Hot as Hell

July 15, 2025–September 7, 2025

Jack & Lavon Brosseau Center for Learning

Horses and people navigate a field in front of an immense fire

John Steuart Curry, Prairie Fire, 1940

A red devil with horns and a goatee sings into a microphone

The Brosseau Learning Center features new installations monthly that relate to teaching and research across KU. As a fun change up for the summer, Hot as Hell presents a group of black, white, and red works from our collection depicting fire, devilry, and all things hot within the comfort of an air-conditioned gallery.

A red devil with horns and a goatee sings into a microphone
A red devil with horns and a goatee sings into a microphone
Tony Fitzpatrick , Landfall Press , Tony Fitzpatrick , Landfall Press
Little Hot Diablo
1992
Stereogram image of skeletons and demons in a hellish scene
Stereogram image of skeletons and demons in a hellish scene
Louis Alfred Habert , Adolphe Block , Louis Alfred Habert , Adolphe Block
La Torture en Enfer (Torture in Hell)
1873
Black-and-white photo of a motorcyclist riding through flames as a crowd watches
Black-and-white photo of a motorcyclist riding through flames as a crowd watches
Dr. Harold Eugene Edgerton
Motorcyclist Riding Through Flames
mid-late 1900s
Watercolor in deep purples and reds depicting a forest fire
Watercolor in deep purples and reds depicting a forest fire
Donald Holden
Forest Fire VII
1992