Brosseau Center for Learning: Peace and Conflict in the Space Between | Spencer Museum of Art

Spencer Museum of Art

Info for

my portfolio logout

Exhibition

Image not available

Brosseau Center for Learning: Peace and Conflict in the Space Between

Celka Straughn, curator

May 6, 2025–June 1, 2025

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

Organized by The Space Between Society to expand interdisciplinary discussion of literature and culture of the 1914-1945 period. Peace and Conflict are foundational to these years, given the repercussions of World War I and anticipation of a second global conflict. While war is the most obvious example of conflict in this era, this exhibition considers non-military conflicts and multi-faceted efforts toward peace.

Works of art

Ernest Hemingway, Ken Heyman — Ken Heyman

Ernest Hemingway, 1957

sketch for Kansas Mother, John Steuart Curry — John Steuart Curry

sketch for Kansas Mother, circa 1938–1939

Souvenir de la voie sacrée, Charles-Félix Girard — Charles-Félix Girard

Souvenir de la voie sacrée, 1914–1918

Rayograph #182, Man Ray — Man Ray

Rayograph #182, 1923

Septembre 1914: Bataille de la Marne, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Septembre 1914: Bataille de la Marne, 1915

Aout 1914: Mobilisation, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Aout 1914: Mobilisation, 1915

Hiroshima, 1945 [Hiroshima: 1945 and 1965… It’s now called the City of Peace and it draws fifty thousand visitors a year… ], Wide World Photos — Wide World Photos

Hiroshima, 1945 [Hiroshima: 1945 and 1965… It’s now called the City of Peace and it draws fifty thousand visitors a year… ], 1945

Congrés de la Paix (Peace Congress) Versailles 1919 Ordre du Jour (agenda), Bernard Naudin — Bernard Naudin

Congrés de la Paix (Peace Congress) Versailles 1919 Ordre du Jour (agenda), 1919

Costume design for Diaghilev ballet, Léon Bakst — Léon Bakst

Costume design for Diaghilev ballet, 1910

Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Houses and Cemetery, Birmingham, Alabama, 1936

Guardian de la Paz (Guardian of the Peace), David Alfaro Siqueiros — David Alfaro Siqueiros

Guardian de la Paz (Guardian of the Peace), 1945

Council Oak, Council Grove, Kansas, Margaret Evelyn Whittemore — Margaret Evelyn Whittemore

Council Oak, Council Grove, Kansas, 1930s

The Illustration of the Great European War No. 15, Tanaka Ryōzō; Shōbidō — Tanaka Ryōzō; Shōbidō

The Illustration of the Great European War No. 15, 1914, Taisho period (1912–1926)

Novembre, 1914: Yser, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Novembre, 1914: Yser, 1915

untitled (group of Greek refugees from the Greco-Turkish War), Henry de Groux — Henry de Groux

untitled (group of Greek refugees from the Greco-Turkish War), circa 1922

Decembre, 1914: Enrôlements, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Decembre, 1914: Enrôlements, 1915

Music at Night, Albert Bloch — Albert Bloch

Music at Night, 1914

American Gothic, Washington, D.C., Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

American Gothic, Washington, D.C., 1942

Design for Stage Set, John Steuart Curry — John Steuart Curry

Design for Stage Set, 1941–1942

Scrap for War, Charles Frederick Ramus — Charles Frederick Ramus

Scrap for War, 1939

Women at War: Spotter, Sam Shere — Sam Shere

Women at War: Spotter, 1942

On the War's Path, André Dignemont — André Dignemont

On the War's Path, 1918

Mai 1915: Italie, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Mai 1915: Italie, 1915

Jun 1915: Obus, Hermann-Paul — Hermann-Paul

Jun 1915: Obus, 1915

Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, John Steuart Curry — John Steuart Curry

Hogs Killing a Rattlesnake, 1925

Peaceful Riishiri, Yoshida Hiroshi — Yoshida Hiroshi

Peaceful Riishiri, 1938, Showa period (1926–1989)