pulse from a man, 62, whose work entailed severe bodily labor, 1902

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Sadness from listening to a sung melody, (Le Vallon) Gounod, 1896

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Flatline (dying of stomach cancer), 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Before and during emotion, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), 8 months pregnant, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Young girl, 15, heart palpitations, 1886

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Being shamed/scolded (you behave like a child; you ruin everything for me.), 1876

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Exhausted by misery and undernourished; rest and being fed, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Experiment with cannabis (sudden freedom from an unusual feeling, beginning to feel an indefinable sensation of comfort), 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Holding breath while listening to tuning fork, 1880

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Before and after a draught of hot milk, 1878

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Arising from sleep, 1876

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Early senility, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Small sized female, 28, 1886

Dario Robleto (born 1972), After exciting news a change occurs, almost like that due to fainting, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), 3 months old, sleeping, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Blowing whistle in ear, 1880

Dario Robleto (born 1972), After exercise and residence in the country, 1867

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Smoking a strong cigar, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Perfect mental repose, 1879

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Snoring, 1876

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Anger, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Fear, 1912

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Twenty-four hours before death (pneumonia), 1883

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Pulse of man, 6 feet tall, 1870

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Mother giving birth, fetal heartbeats (twins) in utero, 1898

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Female, 24, exhaustion with excitement, pulse leaping, 1867

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Threatening a little girl, 10, to go to dentist, 1896

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Riding Bike, 1906

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Emotion of fear from shouting of the word "snakes,"1896

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Taking involuntary deep breath while solving multiplication problem, 1879

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Young lady, 28, much debilitated by prolonged mental work, the entertainment of company, and the cares of a large household, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Eating Chocolate 1912

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Happy, 1912

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Ear lightly touched with feather while sleeping, 1877

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Young boy, dreaming, 1877

Dario Robleto (born 1972), A hard drinker, quite recently a sufferer of sunstroke, 1874

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Heart disease, 1854

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Quickened irregular pulse due to sudden failure of the heart, 1902

Alfred Rethel (1816–1859), Der Tod als Erwurger - Erster Auftritt der Cholera auf einem Maskenball in Paris 1831 (Death the Strangler - The first outbreak of cholera at a masked ball in Paris 1831)

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Short Cut

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Echo

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), In/Out

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Verberations

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Sparrows Sing to an Indifferent Sea

Dario Robleto (born 1972), Methuselah in Her Cradle

Horace Vernet (1789–1863), Cours de Zoonomie considérée dans ses rapports avec les Arts de l'Homme 1re Partie

Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947), Mae West

Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947), Charles Atlas

Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922), Operating Room, Fort Riley

Leland D. Rice (born 1940), untitled (Jerome, Arizona)

Nicoló Boldrini (active 1530–1570); Titian (1485 or 1490–1576), Caricature of the Laocoön represented as a Monkey in a Landscape

Olga Bing, Les ventouses (Suction Cups)

Olga Bing, Le goûter (Taste It)

Olga Bing, Pansement difficile (Difficult Dressing)

Olga Bing, Examen d'une plaie (Inspecting a Wound)

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), The Magic Gate

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), Woman's Suffrage

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Heart and Mind

Dario Robleto (born 1972), First pulse, 1854

Ingrid Bachmann (born 1958), Pelt

Mary Anne Jordan (born 1957); Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Plea

Mary Anne Jordan (born 1957); Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Open Heart

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Nazanin Amiri Meers (born), untitled

Sydney Jane Brooke Campbell Maybrier Pursel (born 1988); Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Eye Heart Kidneys

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Nazanin Amiri Meers (born), untitled

Sydney Jane Brooke Campbell Maybrier Pursel (born 1988); Andrew Carnie (born 1957), Organ Donation Operation

Sebald Beham (1500–1550), Death and the Lady

Melania Mazinyani, Child Taken by Mermaid

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Juan José Castaño-Márquez (born 1987), untitled

Andrew Carnie (born 1957); Juan José Castaño-Márquez (born 1987), untitled

Ingrid Bachmann (born 1958), Embrace

Hermann-Paul (1864–1940), L'Infirmière (The Nurse)

Sean Caulfield (born 1967), Virus #1

Sean Caulfield (born 1967), Virus #2

Sean Caulfield (born 1967), Virus #3

Andrew Carnie (born 1957), How We Touch One Another

Events

February 5, 2021

Activity

Building a Culture of Health and Wellness

2:30–4:00PM

Join us via Zoom by registering online at https://deptsec.ku.edu/~spencerart/forms/form/17

March 1, 2021

Activity

Minding the Body: Systems of Self

7:00–8:30PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://bit.ly/KU-VirtualZineClub

March 2, 2021

Talk

A Conversation with Artists Ingrid Bachmann and Sean Caulfield

5:30–6:30PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEkc-iuqT8jH9aJSohRvYOygrs5fd8mKsTS

March 16, 2021

Talk

Covering Sarah: An Artist’s Perspective on Recovering Herstory

6:00–7:30PM

Register here https://tinyurl.com/Covering-Sarah

March 23, 2021

Talk

A Conversation with Artists Holland Houdek and Gina Westergard

5:30–6:30PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJYtceuurDIjHte4mDp0Wel4HUbG3RWo3tdo

April 2, 2021

Audience

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

April 6, 2021

Audience

A Conversation with Poet Huascar Medina and Artist Dario Robleto

April 6, 2021

Audience

A Conversation with Poet Huascar Medina and Artist Dario Robleto

April 6, 2021

Talk

A Conversation with Poet Huascar Medina and Artist Dario Robleto

11:00AM–12:00PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEtc-Goqz4tGdVSIJOiY6R48uDKzUdY9uWZ

April 23, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

April 24, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

April 26, 2021

Talk

Tending to the Body

4:00–5:00PM

Access the livestream at https://www.spencerart.ku.edu/iari/inquiries/tending-to-the-body

April 27, 2021

Audience

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

April 27, 2021

Performance

"Snow Angel" and "As One"

7:30–10:00PM

Join us via Vimeo at https://vimeo.com/509026820, Lied Center of Kansas, 1600 Stewart Dr

April 29, 2021

Audience

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

April 29, 2021

Talk

Community Conversation: Healing the Body Through Art and Opera

6:00–7:15PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUvc-isqTsjHtQJn3Oc1v36KJzg70sZzQbY

April 30, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 1, 2021

Talk

A Conversation with Artists Andrew Carnie, Juan José Castaño-Márquez, Mary Anne Jordan, Nazanin Amiri Meers, and Sydney Pursel

11:00AM–12:15PM

Register to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwvcO6gqT8iEtbXl3acx5FgdMmgxdK4fmMl

May 1, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 6, 2021

Talk

Art & Well-being

11:00AM–12:00PM

Register here to join us via Zoom: https://kansas.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIkceyrrT8tH90G7MVJ4Zg68DeRfgtyrEsH

May 7, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 8, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 14, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

May 15, 2021

Activity

Days of Creativity

1:00–5:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art

November 4, 2021

Talk

Healing, Knowing, Seeing the Body

10:15–11:00AM

Spencer Museum of Art, Brosseau Learning Center, 318

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