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Stephanie Munoz-O'Neil
"Library in Blue" (2004)
Modeling paste, acrylic, colored pencil, crayon
TSCPL Permanent Collection; 2005.22
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
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Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
Bao game. Kenya. Gift of Gary K Clarke. Headrest. Kenya. Wood and hose clamp. The addition of the steel clamp allows the owner to carry it on their hip. On loan from Laura Dalrymple and Jim Harris. Leather sandals. Liberia, Loma. Sandals are custom made for the wearer. Gift of Diana Hawks.
The dragon is a symbol of male vigor, fertility, ultimate abundance, prosperity and good fortune. It is the symbol of the Emperor. The dragon, as a divine mystical creature, is the symbol of the natural world, adaptability and transformation.
A phoenix is the symbol of virtue, duty, correct behavior, humanity, reliability, strength, resilience, good fortune and luck. The phoenix is considered to be the most important of the winged animals, a symbol of yin in the yin-yang energy.
1. Snuff bottle
ca. 20th century
Porcelain, coral, turquoise, wood
97.40.229
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
Lauren Faulkenberry
The Heart Wants What it Wants, 2010
Paper, woodcuts, letterpress, fabric
Edition of 70; Firebrand Press, Tuscaloosa, AL
TSCPL Permanent Collection
Based on the mythology of the Greek furies, this trilogy explores themes of heartache, longing, and obsession, and
describes how it feels to be set aflame by another.
The artist uses both text and image to tell this story. Would text alone express the complexity of these emotions?
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Lacquered chest and stand
ca. 20th century
Lacquer, wood, paint
97.40.499
The decorative arts is traditionally a term for the design and manufacture of functional objects.
Concerned mainly with design and decoration, examples most commonly associated with the decorative arts include ceramics, glassware, basketry, jewelry, metalware, furniture, textiles, clothing and other such goods.
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Frances Watson
How We Lost the Mermaid’s Song, 2006
Paper, linocut
Edition of 10; Cloverleaf Studio, San Diego, CA
TSCPL Permanent CollectionCaroline Garcia Ziegler
Goldy Locks and the Three Ws: The First of Six Mixed-Up Fairy Tales, 2010
Paper, letterpress, linocuts, crayon
Edition of 33
TSCPL Permanent Collection
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Decorative skirt. Northern Frontier District, Kenya. Borana tribe. Leather, beads. This may have been decorative rather than a worn garment, and may have been used for trade. Gift of Gary K. Clarke.
Mojari, origin unknown (possibly India or Pakistan)
Leather, 20th c.
Gift of Annie B. Sweet
Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library Permanent Collection, S-13
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Warren MacKenzie (TEACHER)
Lidded jar
Stoneware
Gift of John and Helen Petterson, 2010.28.33
Randy Johnston (STUDENT)
Jar, 1998
Stoneware
Anonymous gift, 2003.2.22
MacKenzie is one of America’s greatest living potters and has inspired
generations of ceramic artists with his “everyday pots”, simple functional
vessels that are casual yet dignified. Over the last half a century of teaching, MacKenzie has had many students including Randy Johnston,
Michael Simon and Mark Pharis.
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
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Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
Ken Price
Los Angeles CA
Ming (1998)
Painted ceramic
Cast by Gemini GEL, LLC and purchased with a partial gift from the Jan Weiner Gallery of Kansas City MO
2008.30
The shape is fairly simple, as is the color and texture. Then there’s this hole—a black hole—that seems to go on forever, and makes me doubt my understanding of the structure itself. I want to put my finger in it to see if it’s real. It is.
–Sherry Best
Avis Chitwood | Topeka, KS
Untitled (pitcher) (1913)
Hand-painted porcelain
Gift of Janice Gartrell in memory of Avis Chitwood
2009.014.018
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
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Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
In 2015, the Walker celebrates the 75th anniversary of its founding as a public art center dedicated to presenting and collecting the art of our times. Curated by the Walker’s executive director Olga Viso and guest curator Joan Rothfuss, the exhibition looks at 75 years of collecting at the Walker—a history distinguished not only by bold and often risk-taking choices but also acquisitions that have consistently breached the boundaries of media or disciplines.
Art at the Center: 75 Years of Walker Collections is on view from October 16, 2014 to September 11, 2016 in Galleries 4, 5, 6.
Curators: Olga Viso and Joan Rothfuss, with Andrew Blauvelt, Jill Vuchetich, and Mia Lopez
Leonard Baskin (artist)
Robert Francis (poet)
The Pumpkin Man (1986)
Woodcut, letterpress
Gift of William P. Bishop in memory of Lillian Green Bishop
2009.34
When I was little, I had an elderly relative who had this kind of intensity of feeling in his face. I was a little afraid of him, but he turned out to be a very kind person. He had earned his face. He raised and canned his own vegetables, and had a great sense of humor. He lived to be 102, and was driving until the last year of his life. He’d go visit the 80-year-olds at the nursing homes.
–Sherry Best
Shou is the Chinese character symbolizing longevity or immortality. There are over 100 various ways to represent this symbol. The shou character is often depicted with other symbols of longevity, like the bat and crane. When the two are given as a wedding gift, they symbolize a wish for many years of married life.
2. Peach-shaped lacquered box
ca. 20th century
Lacquer, papier-mâché, red and gold paint
97.40.156
In terms of the decorative arts, lacquerware refers to variety of
techniques used to decorate wood, metal or other surfaces.
108/150: David Overmyer, Ad Astra Per Aspera, c 1953, oil on paper. A sketch for a mural project that was never completed, showing Topeka’s downtown with historic and fantastic elements.
Derek Larson (Lawrence, KS)
Vase
Stoneware, anagama wood-fired
TC 26 Friends of the Library Purchase Award, 2004.5
85/150: Wiley William Watson, Swat the Spy, c 1916, ink, Gift of Kaw Valley Antiques. In May of 1917, the US Espionage Act limited “speech that might invite military insubordination or obstruct conscription.” This is also a reference to Dr. Crumbine’s “Swat the Fly” campaign. 81.35.19
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Assorted rings. Ghana and Liberia, Loma. Copper, wood, coconut shell, steel, lead, straw, plastic, elephant hair, elephant toenail, silver. Gifts of Diana Hawks and Dr. Cotter and Jeanne Hirschberg.
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Linda K. Johnson
They Said, 2007
Letterpress, fabric, thread
Edition of 8
TSCPL Permanent Collection
They Said: their age at diagnosis.
They Said: they are cancer free.
They Said: remember my mother, sister, wife, friend and daughter.
"'I've worked to bring African American artists to the point where if their work goes to auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie's that they can command the same price for their work as other people of equal talent,' Jones said. 'That has been my goal and philosophy. In a nut shell, that's how I got going and it continues to drive my efforts.'" (from the The University of Alabama News press kit)
Dr. Amalia Amaki and Dr. Carol Zippert in foreground.
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
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Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
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64/150: Marshall’s Band scrapbook Mr. Marshall, an Englishman by birth, was one of the non-German members of the Topeka Turn Verein. The 1884 political campaign wanted a band for Kansas delegation to the Republican National Convention, and Marshall’s Band played. Marshall’s Band played regularly at Turner Hall, the German health, athletic and social club. The Turn Verein was a team of athletes and gymnasts, who also participated in community projects and philanthropy. Turner Hall served “…ice cream and soft drinks called for by the children and ladies, there were light wines and beer, but no hard drinks. To the membership of the Verein it was inconceivable that the ban on alcoholic drinks placed in the Kansas State Constitution in 1881 could be aimed at them.” Turner Hall eventually came under violent attack by followers of Carrie Nation. In 1903 Turner Hall flooded. It burned in 1911. (The Melting Pot, p. 94-95)
62/150: Marshall Band horn
Smithsonian Institution NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY at 8th and F Street, NW, Washington DC on Sunday afternoon, 9 February 2014 by Elvert Barnes Photography
THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE Permanent Exhibition
Paul Peck Gallery
Visit NPG / THE STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE website at www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/struggle/index.html
Elvert Barnes FEBRUARY 2014 BLACK HISTORY MONTH Project
Yoshiro Ikeda (Manhattan, KS)
"Passion" (late 20th c.)
Ceramic
Topeka Competition 26, Friends of the Library Purchase Award (2004.2)
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Rebecca Wright
Topeka KS
untitled (c. 1965)
Watercolor, ink on paper
Gift of Barbara Waterman-Peters and Larry Peters
2005.46.2
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Enkawera (wedding necklace), Kenya, Maasai. Made for a bride by her mother. Leather, beads, cowrie shells, aluminum. Gifts of Gary K. Clarke.
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Lacquered chest and stand
ca. 20th century
Lacquer, wood, paint
97.40.499
The decorative arts is traditionally a term for the design and manufacture of functional objects.
Concerned mainly with design and decoration, examples most commonly associated with the decorative arts include ceramics, glassware, basketry, jewelry, metalware, furniture, textiles, clothing and other such goods.