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Brosseau Center for Learning: The Light and the Darkness

David Cateforis, curator
Celka Straughn, curator

March 24, 2026–April 19, 2026

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation features objects selected for David Cateforis’s HA 380/580 History of Photography and for Sarah Cullinan Herring’s CLSX316 Ancient Magic and Witches.

Works of art

Le magicien assis et observent des crânes (Seated magician looking at skulls), Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

Le magicien assis et observent des crânes (Seated magician looking at skulls), 1737

New York, William Klein — William Klein

New York, 1954

Circe's Grass Series, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

Circe's Grass Series, 1985

Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld), Franz Xaver Pawlik — Franz Xaver Pawlik

Orpheus in der Unterwelt (Orpheus in the Underworld), 1880–1890

Moon Culmination, Frederick Sommer — Frederick Sommer

Moon Culmination, 1951

New York City, Lee Friedlander — Lee Friedlander

New York City, 1964

First Aid Station, Near the DMZ, Vietnam, Larry Burrows — Larry Burrows

First Aid Station, Near the DMZ, Vietnam, 1962

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 298, Aaron Siskind — Aaron Siskind

Pleasures and Terrors of Levitation 298, 1954

Magica-Religious Journey, Barry Lewis — Barry Lewis

Magica-Religious Journey, 1970

Apocalypse II, Jerry Norman Uelsmann — Jerry Norman Uelsmann

Apocalypse II, 1967

Night Magic, Kay WalkingStick; Landfall Press; Jack Lemon; Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus; Marion Karl — Kay WalkingStick; Landfall Press; Jack Lemon; Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus; Marion Karl

Night Magic, 2001

Gun/Flag, Larry Clark — Larry Clark

Gun/Flag, 1971

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., Diane Arbus — Diane Arbus

Tattooed Man at a Carnival, Md., 1970

Plate 18. Medea Summons her Dragon Chariot, René Boyvin; Leonard Thiry — René Boyvin; Leonard Thiry

Plate 18. Medea Summons her Dragon Chariot, 1563

Sorceress (Circe), Roderick Fletcher Mead — Roderick Fletcher Mead

Sorceress (Circe), 1961

Witches in a Hay Loft, Thomas Rowlandson — Thomas Rowlandson

Witches in a Hay Loft, 1807

Aspens, Northern New Mexico, Ansel Adams — Ansel Adams

Aspens, Northern New Mexico, 1958

Dancers, New York, Roy DeCarava — Roy DeCarava

Dancers, New York, 1956

The Stomach Dance, Aubrey Vincent Beardsley — Aubrey Vincent Beardsley

The Stomach Dance, circa 1907

Woman with veil, San Francisco, Lisette Model — Lisette Model

Woman with veil, San Francisco, circa 1947

Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

Elijah Muhammad's Daughter, Ethel Sharrieff, Chicago, 1963

Trees, Chicago, Harry Callahan — Harry Callahan

Trees, Chicago, 1950

Colorado Springs, Robert Adams — Robert Adams

Colorado Springs, 1968

Nude Foot, San Francisco, Minor White — Minor White

Nude Foot, San Francisco, 1949

Wadjet Amulet (Eye of Horus) — Wadjet Amulet (Eye of Horus), 1900s

U.S. 285, New Mexico, Robert Frank — Robert Frank

U.S. 285, New Mexico, 1955

Diane Arbus, Central Park, Love-In, Garry Winogrand — Garry Winogrand

Diane Arbus, Central Park, Love-In, 1969

Ellis Unit TDL, Danny Lyon — Danny Lyon

Ellis Unit TDL, 1968

Magician, Nick Bubash — Nick Bubash

Magician, 1998

Magic Mirror, Max Beckmann — Max Beckmann

Magic Mirror, 1946

Circe's Grass Series, Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert — Charles Jeffries Bangert; Colette Stuebe Bangert

Circe's Grass Series, 1985

A Magician, a Soldier and Other Figures Watching a Burning Skull, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo — Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

A Magician, a Soldier and Other Figures Watching a Burning Skull, circa 1735–1745