Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now

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Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now
Conversation XIX: Phases: Multinational Works, 1900 to Now
Susan Earle, curator
Gallery 405, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

In this exhibition, the Conversation alcoves showcase 37 examples of the Spencer’s collection of 20th- and 21st-century painting and sculpture. The works in Conversation XIX: Phases take the viewer through a century of artistic innovation and adaptation to a swiftly-changing world. Included in the group from the first half of the 20th century are a rare reverse-glass painting by Gabrielle Münter made circa 1910, a Cubist oil painting by Jeanne Rij-Rousseau, and Norman Rockwell’s original Facts of Life illustration, created for the cover of the Saturday Evening Post in 1951. The alcove with more recent works features Chris Pappan’s politically-charged painting Displaced Peoples 2, Richard Mawdsley’s sumptuous sterling silver Alpha-Omega: Water Tower #5, three paintings from the Vogel Collection, and Kay WalkingStick’s Winter Flight.

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