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Brosseau Center for Learning: Still Life Reimagined

Cara Nordengren, curator

June 3, 2025–July 13, 2025

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

This exhibition explores still life by highlighting artworks that push the boundaries of the genre through their subject, appearance, or medium.

Works of art

Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau, Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932) — Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932)

Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau, circa 1926–1928

.30-Caliber Bullet through a Banana, Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990) — Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990)

.30-Caliber Bullet through a Banana, 1964

Still life (Waterlilies), Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949) — Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949)

Still life (Waterlilies), 1908

Trail Markers, Tom Kiefer (born 1959) — Tom Kiefer (born 1959)

Trail Markers, 2013

untitled (potatoes, brown sack), Barbara Hawkins (1947–2017) — Barbara Hawkins (1947–2017)

untitled (potatoes, brown sack), circa 2004

untitled (Still Lives with Bracelets), James Hamilton Brown (active 1930–1950) — James Hamilton Brown (active 1930–1950)

untitled (Still Lives with Bracelets), 1940s

Abstraction with Clothes-Dummy, Jan Matulka (1890–1972) — Jan Matulka (1890–1972)

Abstraction with Clothes-Dummy, circa 1929

Still-life with Cactus Plant and Telephone, Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878–1955) — Bror Julius Olsson Nordfeldt (1878–1955)

Still-life with Cactus Plant and Telephone, circa 1930

Champions, Michael E. Ott (1945–1996) — Michael E. Ott (1945–1996)

Champions, 1988

untitled, John Gutowski (1948–2001) — John Gutowski (1948–2001)

untitled, 1998

White Trash, Linda Lighton (born 1948) — Linda Lighton (born 1948)

White Trash, 2003

lid — lid, date unknown

Dartmouth Still Life, Jim Dine (born 1935) — Jim Dine (born 1935)

Dartmouth Still Life, 1974–1976

Basement Still Life, Robert James Hunt (1921–1996) — Robert James Hunt (1921–1996)

Basement Still Life, 1980

Laboratory Still Life No. 4, Tony Cragg (born 1949); Crown Point Press; Mark Callen — Tony Cragg (born 1949); Crown Point Press; Mark Callen

Laboratory Still Life No. 4, 1988

A Room in Maine, Patricia DuBose Duncan (1932–2021) — Patricia DuBose Duncan (1932–2021)

A Room in Maine, 1984

Untitled #49, Laura Letinsky (born 1962) — Laura Letinsky (born 1962)

Untitled #49, 2002

untitled, Robert Seaver (born 1952) — Robert Seaver (born 1952)

untitled, 1988

untitled, Jan Groover (1943–2012) — Jan Groover (1943–2012)

untitled, 1991

Hairy Shoes, Ed Paschke (1939–2004); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004) — Ed Paschke (1939–2004); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004)

Hairy Shoes, 1971

Boston Red, Jeanette Pasin Sloan (born 1946); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004) — Jeanette Pasin Sloan (born 1946); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004)

Boston Red, 1986

Memo to Mark, Jan Stussy (1921–1990) — Jan Stussy (1921–1990)

Memo to Mark, 1981

Fiddling Desire (RTP), Edward Henderson (born 1951) — Edward Henderson (born 1951)

Fiddling Desire (RTP), 1997

untitled, Jan Groover (1943–2012) — Jan Groover (1943–2012)

untitled, 1979

Flies, Edward Ruscha (born 1937) — Edward Ruscha (born 1937)

Flies, 1972

Field Museum, Eastern Fence Lizards, Terry Evans (born 1944) — Terry Evans (born 1944)

Field Museum, Eastern Fence Lizards, 2001

Events

June 26, 2025

Talk

Still Life Reimagined

10:15–11:00AM