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Brosseau Center for Learning: Art and Fermentation

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

"Art and Fermentation" selected in conjunction with Sandor Katz’s Residency as an Interdisciplinary Scholar with the Hall Center for the Humanities and the 2019 Read Across Lawrence selection, Sourdough by Robin Sloan.

Works of art

ewer — ewer

Song dynasty (960–1279)

wine cup — wine cup

early 1700s, Yongzheng period (1723–1735), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

bowl — bowl

Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

libation cup — libation cup

late 1600s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)

unknown maker, cheese dome — cheese dome

unknown maker

late 1800s

B. M. Chester, wine strainer — wine strainer

B. M. Chester

1824–1825

wine bowl with lid and pedestal — wine bowl with lid and pedestal

1800s

wine glass — wine glass

early 1850s

cathedral-shaped pickle bottle — cathedral-shaped pickle bottle

circa 1870

Meissen Porcelain Factory (active 1710–present), Satyr, Two Baby Satyrs and a Woman — Satyr, Two Baby Satyrs and a Woman

Meissen Porcelain Factory

1800s

David Octavius Hill (1802–1870); Robert Adamson (1821–1848); Jessie Bertram, Edinburgh Ale — Edinburgh Ale

David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson, Jessie Bertram

circa 1845

William Hogarth (1697–1764), Beer Street — Beer Street

William Hogarth

1751

Joel Meyerowitz (born 1938), Paris Market — Paris Market

Joel Meyerowitz

1983

Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922), Company D, Troup II Pig Roast, Fort Riley — Company D, Troup II Pig Roast, Fort Riley

Jon Blumb, Joseph Judd Pennell

1905

Margaret Bourke-White (1904–1971), A Concrete Monument to Wine — A Concrete Monument to Wine

Margaret Bourke-White

1938

Württemberg Metal Factory (founded 1853), butter knife — butter knife

Württemberg Metal Factory

circa 1905

untitled (Royal Camembert labels) — untitled (Royal Camembert labels)

late 1800s–early 1900s

wine glass — wine glass

early 1850s

Paul Harbaugh; Boris Ignatovich (1899–1976), Fair, Tbilisi — Fair, Tbilisi

Boris Ignatovich, Paul Harbaugh

1932

unrecorded Ndebele artist, isiketho (beer skimmer) — isiketho (beer skimmer)

unrecorded Ndebele artist

late 1800s–1908

Fatna Hamdan Awad, bouksa (basket with lid) — bouksa (basket with lid)

Fatna Hamdan Awad

1983–1984

unrecorded Maasai artist, lidded drinking gourd — lidded drinking gourd

unrecorded Maasai artist

early 1900s–1968

Orville John Green (1872–1938), two women making bread — two women making bread

Orville John Green

1896–1918

Orville John Green (1872–1938), government agents with confiscated liquor — government agents with confiscated liquor

Orville John Green

1916

figure of a man baking bread — figure of a man baking bread

late 1800s–1998

unrecorded Zulu artist, beer pot — beer pot

unrecorded Zulu artist

1925–1990

unrecorded Azande artist, bottle — bottle

unrecorded Azande artist

1925–1990

unrecorded Yeye artist; unrecorded Mbukushu artist, covered nkgwana (beer fermenting container) with “Ribs of the Giraffe” motif — covered nkgwana (beer fermenting container) with “Ribs of the Giraffe” motif

unrecorded Yeye artist, unrecorded Mbukushu artist

circa 1970s

Louis Lefèvre, Cuis-tot, tu dors, les rats mangent ton fromage (Cook early, sleep, the rats eat your cheese) — Cuis-tot, tu dors, les rats mangent ton fromage (Cook early, sleep, the rats eat your cheese)

Louis Lefèvre

1914–1918

Events

February 28, 2019

Talk

Book Discussion and Tour: Sourdough

5:30–6:45PM

Spencer Museum of Art