This resource includes objects that stand out for their attention to conflict and confrontation, ranging from physical battles to imbalances of power and incarceration. While conflict is most palpable in its physical form, many of these objects beg the viewer to broaden their understanding of what might constitute violence. With violence-- both direct and indirect-- an omnipresent feature of today's world, do these objects offer up new ways of understanding conflict? What "counts" as conflict or confrontation, and why?
David Levinthal The Slave Market photogravure on paper 17 11/16 in x 20 7/8 in (44.93 cm x 53.02 cm) Museum purchase made possible by the Margaret Watson Parker Art Collection Fund
Danny Lyon Carlos Leaving the Football Game gelatin silver print on paper 11 in x 14 in (27.94 cm x 35.56 cm) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Convict Shouting During a Shakedown, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Four Years, Burglary, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Dining Room (Convict Pouring from Pitcher), from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon The Yard, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Watering a Boss, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Two Convicts, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Cell Block (face behind bars, other prisoners behind him), from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80
Danny Lyon Building Shakedown, from "Conversations with the Dead" gelatin silver print on paper 11 x 14 in. ( 27.94 x 35.56 cm ) Gift of Thomas Wilson '79 and Jill Garling '80