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Exhibition

Signs of Religious Faith: Photographs from the Collection

Signs of Religious Faith: Photographs from the Collection

Elissa Anderson, curator

October 13, 2001–February 3, 2002

North Balcony, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Drawn from the Spencer Museum of Art's collection, this installation consists of photographs made since the nineteenth century depicting Chrisitan spaces and devotional practices in Europe and North America. These photographs show how individuals and communities interact with religion. They might be understood as ethnographic reportage and comments on the changing manifestations of religion in modern society.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Harlem Street: II, 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan, Berenice Abbott — Berenice Abbott

Harlem Street: II, 422-424 Lenox Avenue, Manhattan, 1938

Christmas at Hinky Dinky, Lincoln, Nebraska, James Alinder — James Alinder

Christmas at Hinky Dinky, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1971

Day of All Dead, Manuel Alvarez Bravo — Manuel Alvarez Bravo

Day of All Dead, 1933

The Visit, Manuel Alvarez Bravo — Manuel Alvarez Bravo

The Visit, circa 1979

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk — Diane Arbus; Neil Selkirk

Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus, 1964

Wells Cathedral, Stairs to Chapter House II, Dick Arentz — Dick Arentz

Wells Cathedral, Stairs to Chapter House II, 1990

Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico), Édouard Boubat — Édouard Boubat

Fête des Morts, Mexico (Day of the Dead, Mexico), 1980

St. Bartholomew's Church, Nicolette Bromberg — Nicolette Bromberg

St. Bartholomew's Church, 1985

St. Peter's Square - Rome, Geri della Rocca de Candal — Geri della Rocca de Candal

St. Peter's Square - Rome, 1975

Creitz Farm, Adrian, Texas, Paula Chamlee — Paula Chamlee

Creitz Farm, Adrian, Texas, 1994

Church, Sprott, Alabama, William Christenberry — William Christenberry

Church, Sprott, Alabama, 1971

Seville, Clocher de la Cathedrale (La Giralda), #7 [Seville, Bell Tower of the Cathedral (La Giralda), #7], Louis De Clercq — Louis De Clercq

Seville, Clocher de la Cathedrale (La Giralda), #7 [Seville, Bell Tower of the Cathedral (La Giralda), #7], 1860

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, Jack Delano — Jack Delano

Sign on highway between Sykesville, Pennsylvania and Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, 1940

Prairie Wedding, Patricia DuBose Duncan — Patricia DuBose Duncan

Prairie Wedding, 1975

Confessional, Czestochowa, Poland, Elliott Erwitt — Elliott Erwitt

Confessional, Czestochowa, Poland, 1964

North Porch, Wells Cathedral, Frederick Henry Evans — Frederick Henry Evans

North Porch, Wells Cathedral, late 1800s–early 1900s

York Minster: In Sure and Certain Hope, Frederick Henry Evans — Frederick Henry Evans

York Minster: In Sure and Certain Hope, circa 1903

Roadside Church in Tennessee, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Roadside Church in Tennessee, 1937

Negro Church, South Carolina, Walker Evans — Walker Evans

Negro Church, South Carolina, 1936

Topless Wedding in Los Angeles; reception followed, Lee Friedlander — Lee Friedlander

Topless Wedding in Los Angeles; reception followed, 1967

Prophet Royal Robertson's Signs. Baldwin, Louisiana., Earl Iversen — Earl Iversen

Prophet Royal Robertson's Signs. Baldwin, Louisiana., 1994

Rudolph Grotto. Rudolph, Wisconsin., Earl Iversen — Earl Iversen

Rudolph Grotto. Rudolph, Wisconsin., 1994

Hand of the Madonna, Feet of the Child, Clarence Kennedy — Clarence Kennedy

Hand of the Madonna, Feet of the Child, 1933

Portal de Notre Dame de Reims, Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours — Noël Marie Paymal Lerebours

Portal de Notre Dame de Reims, circa 1843

The Head of Blessed Oliver Plunkett, Ireland, Alen MacWeeney — Alen MacWeeney

The Head of Blessed Oliver Plunkett, Ireland, 1965

La Chapelle, Gustave Marissiaux — Gustave Marissiaux

La Chapelle, 1907

Church Near Milford, Nebraska, Wright Morris — Wright Morris

Church Near Milford, Nebraska, 1947

Miraculous Photo, Patrick A. Nagatani — Patrick A. Nagatani

Miraculous Photo, 1994

Apparition in the Hood, Rubén Ortiz Torres — Rubén Ortiz Torres

Apparition in the Hood, 1992

untitled (Ronald Reagan on TV), Bill Owens — Bill Owens

untitled (Ronald Reagan on TV), circa 1973

San Miguel, a church near Mexican border, 1967-69, Papago; services at San Miguel, Marion Palfi — Marion Palfi

San Miguel, a church near Mexican border, 1967-69, Papago; services at San Miguel, 1967–1969

Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), Luis González Palma — Luis González Palma

Corazon I (Winged man with heart) (Heart I), 1989

Wedding, France, Gordon Parks — Gordon Parks

Wedding, France, 1951

Chiesa San Marco dalla Locchetta (Church of San Marco from the Locchetta), Paolo Salviati — Paolo Salviati

Chiesa San Marco dalla Locchetta (Church of San Marco from the Locchetta), circa 1870s

Reverend Ike, Neil Selkirk — Neil Selkirk

Reverend Ike, 1973

Madonna and Child II, Andres Serrano — Andres Serrano

Madonna and Child II, 1989

Strawberry Picker's Child, Ben Shahn — Ben Shahn

Strawberry Picker's Child, 1935

Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio, Ben Shahn — Ben Shahn

Leaving church, Linworth, Ohio, 1938

Graveyard, Art Sinsabaugh — Art Sinsabaugh

Graveyard, circa 1964

Harlem Document 20, Aaron Siskind — Aaron Siskind

Harlem Document 20, 1981

Harlem Document 30, Aaron Siskind — Aaron Siskind

Harlem Document 30, circa 1935

untitled, W. Eugene Smith — W. Eugene Smith

untitled, 1955–1956

untitled (Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick), John Stanton — John Stanton

untitled (Collegiate Church of St Mary, Warwick), 1860

Fox River, Gaspé, Paul Strand; Richard Benson — Paul Strand; Richard Benson

Fox River, Gaspé, 1936

Cristo with Thorns, Huexotla, Paul Strand — Paul Strand

Cristo with Thorns, Huexotla, 1940

Cristo, Thacochoaya, Oaxaca, Paul Strand — Paul Strand

Cristo, Thacochoaya, Oaxaca, 1940

Old Amish Men, George Andrew Tice — George Andrew Tice

Old Amish Men, 1960s

Christmas Eve, George Andrew Tice — George Andrew Tice

Christmas Eve, 1968

Cain House and Methodist Church, George Andrew Tice — George Andrew Tice

Cain House and Methodist Church, 1971

Near Valentine, Nebraska, David Wing — David Wing

Near Valentine, Nebraska, 1971

The Porter's Tree, Geoffrey L. Winningham — Geoffrey L. Winningham

The Porter's Tree, 1972

untitled, Joel Peter Witkin — Joel Peter Witkin

untitled, 1987

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, Marion Post Wolcott — Marion Post Wolcott

Baptism of members of Primitive Baptist Church in Triplett Creek, Rowan County, near Morehead, Kentucky, 1940