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Conversation V: Alternate Realities

Jessica Lea Johnson, curator

20/21 Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Is a photograph real? What about a Realist painting? Would you categorize an online virtual world as reality? What about the learning or the human interactions which take place within that world?

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Works of art

Francis Bernard Shields (1908–1990), Cold Inferno — Cold Inferno

Francis Bernard Shields

circa 1939

C. Ronald Bechtle (1924–2014), Dreams of the Poet — Dreams of the Poet

C. Ronald Bechtle

1965

Orval Hixon (1884–1982), Cleveland Bronner — Cleveland Bronner

Orval Hixon

1920

Albert Y. Wong (born 1947), untitled — untitled

Albert Y. Wong

1974

Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922), Nellie Martin and Friend — Nellie Martin and Friend

Joseph Judd Pennell

1905

Elliott Erwitt (1928–2023), Beach Group, Sylt, West Germany — Beach Group, Sylt, West Germany

Elliott Erwitt

1968

Duane Michals (born 1932), Rene Magritte — Rene Magritte

Duane Michals

1966

Constantine Manos (born 1934), "Everything we hear we have heard before…." — "Everything we hear we have heard before…."

Constantine Manos

1965

Alex Ebel (1923–2013), N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket — N.Y. to Frisco: Minutes by Rocket

Alex Ebel

circa 1953

Suzanne Klotz (born 1944), Carol — Carol

Suzanne Klotz

1980

Jon Blumb (born 1956); Joseph Judd Pennell (1866–1922), Madame Sperber Group — Madame Sperber Group

Jon Blumb, Joseph Judd Pennell

1906

Arthur S. Siegel (1913–1978), Right of Assembly — Right of Assembly

Arthur S. Siegel

1939

O. Winston Link (1911–2001), Hot Shot East Bound, Norfolk and Western Railway — Hot Shot East Bound, Norfolk and Western Railway

O. Winston Link

1956

William Harper (born 1944), Grotesque Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Mute Oracle — Grotesque Self-Portrait of the Artist as a Mute Oracle

William Harper

1990

unrecorded Hopi artist, Aya (rattle runner katsina) — Aya (rattle runner katsina)

unrecorded Hopi artist

mid-late 1900s

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (1940–2025); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus, Ghost Dance Dress — Ghost Dance Dress

Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Landfall Press, Jack Lemon, Steve Campbell, Sarah Pavlus

2001

Kay WalkingStick (born 1935); Landfall Press (active 1970–2004); Jack Lemon (circa 1935); Steve Campbell; Sarah Pavlus; Marion Karl, Night Magic — Night Magic

Kay WalkingStick, Landfall Press, Jack Lemon, Steve Campbell, Sarah Pavlus, Marion Karl

2001

James Casebere (born 1953), Nevisian Underground #2 — Nevisian Underground #2

James Casebere

2001

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

Nikki S. Lee

2001

Janice Atkins (1947–2019), Self-portrait in a T.V. Set #1 — Self-portrait in a T.V. Set #1

Janice Atkins

circa 1983

Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon — Portrait of the Artist by Francis Bacon

Richard Hamilton

1970–1971

Loretta Lux (born 1969), Martha — Martha

Loretta Lux

2004

Sarah Anne Johnson (born 1976), The Raft — The Raft

Sarah Anne Johnson

2003–2004

Lori Nix (born 1969), Circleville — Circleville

Lori Nix

2000

Lori Nix (born 1969), Train Derailment — Train Derailment

Lori Nix

1998

wayang golek (rod puppet) — wayang golek (rod puppet)

late 1800s–1979

unrecorded Hopi artist, nangasohu (chasing star katsina) — nangasohu (chasing star katsina)

unrecorded Hopi artist

late 1800s–1981

unrecorded Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) or Salish artist, mask — mask

unrecorded Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka) or Salish artist

late 1800s–1926

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