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Art and Activism: 50 Years of Africana Studies at KU

Jessica Gerschultz, curator
Kate Meyer, curator
Angela Watts, curator

January 28, 2021–May 16, 2021

This virtual exhibition is organized in conjunction with “Celebrating 50 Years of Africana Studies: Reckoning the Past, Present, and Diaspora Futures,” the 50th anniversary of African and African-American Studies at the University of Kansas. The exhibition features objects from the Spencer Museum of Art, University Archives at the Kenneth Spencer Research Library, and private collections.

Works of art

Marla A. Jackson (born 1952), Sankofa

Willie Cole (born 1955); Highpoint Center for Printmaking (founded 2001), Calpurnia

Osvaldo Cabrera Del Valle (1926–1975), untitled (Proclamation of the Rights of Indians, Women, and Blacks)

Daniel S. Williams (born 1942), Festival on the Parkway

Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell, The Beginning

Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell, The Hunt

Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell, The Chase

Kara Walker (born 1969); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Steve Campbell, The Plunge

Kara Walker (born 1969); Steve Campbell, The End

Yelimane Fall (born 1945), #11 - That the Creator free me from all that is not of Him, and that the one who has no equal (the Prophet) set me on the straight path.

Pope-Ellis School of Weaving, wall hanging depicting village life

unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, woven food cover

unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, woven food cover

unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, cloth with Queen Elizabeth II

unrecorded Oyo artist, standing figure, identified as Eshu

Renée Stout (born 1958); Zanatta Editions (1996–present); Maurice Sanchez (circa 1900s); Derriere L'Etoile Studios, Recurring Damballah Dream

Lesbia Vent Dumois (born 1932), untitled (Condemnation of Discrimination Against the Aged, Blacks, Indians, and Women)

Alfredo Sosabravo (born 1930), untitled (Condemnation of the Concession of Natural Resources)

Alain Bosquet (1919–1998); Wifredo Lam (1902–1982), untitled

Jellal Ben Abdallah (1921–2017), Orchestre sous-marine (Underwater Orchestra)

Jellal Ben Abdallah (1921–2017), untitled

Jellal Ben Abdallah (1921–2017), untitled sketch ("underwater orchestra")

unrecorded Nupe artist, Esapa Korina (horse covering)

unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, blue and white Kano cloth

unrecorded Ndebele artist, khomitshi (beaded panel)

Aaron Douglas (1899–1979); Opportunity Magazine; Langston Hughes (1902–1967), cover, Opportunity Art Folio

Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), Magenta Colored Girl

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Glenn Ligon (born 1960), untitled suite (1 of 4 prints)

Alexandra Bell (born 1983), Venus Williams

Alexandra Bell (born 1983), Charlottesville

Alexandra Bell (born 1983), A Teenager With Promise, Annotated

Ulrick Jean-Pierre (born 1955), Marie Laveau

unrecorded Akan artist, gold weight

unrecorded Mamluk artist, brass pot

unrecorded Hausa-Fulani artist, women's shirt with Queen Elizabeth II

Black Student Union Homecoming Queen candidates riding in car in football stadium

African American Homecoming Queen Ceremony

Student Holding Dowdell Poster

Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti

Black Student Union 'STRIKE' Graffiti

Black Student Union Protest In Front of Strong Hall

Black Student Union, Harambee, vol. 1, n. 2

Black Student Union, Kansas University Black Prospective

Black Student Union, Afro House Brochure