Brosseau Center for Learning: Art and Fermentation

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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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
Song dynasty (960–1279)
wine cup
early 1700s, Yongzheng period (1723–1735), Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
bowl
Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
libation cup
late 1600s, Qing dynasty (1644–1911)
unknown maker, cheese dome
unknown maker
late 1800s
B. M. Chester, wine strainer
B. M. Chester
1824–1825
wine glass
early 1850s
Meissen Porcelain Factory (active 1710–present), Satyr, Two Baby Satyrs and a Woman
Meissen Porcelain Factory (active 1710–present)
1800s
Württemberg Metal Factory (founded 1853), butter knife
Württemberg Metal Factory (founded 1853)
circa 1905
untitled (Royal Camembert labels)
late 1800s–early 1900s
wine glass
early 1850s
unrecorded Ndebele artist, isiketho (beer skimmer)
unrecorded Ndebele artist
late 1800s–1908
unrecorded Maasai artist, lidded drinking gourd
unrecorded Maasai artist
early 1900s–1968
unrecorded Zulu artist, beer pot
unrecorded Zulu artist
1925–1990
unrecorded Azande artist, bottle
unrecorded Azande artist
1925–1990
unrecorded Yeye artist; unrecorded Mbukushu artist, covered nkgwana (beer fermenting container) with “Ribs of the Giraffe” motif
unrecorded Yeye artist; unrecorded Mbukushu artist
circa 1970s

Events

February 28, 2019
Talk
5:30–6:45PM
Spencer Museum of Art