Brosseau Center for Learning: On Whiteness...

Exhibition

Exhibition Overview

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Brosseau Center for Learning: On Whiteness...
Kristan Hanson, curator
Najmeh Moradiyan-Rizi, curator
Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This exhibit expands on conversations related to Nicholas Mirzoeff’s November 7th free keynote “Whiteness: What Is to Be Done?” (10am, Woodruff Auditorium) as part of the a2ru conference.

Works of art

Larry Clark (born 1943), Gun/Flag
Gun/Flag
Larry Clark
1971
Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), What's fashionable, prestigious, & tax-deductible? Discriminating against women & non-white artists.
What's fashionable, prestigious, & tax-deductible? Discriminating against women & non-white artists.
Guerrilla Girls
1987
Gordon Parks (1912–2006), black children with white doll
black children with white doll
Gordon Parks
1942
Lynn Basa (born 1954), More Wholesome
More Wholesome
Lynn Basa
1990
Shelley Niro (born 1954), 500 Year Itch
500 Year Itch
Shelley Niro
1992
Elmer Simms Campbell (1906–1971), "I ordered it from America, but..."
"I ordered it from America, but..."
Elmer Simms Campbell
mid 1900s
Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Cerealart Projects LLC, St. Francis of Adelaide
St. Francis of Adelaide
Kehinde Wiley, Cerealart Projects LLC
2006
Eduardo García Benito (1891–1981), Un Brin de Poudre de Riz (A Touch of Rice Powder)
Un Brin de Poudre de Riz (A Touch of Rice Powder)
Eduardo García Benito
1914–1918
Roger Shimomura (born 1939), White Wash
White Wash
Roger Shimomura
2012