WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY ALUMNI MAGAZINE
Winter 1999

SHOCK ART

Migration

See now they vanish, The faces and places, with the self which, as it could, loved them... — T.S. Eliot Nobody is ever missing. — John Berryman   1. Crows file in from Kansas fields, hundreds, a column that reaches back and ahead to distances where even the black point that may or may not be the beginning and end disappears. This reminds me of the leaves the starlings replaced in '72, a canopy that hung over our neighborhood as Jack D. and I killed them with our...

Munster Benches

"Münster Benches" painted aluminum Scott Burton, 1939-89 One of the newest acquisitions of the WSU Endowment Associa­tion Art Collection, this pair of benches was purchased from Max Protetch Gallery in New York City. Like many contemporary sculptors, Burton attempted to bridge the gap between fine art and public art, creating objects that are accessible rather than esoteric. Burton's benches are at once aesthetically interesting and utilitarian....

Untitled

"Untitled" Stephen Miner ‘83 Wichita artist Stephen Miner chooses his subject matter directly from the everyday world. "I want to 'still‘ life, freezing a moment in time and elevating the mundane to a higher status," Miner explains. His works — oil paintings, water colors and photography — have been exhibited in Kansas and Oklahoma....