Empowerment
Exhibition
Exhibition Overview
Empowerment
Susan Earle, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Kristina Walker, curator
Angela Watts, curator
Celka Straughn, curator
Kristina Walker, curator
Angela Watts, curator
November 3, 2022–August 29, 2027
Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas
Empowerment explores ways that art can speak to, question, and subvert various forms of social, institutional, and individual power.
Exhibition images
Works of art
簪 kanzashi (hair ornament),
late 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868)
unrecorded Chokwe artist
men's comb,
late 1800s–1914
unrecorded Hawazma artist
hair pick with Black fist,
circa 1979
Ada Bosin (1903–1980)
Hollis Sigler (1948–2001)
David V. Lee (1948–1996)
Mother Earth,
late 1900s
吉田千鶴子 Chizuko Yoshida (1924–2017)
Michael Mxakaza (active early 2000s)
Max H. Gerbier (born 1951)
End of Day,
circa 1970
unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist
woven food cover,
1982
Somi (born 1978)
Richard Emile Miller (1875–1943)
La Toilette,
circa 1910
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851–1938)
Green and Gold,
circa 1910
Studio of Domenico and Valore Casini
Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany,
1610–1628
Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828–1882)
La Pia de' Tolomei,
1868–1880
Stephens
Portrait of Charlotte Sullivan,
1940–1975
Roger Shimomura (born 1939)
Sansei Woman,
1980
Bernard Séjourné (1947–1994)
Asefi (enough daughters),
1975
Alfi-Alfa (born 1967)
Beatrice Mandelman (1912–1998)
Thomas Hart Benton (1889–1975)
Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962)
Shepherd,
1908–1911
The Muse of Music,
early-mid 1800s
Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini (1675–1741)
Achilles Discovered with the Daughters of Lycomedes,
early 1700s
Harry Bertoia (1915–1978)
untitled (sounding sculpture),
circa 1968
Ruth Harris Bohan (1891–1981)
Hilda and Studio Light,
1935
Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007)
Chaotic Lip,
1986
Augusta Savage (1892–1962)
Portrait of Hugh Samson,
circa 1939–1940
Joyce J. Scott (born 1948)
Caffeine,
1994–1999
Richard Mawdsley (born 1945)
Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5,
1995–1999
Petah Coyne (born 1953)
Untitled #751 (Craig's Piece),
1992–1993
Wendell Castle (1932–2018)
Hanging in the Balance,
2002
Albert Bloch (1882–1961)
Frieze for a Music Room,
1915
Clementine Hunter (1886–1988)
untitled (scenes of life),
circa 1958
unrecorded Bini artist
commemorative head of an Iyoba (Queen Mother),
late 1800s–1975
Luke Watson (died 1948)
totem pole,
1937
Nampeyo of Hano (1859–1942, active 1880–1940)
jar,
early 1900s
Teresita Romero (1894–1991, active 1910s–1960s)
mother and child figure,
late 1900s–1979
skeleton with guitar,
1985–1995
skeleton with clarinet,
1985–1995
skeleton with guitar,
1985–1995
skeleton with accordion,
1985–1995
Margaret Trujillo (born 1932)
storyteller figure,
circa 1979
Fannie Nampeyo (1900 or 1904–1987, active 1920–1987)
pot,
1950s
unrecorded Igbo artist
udu (pot-drum),
1925–1990
Kehinde Wiley (born 1977); Cerealart Projects LLC
St. Francis of Adelaide,
2006
Frantz Beauvoir
Erzuli as Piper,
1974
Salnave Philippe-Auguste (1908–1989, active 1958–1989)
Colère (Anger),
1974
Edith Stephane
mother and children,
circa 1970
Moke Fils (born 1968, active 1986–present)
Felicia Fragua Curley (born 1964, active 1978–present)
coyote storyteller figure,
late 1900s
June Pino Cheromiah (born 1963, active 1985–present)
olla with flute player designs,
circa 1990s
Frances Suina (1902–1992, active 1930–1980s)
male storyteller figure,
circa 1970s
Du Kun (born 1981)
Marjorie Schick (1941–2017)
Night Bloom,
2003
Rachel Namingha Nampeyo (1903–1985)
jar with migration pattern,
mid-late 1900s
Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo (1924–2008)
seed jar,
mid-late 1900s
Nampeyo of Hano (1859–1942, active 1880–1940); Annie Healing Nampeyo (Queuchawa) (1884–1968, active 1900–1930s)
bowl,
circa 1915–1920
Hisi Quotskuyva Nampeyo (born 1964)
bowl,
late 1900s
Ulrick Jean-Pierre (born 1955)
Marie Laveau,
2018
Ryan RedCorn (born 1979)
Otto Dix (1891–1969)
self-portraits,
1914
Frederick William MacMonnies (1863–1934)
Pan of Rohallion,
cast 1894, modeled 1890
unrecorded Chokwe artist
sansa (thumb piano),
late 1800s–1914
Yelimane Fall (born 1945)
David V. Lee (1948–1996)
Father Sky,
late 1900s
unrecorded Diné (Navajo) artist
Yei rug,
1940s–1950s
Grant Wood (1891–1942)
Near Sundown,
1933
David Teniers II (1610–1690)
The Deluge,
circa 1655
Robert Carston Arneson (1930–1992)
Forge,
1984
Kay WalkingStick (born 1935)
Winter Flight,
1988–1989
Elva Nampeyo (1926–1985, active 1940–1985)
bowl,
1930
unrecorded Bini artist
oba (king) figure,
mid-late 1900s
Angelica Kauffman (1741–1807)
Elaine de Kooning (1918–1989)
Arena,
1959
Benjamin West (1738–1820)
Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732–1806)
Portrait of a Young Boy,
circa 1782
John Singer Sargent (1856–1925)
Arlie Regier (1931–2014)
Prairie Steelscape,
1995
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956)
Le Parc,
1915
Tom Knechtel (born 1952)
Diaspora,
1987
hairpin (kanzashi) with turtle,
Edo period (1600–1868)
Richard Fool Bull (1887–1976)
pib-be-gwun (flute),
circa 1971
Gilbert Minthorn
purification whistle,
mid 1900s
Fah Ambers (born 1955, active 1976–present)
Hamatsa whistle (metses),
circa 1976
fife,
circa 1860
Reliable Brothers
ceramic flute,
mid 1900s
The Clarke Tinwhistle Company
penny whistle,
mid 1900s
Johannes Adler
alto recorder,
mid 1900s
George Cloos
flute in C,
late 1800s
piccolo in D,
mid 1800s
fluier (flute),
late 1800s–1994
dvojnice (shepherd's flute),
circa 1963
sylfa floyte (flute),
mid-late 1900s
rondador (flute),
circa 1970
unrecorded Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiian) artist
ohe hano ihu,
circa 1970
unrecorded Australian Aboriginal artist
didgeridoo,
mid-late 1900s
unrecorded Abelam artist
crop blessing flute,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Tonga artist
nyele (horn),
early-mid 1900s
walking stick flute,
early-mid 1900s
flute,
late 1800s–1987
flute,
1960s
slompret (trumpet) with mouthpiece,
1975–1985
flute,
1900s
cross flute,
circa 1961
dizi (flute),
circa 1970
shakuhachi (flute),
late 1800s–1977
miniature painting of Krishna with milkmaids,
early 1900s
Jorge Daher Guerra (1926–2012)
serpent shaped triple vertical whistle,
1950–1971
tarka,
circa 1969
nay,
mid 1900s
Juan Palomino
quena,
mid-late 1900s
Louise Nevelson (1899–1988)
Melania Mazinyani
Child Taken by Mermaid,
1988–1996
unrecorded Achomawi, Northern Maidu, or Shasta artist
basket,
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Akimel O'odham (Pima) artist
basket,
late 1800s–early 1900s
unrecorded Tohono O'odham (Papago) artist
basket,
mid 1900s
unrecorded Musqueam artist
berry basket,
late 1800s–early 1900s
Rose Frances Good Kretsinger (1886–1963)
cloth with fish design,
1981
Andreas Michel (active 1600s)
lobed cup with floral engravings,
circa 1620
chasse reliquary,
mid 1200s
布団じ futonji (bed cover),
early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)
standing bearded pleurant or prophet,
circa 1390–1400
one of two huipil panels,
1916
one of two huipil panels,
1916
prayer mat or household furnishing,
early 1900s
Events
March 26, 2023
Performance
1:00–2:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
April 22, 2023
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
October 6, 2023
Tour
11:00–11:50AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 315 Long Ellis Gallery, 316 Simons Gallery, 317 Perkins Central Court, 401 Loo Gallery, 405 Michaelis Gallery, 406 Stewart Gallery, 407 Kress Gallery
November 19, 2023
Talk
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 407 Kress Gallery
November 30, 2023
Tour
1:00–2:15PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 315 Long Ellis Gallery, 316 Simons Gallery, 317 Perkins Central Court, 401 Loo Gallery, 405 Michaelis Gallery, 406 Stewart Gallery, 407 Kress Gallery
December 14, 2023
Talk
10:15–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
February 13, 2024
Talk
12:30–1:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
February 29, 2024
Performance
5:30–7:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art
June 24, 2024
Activity
2:00–3:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 401 Loo Gallery, 405 Gallery, 406 Stewart Gallery, 407 Kress Gallery
September 12, 2024
Social
4:00–6:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 1301 Mississippi St
October 11, 2024
Activity
2:30–3:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, 405 Michaelis Gallery
October 17, 2024
Talk
10:15–11:00AM
Spencer Museum of Art, 409 Lee Study Center
July 24, 2025
Talk
10:15–11:00AM