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Teaching Gallery: Then & Now: Women Artists at the Spencer Museum of Art

Susan Earle, curator

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This short-term exhibition in the Raymond White Teaching Gallery highlights works made by women that were acquired by the Spencer Museum of Art around the time of the founding of the KU women’s studies program in February 1972, in dialogue with more recent acquisitions of works by women.

Exhibition images

Works of art

Bodil Manz (born 1943), Oval Form — Oval Form

Bodil Manz

2001

Imogen Cunningham (1883–1976), Fagoel Ventilators — Fagoel Ventilators

Imogen Cunningham

1934

Ruth Harris Bohan (1891–1981), Circus Ladies — Circus Ladies

Ruth Harris Bohan

circa 1930

Diane Arbus (1923–1971), Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C. — Exasperated boy with a toy hand grenade, N.Y.C.

Diane Arbus

1962

Marion Palfi (1907–1978), Georgia, 1949, Bean picker — Georgia, 1949, Bean picker

Marion Palfi

1949

Louise Nevelson (1899–1988), Young Tree XXII — Young Tree XXII

Louise Nevelson

1971

Pat Steir (born 1938); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004), Line — Line

Pat Steir, Landfall Press

1976

Dan Wynn (1919–1995), “Body and Soul: Gloria Steinem and her partner, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, demonstrate the style that has thrilled audiences on the Women’s Liberation lecture circuit.” — “Body and Soul: Gloria Steinem and her partner, Dorothy Pitman Hughes, demonstrate the style that has thrilled audiences on the Women’s Liberation lecture circuit.”

Dan Wynn

1971

Beverly Grable (circa 1952–circa 1982), Schlitz — Schlitz

Beverly Grable

circa 1974

Diane Arbus (1923–1971); Neil Selkirk (born 1947), Feminist group — Feminist group

Diane Arbus, Neil Selkirk

1969

Barbara Kasten (born 1936), untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting) — untitled (blue abstract - crinkled netting)

Barbara Kasten

1974

Laurie Anderson (born 1947), untitled — untitled

Laurie Anderson

circa 1980

Guerrilla Girls (active 1985–present), Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do. — Women in America earn only 2/3 of what men do. Women artists earn only 1/3 of what men artists do.

Guerrilla Girls

1985

Christy Rupp (born 1949), Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC) — Rat Poster (Part of Rat Patrol campaign, NYC)

Christy Rupp

1979

Jane Asbury (born 1943), ABRAXES — ABRAXES

Jane Asbury

1973–1974

Beatrice Wood (1893–1998), chalice — chalice

Beatrice Wood

1982

Grace Hartigan (1922–2008), Salute: The Canal to the Sky — Salute: The Canal to the Sky

Grace Hartigan

1961

Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), Untitled: Silueta Series — Untitled: Silueta Series

Ana Mendieta

1978

Alison Saar (born 1956), Ulysses — Ulysses

Alison Saar

1994

Martha Rosler (born 1943), Makeup / Hands Up — Makeup / Hands Up

Martha Rosler

1969–1972

Colette Stuebe Bangert (born 1934), Pink Spring Garlanded Row — Pink Spring Garlanded Row

Colette Stuebe Bangert

1966

Catherine Opie (born 1961), Dyke Deck — Dyke Deck

Catherine Opie

1996

Jenny Holzer (born 1950), Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise — Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise

Jenny Holzer

1983

Sue Coe (born 1951); Mandy Coe, Porkopolis — Porkopolis

Sue Coe, Mandy Coe

date unknown

Joyce J. Scott (born 1948), Caffeine — Caffeine

Joyce J. Scott

1994–1999

Adrian Piper (born 1948), Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black..." — Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am Black..."

Adrian Piper

circa 2001

Elaine Reichek (born 1943), Sampler (Blade Runner) — Sampler (Blade Runner)

Elaine Reichek

2001

Nikki S. Lee (born 1970), The Hip Hop Project (2) — The Hip Hop Project (2)

Nikki S. Lee

2001

Miriam Schapiro (1923–2015), Phoenix — Phoenix

Miriam Schapiro

1974

Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger (1903–1992), untitled — untitled

Gertraud Brausewetter Reinberger

date unknown

Jenny Schmid (born 1969), Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer — Rita Jo Catskills, Lady Boxer

Jenny Schmid

2000

Vija Celmins (born 1938), Ocean Surface — Ocean Surface

Vija Celmins

2006

Lawrence Lithography Workshop (active 2001–present); Peregrine Honig (born 1976), Mother Hood — Mother Hood

Lawrence Lithography Workshop, Peregrine Honig

2005

Edith Stephane, mother and children — mother and children

Edith Stephane

circa 1970

Betty Hahn (born 1940), Road and Rainbow — Road and Rainbow

Betty Hahn

1971

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie (born 1954), Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists — Carrie and Mary Dann (Western Shoshone) Indigenous land rights activists

Hulleah J. Tsinhnahjinnie

1996

Adrian Piper (born 1948), Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up..." — Calling card, "Dear Friend, I am not here to pick anyone up..."

Adrian Piper

circa 2001

Events

February 1, 2012

Social

February Sisters Speak Out: 40 Years after the Occupation

4:30–6:00PM

Gallery 317 Central Court

February 4, 2012

Talk

February Sisters Speak Out: 40 Years after the Occupation

7:00–9:00PM

309 Auditorium, Gallery 317 Central Court

Resources

Documents

Exhibition Pamphlet