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Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art acknowledges it resides on the ancestral territory of the Osage, Kaw, and Otoe-Missouria, among other tribal nations forcibly moved to the region such as the Shawnee, Wyandot, Delaware, Potawatomi, Sac and Fox and Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) nations. We recognize and support the continued vibrancy of Native communities and cultures today who continue to thrive, as well as the inherent sovereignty of tribal nations. We are compelled to serve and advocate for these communities in accordance with our public mission.

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Matter and Force presents select works from the Kemper Museum Permanent Collection that allow viewers to ponder the physical elements—dirt, clay, wood, paint—that artists use to harmonize material substance with creative vision. Throughout the exhibition viewers are encouraged to consider the artist’s choice of materials and the methods used to combine and arrange these elements into a unique work of art that visually references the natural world.

Russell Crotty
 Summer Triangle Over Chumash Wilderness, 2003
 ink and watercolor paper on lucite
 36 x 36 inches
 Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Museum purchase, Enid and Crosby Kemper and William T. Kemper Acquisition Fund, 2003.8
 © Russell Crotty, Photo: Dan Wayne

Neil Welliver 
 Lower Ducktrap, 1978
 oil on canvas
 96 x 96 inches
 Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection, Gift of the R. C. Kemper Charitable Trust, 2009.31
 © Neil Welliver, courtesy of Alexandre Gallery, New York. Photo: Jen Cady

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John Balistreri
 Reminiscentia, 1994
 wood fired ceramic
 dimensions variable
 Gift of Drs. Antonio and Luz Racela, 2015.4 
 © John Balistreri