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George Longfish, A Retrospective
April 21, 2009 - August 30, 2009

George Longfish is best known for his large, vivid paintings of Native history incorporating stenciled text to address contemporary Native American issues. His most recent paintings deal with issues like the 'ownership' of cultural information and the importance of passing this information on to future generations.

In 2004, Longfish's work was featured in a solo exhibition at the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian.

Born in a small town in Ontario, Canada, George Longfish was raised on the Cattaraugus (Seneca) Reservation outside Buffalo, N.Y. At the age of 14, Longfish moved to Chicago where he soon found the Chicago Art Institute and legendary earthworks sculptor Robert Smithson. Longfish spent the next 30 years as professor of Historical and Contemporary Native Arts and as director of the C.N. Gorman Museum at the University of California-Davis. Currently, he resides in Maine.

http://www-dateline.ucdavis.edu/101102/dl_breaktime.html

South Dakota Art Museum Collection: Works on Paper
April 14, 2009 - September 20, 2009

Various multi-dimensional pieces from the South Dakota Art Museum collections.

Original illustrations from the award winning author and illustrator Paul Goble's children's book by the same title are on display in the lower level gallery.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Goble

Marghab Linens were made on the island of Madeira from 1933 - 1980.  The designs featured in this exhibit were created by both Emile and Vera Way Marghab and are considered to have been the finest designs created in Madeiran embroidery.

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Strato Bowl - Autumn

South Dakota Artist Series:  James Van Nuys
April 14, 2009 - August 9, 2009

James Van Nuys has spent most of his life in Rapid City, where he has a gallery of his work. He has been the art columnist for the Rapid City Journal since 1999 and is the art director for Black Hills FACES magazine.

"I've been exploring various aspects of realism, both in sculpture and in painting, ever since I was a kid. I studied art in college, am primarily self-taught, do a lot of reading about artists I admire throughout the history of art and apply their ideas and techniques to my own work." James is not concerned about maintaining a consistent style and never limits himself in terms of media. His work ranges from photo-realism through various impressionist approaches to Turneresque near-abstraction. He works in oil, watercolor, acrylic, gouache, pastel, numerous drawing and print-making media, and bronze and uses the subject matters covering the most of the traditional areas. "I'm best known for my large oil landscapes, typically emphasizing cloud-filled skies, and usually painted with a palette knife."

http://www.jamesvannuys.com/

13th Trophy of the Holocaust
Denton Lafferty, Oglala Lakota
 

Contemporary Native American Art from the Heritage Center of the Red Cloud Indian School
March 6, 2009 - March 14, 2010

Although the Heritage Center's collection consists of work from throughout North America, this exhibit features work by Native American artists from the upper Midwest region of the United States. The exhibit will feature two and three dimensional traditional and non-traditional pieces.

The Return

Harvey Dunn:  Select Works
February 24, 2009 - August 23, 2009

Selected works of Harvey Dunn from the South Dakota Art Museum's collection.