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The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists

Susan Earle, curator

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The Power of Place: KU Alumni Artists considers profound understandings of place in the work 30 artists who received degrees from KU.

Works of art

David Reisman (born 1958), Untitled (re-working 1996 dream, “I see a huge circular hole that goes all the way through a mountain”)

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963); Tribune Showprint (active since 1878), I'm Sick of Making Art

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icefjord that leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icefjord that leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icebergs, Disko Bay

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Earth, Fire, and Water, Z-Bar Ranch, Chase County, Kansas

Lisa Grossman (born 1967), Navigating

C. Bechstein (founded 1853), grand piano

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963); Tribune Showprint (active since 1878), Get Up You Lazy Bum

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Go Sadness

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Misery Rules

Terry Evans (born 1944), Fairy Ring, Fent's Prairie, Salina, Kansas, June 1979

Rick Mitchell (born 1949), Adam in the Wetlands / Canal

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Front Porch Therapy

Julie Green (1961–2021), The Last Supper: Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 14 April 1965 (1 of 2)

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 14 April 1965 (2 of 2)

Julie Green (1961–2021), Kansas 30 November 1962

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Weldona

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Pent

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Weathermap

Cris Bruch (born 1957), Harbinger

Julie Green (1961–2021), Gossip Bridle

Julie Green (1961–2021), Gossip Bridles

Julie Green (1961–2021), Too Sad to Tell You

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #2

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #5

Emily Hanako Momohara (born 1974), Angel Island #4

Catherine Reinhart (born 1986), Manifold Landscapes

Catherine Reinhart (born 1986), Patience Corners

John L. Newman (1948–2022), American Citizen #1

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Front Yard

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Hostage

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Dead Indian Stories

Philip Heying (born 1959), Repurposed billboard west of Salina, Kansas along I-70 7/13/2014 – 1:40PM

Philip Heying (born 1959), Lee Kindle salvages a pickup truck destroyed by an F4 tornado in a region that had to be evacuated due to toxic mining waste near Treece, Kansas. 2/19/2009 – 2:04 PM

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), O N E E V E R Y O N E directory

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), O N E E V E R Y O N E newspaper

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), mug

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954), Kaw

Robert W. Ebendorf (born 1938), My Brother and I

Terry Evans (born 1944), Icebergs, Disko Bay

Sue Ashline (born 1947), Alice goes to the Art Prom

David B. Brackett (1956–2021), Point of View

Richard Mawdsley (born 1945), Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), Robin Hood against the bad barons

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), on the day the war had ended

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), House

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), Focused Distraction

Bhakti Ziek (born 1946), Rain

Mark Goodwin (born 1956), Star System

Marcie Miller Gross (born 1958), Beyond the Wall

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), and yet it's so warm

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), There We Were, Holding Hands

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), My sisters and I stand, years apart, transfixed by a pinpoint

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), H is for

Brian Hawkins (born 1987), Traces

Rena L. Detrixhe (born), grass/roots

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979), Portrait of Chantelle Keshaye Pahtayken & Shay Pahtayken, Plains Cree

Ryan RedCorn (born 1979), Portrait of Portlyn Harjo, Creek/Seminole

Anne Austin Pearce (born 1968), Animals Don't Take Vows: Tortuga

Terry Evans (born 1944), Four Women on Porch

Terry Evans (born 1944), Cemetery, February 1991

Terry Evans (born 1944), Between Kearney and Salina, June 13, 1990

Rick Mitchell (born 1949), Bottleneck

Terry Evans (born 1944), Interstate 35, South of Matfield Green

Terry Evans (born 1944), Electrical Boxes that Control Pumps, Cheyenne Bottoms, April 1995

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Cut Brush Fire-Platte River Valley Near Yutan

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Near Emerald

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), Evening, Near Walton

Keith Jacobshagen (born 1941), N.W. 84th & Agnew Road July 31, 1983

Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), Iguazu Falls

Stephen Johnson (born 1964), The Letter "N"

Stephen Johnson (born 1964), The Number "13"

Larry Schwarm (born 1944), Blue SUV on South Main Street, Greensburg, Kansas May 5, 2007

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), draw

John L. Newman (1948–2022), Rohwer Internees #2

Robert W. Ebendorf (born 1938), Colored Smoke Machine

Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present); Julie Green (1961–2021), After

Ann Hamilton (born 1956), figura 23

Terry Evans (born 1944), One of the paths that lead from the coastal Greenland landmass to the Jakobshavn Icefjord (a UNESCO World Heritage Site). The icefjord leads to the mouth of the Jakobshavn Glacier.

Lisa Grossman (born 1967), 86 Bends of the Kaw

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Eat in / Take out

Hock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds (born 1954); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus, For Arizona Denials

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), Rode to Phila. quilt

Cary Leibowitz (born 1963), Disco Fever!

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), China Trade with Miss Liberty, U.S.A. quilt top

Virginia Jean Cox Mitchell (1931–2023), Of Thee I Sing quilt top

Gina Adams (born 1965), Broken Treaty Quilt #5

John Decker (born 1967); Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), “The morning of the third day dawned fair and fresh…"

Dan R. Kirchhefer (born 1947), Shoup Glacier, Alaska

Gina Adams (born 1965), Honoring Modern Unidentified .3

Gina Adams (born 1965), Honoring Modern Unidentified .9