Brosseau Center for Learning: Still Life Reimagined

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Brosseau Center for Learning: Still Life Reimagined
Cara Nordengren, curator
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

Karl Blossfeldt (1865–1932), Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau
Eryngium Bourgatii Mannetreau
Karl Blossfeldt
circa 1926–1928
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903–1990), .30-Caliber Bullet through a Banana
.30-Caliber Bullet through a Banana
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
1964
Adolf de Meyer (1868–1949), Still life (Waterlilies)
Still life (Waterlilies)
Adolf de Meyer
1908
Tom Kiefer (born 1959), Trail Markers
Trail Markers
Tom Kiefer
2013
Barbara Hawkins (1947–2017), untitled (potatoes, brown sack)
untitled (potatoes, brown sack)
Barbara Hawkins
circa 2004
James Hamilton Brown (active 1930–1950), untitled (Still Lives with Bracelets)
untitled (Still Lives with Bracelets)
James Hamilton Brown
1940s
Michael E. Ott (1945–1996), Champions
Champions
Michael E. Ott
1988
John Gutowski (1948–2001), untitled
untitled
John Gutowski
1998
Linda Lighton (born 1948), White Trash
White Trash
Linda Lighton
2003
lid
lid
date unknown
Jim Dine (born 1935), Dartmouth Still Life
Dartmouth Still Life
Jim Dine
1974–1976
Robert James Hunt (1921–1996), Basement Still Life
Basement Still Life
Robert James Hunt
1980
Tony Cragg (born 1949); Crown Point Press; Mark Callen, Laboratory Still Life No. 4
Laboratory Still Life No. 4
Tony Cragg, Crown Point Press, Mark Callen
1988
Patricia DuBose Duncan (1932–2021), A Room in Maine
A Room in Maine
Patricia DuBose Duncan
1984
Laura Letinsky (born 1962), Untitled #49
Untitled #49
Laura Letinsky
2002
Robert Seaver (born 1952), untitled
untitled
Robert Seaver
1988
Jan Groover (1943–2012), untitled
untitled
Jan Groover
1991
Ed Paschke (1939–2004); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Hairy Shoes
Hairy Shoes
Ed Paschke, Landfall Press
1971
Jeanette Pasin Sloan (born 1946); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Boston Red
Boston Red
Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Landfall Press
1986
Jan Stussy (1921–1990), Memo to Mark
Memo to Mark
Jan Stussy
1981
Edward Henderson (born 1951), Fiddling Desire (RTP)
Fiddling Desire (RTP)
Edward Henderson
1997
Jan Groover (1943–2012), untitled
untitled
Jan Groover
1979
Edward Ruscha (born 1937), Flies
Flies
Edward Ruscha
1972
Terry Evans (born 1944), Field Museum, Eastern Fence Lizards
Field Museum, Eastern Fence Lizards
Terry Evans
2001

Events

June 26, 2025
Talk
Still Life Reimagined
10:15–11:00AM