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Deborah Kass (born 1952 [1]) is an American artist whose work explores the intersection of pop culture, art history, and the construction of self.Deborah Kass works in mixed media, and is most recognized for her paintings, prints, photography, sculptures and neon lighting installations.
Cafe in the museum Shuttlecock. The museum was built on the grounds of Oak Hall, the home of Kansas City Star publisher William Rockhill Nelson (1841–1915). [2] When he died in 1915, his will provided that upon the deaths of his wife and daughter, the proceeds of his entire estate would go to purchasing artwork for public enjoyment.
This list of museums in Kansas City, Missouri encompasses museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including non-profit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Frommer's cited the Nerman Museum as a significant cultural attraction when they listed Kansas City as one of their top 10 world travel destinations for 2012. [2]In April 2006, Public Art Review magazine named JCCC one of the top 10 university/college campuses for public art in America, citing the outdoor sculpture and the paintings, ceramics, photography and works on paper installed ...
Deborah Rae Nelson was born on January 6, 1955, [2] on a military base in Salina, Kansas, the daughter of Betty (née Hixson; born 1938) and Robert "Bobby" Nelson (1935–2006). [3] [4] [5] She grew up in a "large dysfunctional family". [6] Her father was in the United States Air Force, and her mother worked as a bartender. [7]
Kemper Museum’s 23,200-square-foot concrete, steel, and glass building, constructed from 1992 to 1994 at a cost of $6.6 million, was designed by architect Gunnar Birkerts. [7]
In 1978, Helen Foresman Spencer, another female Kansas City collector, made a substantial gift to fund the construction of a new space, under the directorship of Charles C. Eldredge. The new building was designed by the architect and Class of 1926 alum Robert E. Jenks in the Neoclassical style from Indiana limestone.
Deborah Roberts (born 1962) is an American contemporary artist. Roberts is a mixed media collage artist whose figurative works depict the complexity of Black subjecthood and explores themes of race, identity, and gender politics taking on the subject of otherness as understood against the backdrop of existing societal norms of race and beauty ...