The University of Kansas
Spencer Museum of Art
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Museum Highlights
An online activity for visitors
4th Floor
Elizabeth Murray
United States, 1940-2007
Chaotic Lip
oil on canvas
298.5 x 219.7 x 30.5 cm
- Do you think this is a painting or a sculpture? Why?
- Murray used bright, aggressive colors to convey the mood. What sort of mood is created?
- Until now, the images you have seen have been recognizable subject matter (Buddha, Madonna and Child, portrait, woman, and animal). How is this work different?
- Questions to consider when viewing this object at the Spencer Museum of Art:
- How does the placement of the work in the gallery answer the question of whether it is a painting or sculpture?
- Look closely at this work. What do you notice first about the way it was made?
