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

August 15, 2017–September 10, 2017

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

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

Somewhere in the South, 1946-49, City bus, 1946–1949

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 (1907–1978) — 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), 1949

untitled, Charles Rodrigues (1926–2004) — Charles Rodrigues (1926–2004)

untitled, circa 1972

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

Joe Louis, circa 1962

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

Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937

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

untitled, 1936

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

Harlem Document, 1940

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

Harlem Document 24, 1939

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

Polly, December 14, 1985, 1985

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

Man Peeking from Manhole, Harlem, 1952

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

untitled suite (1 of 4 prints), 1992

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

Front, 1994

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

Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black...", circa 2001

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

"In New York, a policeman attempts to remove a Negro demonstrating against racial discrimination", circa 1963

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

untitled suite (1 of 4 prints), 1992

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

untitled suite (1 of 4 prints), 1992

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

untitled suite (1 of 4 prints), 1992

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

"I think there should be more of US in this school!", mid 1900s

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

K Form, 1997

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

Magenta Colored Girl, 1989

Events

March 6, 2018

Talk

An Evening with Alexandra Bell

5:30–7:00PM

Spencer Museum of Art, Auditorium, 309