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Exhibition

Past Presence

Sara Stepp, curator

Gallery 408, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Past Presence explores the diverse ways that artists since around 1970 have engaged with past events in their work.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Mario Martinez (born 1953); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus; Marion Karl, Scottsdale Yaquis: Generations

Eileen Cowin (born 1947), untitled

Jasper Johns (born 1930); Universal Limited Art Editions (founded 1957), Souvenir

Dotty Attie (born 1938), The Traveling Conjuror and His Troupe

Timothy H. O'Sullivan (1840–1882), Shoshone Falls, Upper Terrace

Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), Untitled

Liu Hung (1948–2021), Bound Foot

Morimura Yasumasa (born 1951), Ambiguous Beauty (Aimai no bi)

Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Li'l Patch of Woods

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (1940–2025), Ode to Chief Seattle

Gerhard Richter (born 1932), Bahnhof (Hannover)

Craig J. Barber (born 1947), As We Searched, Children Played

Craig J. Barber (born 1947), Mekong Central

Ōura Nobuyuki (born 1949); Yosuke Akiba, Publishers 21st Century, Inc.; Okabe Print Studio; Print House OM, IX

Juan Genovés (1930–2020), El Lugar y El Tiempo (The Place and the Time)

Mark Klett (born 1952), Demo print for Shoshone Falls, Snake River Canyon, Idaho

Elizabeth Layton (1909–1993), untitled (1914/VERDUN/1918)

Lapp Princess Press, LTD in association with Printed Matter, Inc.; Victor Burgin (born 1941), Family

Terry Adkins (1953–2014), Roost

Tacita Dean (born 1965), Floh

Nancy Loo Bjorge, necklace

Saul Chernick (born 1975), Book of Windows

Edouard Jean (born 1953, active 1972–present), Dessalines Receives Pétion and Wife Algaïde

Chris Pappan (born 1971), Touch the Clouds... Take 1

Tang Maohong (born 1975), Silent Film 2

Vivan Sundaram (1946–2023), Lovers

Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (born 1964), Daughter/Daughter

Diego Romero (born 1964, active circa 1986–present); Landfall Press (active 2004–present), Don’t Shoot Diego

Marla A. Jackson (born 1952), Langston Hughes

Josh MacPhee (born 1973); Stumptown Printers (founded 1999); Aaron Renier (born 1977), The Haitian Revolution

Josh MacPhee (born 1973); Stumptown Printers (founded 1999); Un Mundo Feliz (active 2003–present), Matilde Landa

Arman (1928–2005), I Lost my Childhood in the South Seas

Resources

Documents

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