Fresh Cut: Flowers from the Permanent Collection

Inspired by the plein air flower paintings of Lois Dodd, whose retrospective at the Kemper Museum will be on view from May 18–August 26, 2012, this exhibition brings together works from the permanent collection that convey varied approaches to this long-standing art tradition.

Above: Robert Mapplethorpe, Irises, 1988; gelatin siver print, 23 in. x 19 in.; Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, 1996.1