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Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2017-18 KU Common Book

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

Selections related to the 2017-18 KU Common Book, Citizen: An American Lyric, by Claudia Rankine.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), Somewhere in the South, 1946-49, City bus — Somewhere in the South, 1946-49, City bus

Marion Palfi

1946–1949

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), Irwinton, 1949, Wife of the victim ("Caleb was a good man . . . he believed in his rights and therefore he dies." Wife of the Victim) — Irwinton, 1949, Wife of the victim ("Caleb was a good man . . . he believed in his rights and therefore he dies." Wife of the Victim)

Marion Palfi

1949

Charles Rodrigues (1926–2004), untitled — untitled

Charles Rodrigues

circa 1972

Art Kane (1925–1995), Joe Louis — Joe Louis

Art Kane

circa 1962

Arthur Rothstein (1915–1985), Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama — Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama

Arthur Rothstein

1937

Edmund Yankov; Peter Sekaer (1901–1950), untitled — untitled

Peter Sekaer, Edmund Yankov

1936

Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Harlem Document — Harlem Document

Aaron Siskind

1940

Aaron Siskind (1903–1991), Harlem Document 24 — Harlem Document 24

Aaron Siskind

1939

Debbie Fleming Caffery (born 1948), Polly, December 14, 1985 — Polly, December 14, 1985

Debbie Fleming Caffery

1985

Gordon Parks (1912–2006), Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem — Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem

Gordon Parks

1952

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints) — untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon

1992

Lesley Dill (born 1950); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Front — Front

Lesley Dill, Landfall Press

1994

Adrian Piper (born 1948), Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black..." — Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black..."

Adrian Piper

circa 2001

United Press International (founded 1907); Robert L. Greger (1939–2013), "In New York, a policeman attempts to remove a Negro demonstrating against racial discrimination" — "In New York, a policeman attempts to remove a Negro demonstrating against racial discrimination"

United Press International, Robert L. Greger

circa 1963

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints) — untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon

1992

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints) — untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon

1992

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints) — untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon

1992

Elmer Simms Campbell (1906–1971), "I think there should be more of US in this school!" — "I think there should be more of US in this school!"

Elmer Simms Campbell

mid 1900s

William Christenberry (1936–2016), K Form — K Form

William Christenberry

1997

Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), Magenta Colored Girl — Magenta Colored Girl

Carrie Mae Weems

1989

Events

March 6, 2018

Talk

An Evening with Alexandra Bell

5:30–7:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Auditorium, 309