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Making a mark can be an expression of an artist’s signature style, the literal result of the artist’s gesture interacting with the surface of a work, or more simply the manipulation of material. Make Your Mark features ten works from the Kemper Museum Permanent Collection that emphasize the individual tropes and gestures employed by a selection of artists in making their signature mark. This exhibition celebrates the distinctive marks that define the identifiable styles of these individual artists.

Linda Francis (American, b. 1943)
 The Square and the Tortoise, 2001
 oil on wood panel
 72 x 72 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Gift of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York: Hassam, Speicher, Betts and Symons funds, 2006, 2007.1
 © Linda Francis.

Brendan Cass (American, b. 1973)
 Capri, 2009
 acrylic on canvas
 78 x 132 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection
 Museum purchase made possible by a gift from the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, 2012.3
 © Brendan Cass, courtesy of the artist and McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas. Photo: courtesy of the artist and McClain Gallery

Liz Whitney Quisgard (American, b. 1929)
 Ribbons, 1986
 acrylic on canvas
 48 x 72 inches
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri
 Anonymous gift, 2013.24
 © Liz Whitney Quisgard.

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Friedel Dzubas (American, 1915–1994)
 Augenblick, 1986
 acrylic on seventeen canvases
 107 1/8 x 250 3/4 (overall)
 Collection of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, Missouri, Bebe and Crosby Kemper Collection
 Gift of the William T. Kemper Charitable Trust, UMB Bank, n.a., Trustee, 1995.27
 © Estate of Friedel Dzubas. Photo: Dan Wayne