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Brosseau Center for Learning: Nixon and The Seventies

September 19, 2023–October 8, 2023

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

This installation art and pop culture references from the 1970s supports Jonathan Hagel’s HIST 517 The Seventies: American History.

Works of art

"He unearthed microfilmed secrets of the state in a pumpkin on a Maryland farm; posed for pictures while examining the film under the traditional sleuth's magnifying glass", United Press International — United Press International

"He unearthed microfilmed secrets of the state in a pumpkin on a Maryland farm; posed for pictures while examining the film under the traditional sleuth's magnifying glass", 1948

"…a President for demonstrators.", Esquire magazine — Esquire magazine

"…a President for demonstrators.", 1969

Richard Nixon, United Press International — United Press International

Richard Nixon, 1948

"Richard Nixon Examines the Hiss film 'found' in a Pumpkin", United Press International — United Press International

"Richard Nixon Examines the Hiss film 'found' in a Pumpkin", 1948

Erasure, Landfall Press; Tom Leeson — Landfall Press; Tom Leeson

Erasure, 1976

"...a President for the leather boys.", Esquire magazine — Esquire magazine

"...a President for the leather boys.", 1969

"…behold a President for Black Nationalists", Esquire magazine — Esquire magazine

"…behold a President for Black Nationalists", 1969

"Now, let's try to imagine the President's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Eisenhower, styled to fit the swinging world of 1969...", Esquire magazine — Esquire magazine

"Now, let's try to imagine the President's daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. David Eisenhower, styled to fit the swinging world of 1969...", 1969

Six Mile Bottom, Frank Stella; Gemini G.E.L. — Frank Stella; Gemini G.E.L.

Six Mile Bottom, 1970

Taraxacum officinale i.a. - Gaza, Palestina, Laurence Aëgerter — Laurence Aëgerter

Taraxacum officinale i.a. - Gaza, Palestina, 2015

The Unmaking of a President, Walter Bernard — Walter Bernard

The Unmaking of a President, circa 1964

William Wheeler and Richard Nixon, Wide World Photos — Wide World Photos

William Wheeler and Richard Nixon, 1948

untitled (Truisms), Jenny Holzer — Jenny Holzer

untitled (Truisms), 1983

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", Julio Fernández Larraz — Julio Fernández Larraz

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", circa 1974

Lines of One Inch, Four Directions, Four Colors, Sol LeWitt; Landfall Press — Sol LeWitt; Landfall Press

Lines of One Inch, Four Directions, Four Colors, 1971

untitled, Roy De Forest — Roy De Forest

untitled, 1973

untitled, Michael Andrews — Michael Andrews

untitled, 1973

Nixon, David Levine — David Levine

Nixon, 1970

Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast, Ben Somoroff — Ben Somoroff

Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast, 1972

"Why is This Man Laughing?", United Press International; Frank Cancellare — United Press International; Frank Cancellare

"Why is This Man Laughing?", 1960

An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973, David Hockney — David Hockney

An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973, 1972

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", Julio Fernández Larraz — Julio Fernández Larraz

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", circa 1974