Summer Vacation Redux #7: Kansas City: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art

My final stop in Kansas City during my recent cross-country road trip to see the Total Eclipse of the sun was the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art.  The museum is not large; however, the galleries are expansive.  I saw works from their collection, as well as two special exhibitions.  The first was called "Magnetic Fields: Expanding American Abstraction, 1960's to Today" and featured the work of 21 women of color--including DC's favorite color field artist Alma Thomas, (1891 - 1978).  The other show was considerably smaller, but no less interesting "Women to Watch|METALS" featured the work of five contemporary artists.  The one I found most intriguing was Cheryl Eve Acosta who created some very otherworldly piece of ornamentation (Jewelry seems too small a word to contain her vision.)  All in all the Kemper is a lovely little museum.

From the regular collection:

 "Crying Giant" 2002, Tom Otterness (American) 1952 -

 "Spider" 1996, Louise Bourgeouis (French) 1911 - 2010

 "Nabis" 1998, Red Grooms (American) 1937 -

 "Les Femmes du Maroc: La Grande Odalisque" 2008, Laila Essaydi (Moroccan) 1956 -

 "Study for Sunday Shoes" 1994, Stephen Scott Young (American) 1957 -

 "Still Life with Open Book" 1990, Janet Fish (American) 1938 -

 From the exhibition "Magnetic Fields"

 "Magnetic Fields" 1991, Mildred Thompson (American) 1936 - 2003

 Right: I failed to copy down the appellation

Left: "Sea Grass" 1998, Evangeline "E.J." Montgomery (American) 1930 -

 "Illumination #1" 1984, Nanette Carter (American) 1954 -

 "Consume #2" 1969, Betty Blayton (American) 1937 - 2016

 Three works by Cheryl Eve Acosta from the exhibition "Women to Watch|METALS".