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Brosseau Center for Learning: Decolonizing the Museum

November 22, 2022–December 11, 2022

Gallery 318, The Jack and Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

This installation was guest-curated by students in Jeanne Vaccaro's MUSE 780 Decolonizing the Museum.

Works of art

The Barefooted Child, Mary Cassatt — Mary Cassatt

The Barefooted Child, circa 1896–1897

Martin Luther King Funeral, Hiro — Hiro

Martin Luther King Funeral, 1968

untitled, from the Serra Pelada Mine, Sebastião Salgado — Sebastião Salgado

untitled, from the Serra Pelada Mine, 1986

Pocahontas Gets a New Passport, Enrique Chagoya; Michael Krueger; KU Fine Art Department — Enrique Chagoya; Michael Krueger; KU Fine Art Department

Pocahontas Gets a New Passport, 2000

untitled (Louise), Pierre Daura — Pierre Daura

untitled (Louise), circa 1930

Spansexuality, Eric Avery — Eric Avery

Spansexuality, 1997

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now, Melissa Bob — Melissa Bob

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being - Then and Now, 2004

1808-1806 to 2004 (via GW Bush) (From Sea to Polluted Sea), Jeneese Hilton — Jeneese Hilton

1808-1806 to 2004 (via GW Bush) (From Sea to Polluted Sea), 2004

Jefferson’s Saints Surveying the Real Estate, Jason Elliot Clark — Jason Elliot Clark

Jefferson’s Saints Surveying the Real Estate, 2004

cuff bracelet — cuff bracelet, late 1800s–mid 1900s

pair of miniature mukluks (boots), unrecorded Native Alaskan artist — unrecorded Native Alaskan artist

pair of miniature mukluks (boots), late 1800s–1948

baleen basket with lid, Hubert Koonuk (1911–1994) — Hubert Koonuk (1911–1994)

baleen basket with lid, circa 1972

Navajo creation story, Herbert Ben Sr. (born 1950/1951) — Herbert Ben Sr. (born 1950/1951)

Navajo creation story, 1974

Ting Du 廷独, Qiu Anxiong (born 1972) — Qiu Anxiong (born 1972)

Ting Du 廷独, 2008

Les personalités qui ont marqué l’histoire de la RDC (The Personalities who have Shaped the History of the DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo]), Jean-Paul Mika (born 1980) — Jean-Paul Mika (born 1980)

Les personalités qui ont marqué l’histoire de la RDC (The Personalities who have Shaped the History of the DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo]), 2010

Daughter/Daughter, Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (born 1964) — Annu Palakunnathu Matthew (born 1964)

Daughter/Daughter, 2008–2009

Kali, Calcutta Art Studio (founded 1878) — Calcutta Art Studio (founded 1878)

Kali, circa 1890

Sun Mad, Ester Hernandez (born 1944) — Ester Hernandez (born 1944)

Sun Mad, 1981

Sacred Ground, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

Sacred Ground, 2011

The Underground Railroad, Josh MacPhee — Josh MacPhee

The Underground Railroad, 2012

Apocalypto, Diego Romero — Diego Romero

Apocalypto, 2011

Image not available — Kara Walker

Freedom, a Fable: A Curious Interpretation of the Wit of a Negress in Troubled Times, 1997