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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 (founded 1907) — United Press International (founded 1907)

"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 (founded 1933) — Esquire magazine (founded 1933)

"…a President for demonstrators.", 1969

Richard Nixon, United Press International (founded 1907) — United Press International (founded 1907)

Richard Nixon, 1948

"Richard Nixon Examines the Hiss film 'found' in a Pumpkin", United Press International (founded 1907) — United Press International (founded 1907)

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

Erasure, Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Tom Leeson (born 1945) — Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Tom Leeson (born 1945)

Erasure, 1976

"...a President for the leather boys.", Esquire magazine (founded 1933) — Esquire magazine (founded 1933)

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

"…behold a President for Black Nationalists", Esquire magazine (founded 1933) — Esquire magazine (founded 1933)

"…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 (founded 1933) — Esquire magazine (founded 1933)

"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 (1936–2024); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966) — Frank Stella (1936–2024); Gemini G.E.L. (founded 1966)

Six Mile Bottom, 1970

Taraxacum officinale i.a. - Gaza, Palestina, Laurence Aëgerter (born 1972) — Laurence Aëgerter (born 1972)

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

The Unmaking of a President, Walter Bernard (born 1937) — Walter Bernard (born 1937)

The Unmaking of a President, circa 1964

William Wheeler and Richard Nixon, Wide World Photos (founded 1941) — Wide World Photos (founded 1941)

William Wheeler and Richard Nixon, 1948

untitled (Truisms), Jenny Holzer (born 1950) — Jenny Holzer (born 1950)

untitled (Truisms), 1983

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944) — Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944)

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

Lines of One Inch, Four Directions, Four Colors, Sol LeWitt (1928–2007); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004) — Sol LeWitt (1928–2007); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004)

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

untitled, Roy De Forest (1930–2007) — Roy De Forest (1930–2007)

untitled, 1973

untitled, Michael Andrews (born 1945) — Michael Andrews (born 1945)

untitled, 1973

Nixon, David Levine (1926–2009) — David Levine (1926–2009)

Nixon, 1970

Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast, Ben Somoroff (1915–1984) — Ben Somoroff (1915–1984)

Richard M. Nixon's Chinese Feast, 1972

"Why is This Man Laughing?", United Press International (founded 1907); Frank Cancellare (1910–1985) — United Press International (founded 1907); Frank Cancellare (1910–1985)

"Why is This Man Laughing?", 1960

An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973, David Hockney (born 1937) — David Hockney (born 1937)

An etching and a lithograph for Editions Alecto 1973, 1972

"We'd Get Along Without You Very Well", Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944) — Julio Fernández Larraz (born 1944)

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