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Dialogue with the Director – Stop Look Listen Stop // Look // Listen

An installation by Janet Davidson-Hues & Maria Velasco

Salome by Paul Manship

Stop:

The Spencer Museum of Art has MP3 players available with the audio pieces for this exhibition. Due to the limited number, we encourage patrons to download and sync to their personal players if possible.

Look:

Paul Manship
United States, 1885-1966
Salome, circa 1915
bronze, marble
18 1/4 x 12 x 10 1/4 in
(46.4 x 30.5 x 26 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. R. Crosby Kemper through Enid Crosby Foundation, 1990.0025

Listen:

  • Salome
    Voices and interviews:
    Maria Velasco, KU Department of Art; Philippe Barriere, KU School of Architecture; Mohamed El-Hodiri, KU Department of Economics; Robert Hickerson, Spencer Museum of Art
    Text:
    Excerpts from Salome, by Oscar Wilde; Woman and Puppet, by Pierre Louys; Herodiade, by Stephane Mallarme; Herodias, by Gustave Flaubert; Ode to Salomy, by Mohamed El-Hodiri
    Music:
    Janet Davidson-Hues