Ubu's Almanac: Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

Ubu's Almanac: Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts
Ubu's Almanac: Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts
Stephen Goddard, curator
North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

French playwright Alfred Jarry is best known for his scandalous dramatic productions (such as Ubu Roi) that shocked the Parisian public in the 1890s. Ubu's Almanac gives voice to Jarry's grotesque personification of Greed, King Ubu, and to some of the artist's less well known concerns as expressed in the graphic arts. The exhibition will emphasize Jarry's fascination with popular culture and his theoretical concerns, such as his remarkably prophetic theory of "pataphysics" (Jarry's science o the laws that govern exceptions).

Exhibition images

Works of art

Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), L’Ymagier VI, January 1896
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), L’Ymagier VI, January 1896
Remy de Gourmont , Alfred Jarry
L’Ymagier VI, January 1896
1896
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs
Remy de Gourmont , Alfred Jarry
Notre Dame des Sept Douleurs
1895
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Saint Nicolas
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Saint Nicolas
Remy de Gourmont , Alfred Jarry
Saint Nicolas
1895
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Overture d'Ubu Roi, from Repertoire des pantins
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Overture d'Ubu Roi, from Repertoire des pantins
Alfred Jarry
Overture d'Ubu Roi, from Repertoire des pantins
late 1800s–early 1900s
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Programme pour le Théâtre des Pantins
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Programme pour le Théâtre des Pantins
Alfred Jarry
Programme pour le Théâtre des Pantins
1898
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), César-Antechrist
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), César-Antechrist
Alfred Jarry
César-Antechrist
1895
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Marche des Polonais
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), Marche des Polonais
Alfred Jarry
Marche des Polonais
1898
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), La Chanson du Decervelage
Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), La Chanson du Decervelage
Alfred Jarry
La Chanson du Decervelage
1898
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915), L'Annonciation
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915), L'Annonciation
Remy de Gourmont
L'Annonciation
1895
Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), La Guerre (War)
Henri Rousseau (1844–1910), La Guerre (War)
Henri Rousseau
La Guerre (War)
1895
Emile Bernard (1868–1941), La vierge aux saintes
Emile Bernard (1868–1941), La vierge aux saintes
Emile Bernard
La vierge aux saintes
1895
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), Almanach du Père Ubu illustré (Janvier-Fevrier-Mars)
Pierre Bonnard (1867–1947), Almanach du Père Ubu illustré (Janvier-Fevrier-Mars)
Pierre Bonnard
Almanach du Père Ubu illustré (Janvier-Fevrier-Mars)
1899
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), L'Ymagier IV, July 1895
Remy de Gourmont (1858–1915); Alfred Jarry (1873–1907), L'Ymagier IV, July 1895
Remy de Gourmont , Alfred Jarry
L'Ymagier IV, July 1895
1895

Events

April 14, 1998
Talk
Alfred Jarry and the Graphic Arts
3:00–4:00PM
309 Auditorium
April 16, 1998
Talk
Alfred Jarry: Author, Printmaker, and Pataphysician
12:15–1:15PM
April 21, 1998
Talk
Tour in French
2:30–3:30PM
April 23, 1998
Talk
Weird Science: Pataphysics and Art Criticism in 1894
7:00–8:00PM
309 Auditorium
April 26, 1998
Performance
Reading of Alfred Jarry's "Ubu"
2:00–3:00PM
309 Auditorium
April 30, 1998
Screening
Ubu and the Great Gidouille
7:00–9:00PM
309 Auditorium