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Wooden truck and horse trailer
made by Mel Eisenbraun of Sturgis.
Swedish Tine,
Greg Hesla
elm bentwood with elm root lacing
loaned by Greg Hesla
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Folk
Arts
September 25, 2007 -
December 2, 2007Tree of
Life: South Dakota Woodworking Traditions
Wood is an amazingly
versatile material—readily available, easily workable with simple
tools, and able to take many forms. From tools to toys, furniture to
fiddles, objects made of wood have been created by the people of the
plains for generations. Lakota flutes and horse dance sticks,
Norwegian carving, Swedish bent-wood boxes, German-Russian willow
baskets, diamond willow canes, miniature farm equipment models and
oak furniture are just some of the wood crafts to be featured in
this exhibit. As trees are rooted in the earth, so are these
traditions rooted in the tribes, ethnic groups, families and
communities of South Dakota. They live on because of the efforts of
the dedicated artists and craftspeople who preserve them in the work
of their hands. “Tree of Life” is a project of the South Dakota Arts
Council, the South Dakota Art Museum, and South Dakotans for the
Arts with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Dates
South Dakota Art Museum,
Brookings: September 25-December 2, 2007
Adams Museum, Deadwood: January 10-February 29, 2008
Dacotah Prairie Museum, Aberdeen: March 21-May 9, 2008
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School of Fishes,
1982
Arman,
Armand P.
Welded steel and vise grip
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 Tools in Motion
August 1, 2007 - October 28, 2007
Tools in Motion
features witty and light-hearted works based on familiar forms—
hammers, saws and wrenches—transformed into works of great
imaginative power using materials including paint, wood, glass,
metal, paper, and stone. The artists in the exhibition range from
emerging to world renowned, including notable figures such as Arman,
Jim Dine, Claes Oldenburg and Jacob Lawrence.
Spanning a wide range of styles and themes, the collection and exhibition honor the dignity of everyday tools, where form and
function are totally linked.
The abundance of bright colors and
vivid textures are enjoyable for visitors of all ages.
The works for
Tools
in Motion were selected
from a collection originally owned by the late hardware-industry
pioneer John Hechinger Sr., whose father started the Hechinger
hardware chain in 1911. Hechinger began collecting contemporary
art related to tools to display around the company’s headquarters to
inspire his employees. Early on, Hechinger discovered that the
collection’s distinct focus strikes a rich and diverse vein in
modern art.
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Fixing Fence, 1944
Harvey Dunn
oil on canvas
Gift of Helen Jensen Kerns
and Raymond Peterson
The South Dakota Art Museum Collection
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Harvey Dunn: Seasons
October 23, 2007 - April 27, 2008
Harvey
Dunn was born on a homestead near Manchester, SD in 1884. He became
known in the art world as an illustrator, war artist and teacher. To
most South Dakotans he is known for his prairie landscapes.
Although Harvey left South Dakota in 1902 to further his art training
and his career as an illustrator, he never forgot the land and the
people of his youth. In his prairie paintings as in his illustrations,
Dunn was able to capture a sense of time and place in his paintings.
Through his use of color, light and shadows he captured the essence and
atmosphere of the seasons.
This exhibit includes Harvey Dunn’s paintings from the South Dakota Art
Museum’s collection that best illustrate the seasonal changes, from the
new growth in spring, the heat of the summer, harvest time in the fall
and the bitter cold of the winter. Dunn had the
ability to capture on canvas the wind, rain, dust and snow storms of the
prairie. He was able to depict the large cumulous clouds on a beautiful
summer’s day in “Prairie is My Garden” as well as the dark ominous
clouds in “Storm Front.” He revealed the effects the land and
weather had on the prairie inhabitants, both man and beast. Most of his
paintings depict the season for planting, the seasons of growth and
maturity and the season of harvesting. Some of his landscapes solely
depict the beauty of the trees and their changing colors in the fall.
Harvey Dunn often visited the land of his birth and where he grew to
manhood during the summer months. In 1950 he brought his paintings
home, exhibited 42 paintings during the Old Settlers’ Day celebrations
in De Smet, SD. After the celebration Dunn generously donated the
majority of these paintings to the South Dakota State College, now South
Dakota State University. Two years later, in the fall of 1952, Harvey
Dunn died at the age of 68.
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Slip-Wear,
2000
Warren Rosser
acrylic on canvas
Gift of Warren Rosser
The South Dakota Art Museum Collection
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South Dakota Art Museum Collection
August 14, 2007 - September 16, 2007
This exhibit features a vast arrangement of paintings
and wooden sculptures from such artists as Alice Berry, James
Eisentrager, Paul Fundingsland, Signe Stuart, John Peters, Warren
Rosser, and Tom Rickers.
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Luxurious Linens
September 18, 2007 - April 27, 2008
The richness and superiority in quality of Marghab
Linens sets them apart from other hand embroidered linens. Equal to the
quality of the fine linens is the sense of luxury they exude. The luxury
of these beautifully hand embroidered linens is evident in the
impression of distinction. Hand embroidered linens were created for the
customer with taste and discrimination. As a result, the Marghab owner
was able to take part in something exclusive and superior. The high
standards established by Marghab along with the relentless adherence to
their ideals set the company apart from others in the embroidery
business.
Marghab Linens were made on the Island of Madeira from 1933-1980. Emile
Marghab (Syria) and Vera Way Marghab (Watertown, SD) founded the
company. Each linen was meticulously hand embroidered by skilled
artisans on the finest fabrics from Ireland and Switzerland. The designs
were created by both Emile and Vera and are considered to have been the
finest designs created in Madeiran embroidery.
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 Bryan Holland, catalyst
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Bryan Holland
April 24, 2007 - August 12, 2007
Reception: Friday, April 27, 2007
Time: 4:30 pm - 7:00 pm
Gallery Talk: 5:30 pm
Bryan Holland is currently working as a full-time artist. From 2001
to 2006, Bryan was an assistant professor of art at the University of
Sioux Falls, where he taught a variety of studio and graphic design art
courses. He has a graduate degree in painting from the University of
South Dakota and a B.A. in Art
from the University of Sioux Falls / Augustana College. Prior to that, he worked as a graphic artist for
about ten years, having received a two-year technical college degree in
Minnesota.
Solo exhibits have included Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls, SD;
Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City, IA; and the Dahl Fine Arts Center
in Rapid City, SD. Juried or group shows include Blanden Memorial Art
Museum in Fort Dodge, IA; Emporia State University in Emporia, KS; and
the Joslyn Art Museum in Omaha, NE. Holland also has a work in an
Exhibits USA traveling exhibit, By any means: Works from the National
Drawing Invitationals, and has had his work published in the
national magazine New American Paintings (Western States division, issue
#18 - October 1998).
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