Kansas River - Eudora Bridge, Lisa Grossman

Exhibition Label:
“Holding Pattern: New Works at the Spencer Museum,” Sep-2014, Susan Earle and Cassandra Mesick
In 2004, Lawrence-based printmaker Lisa Grossman took a series of aerial digital photographs and videos as she flew along the Kaw River from Kansas City to Junction City, following the sun as it set on the western horizon. Even on their own, these visual documents would have the ability to alter our perception of a local landmark by providing a unique perspective of the winding river from the sky. This series of prints, however, provides viewers an even more transformative way to experience the Kaw. After creating woodblocks from photographs and video stills taken during her flight, Grossman used an innovative printmaking process to create ghostly negative images of the Kaw as it languidly meanders through the landscape. The portions of the river shown here chart its course in Lecompton, Topeka, Eudora, and Linwood.