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Gallery Exhibit: David Strom
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- March-April, 2012
David Strom | Windom | Painting/pen & ink
David Strom will exhibit pen and ink works at the SMAHC gallery from March 8 through April 30, 2012.
Strom has been working steadily as an artist for 45 years, displaying his artwork through both solo and group exhibits around the state and nationally since 1977. Recently he received a grant from the SW MN Arts & Humanities Council to produce and present a new body of work that continues his favorite visual art theme of objects in our Southwestern Minnesota landscape: groups of grain bins, wind turbines & power lines, round bales and contour farming.
Structures with the common shape of a triangle over a rectangle are the source of Strom’s current work. He explains, “On the steppes of Central Asia the nomadic herdsmen live in them. They call them yurts. In Zambia, Africa, they have thatched roofs. In the Caribbean Islands they are on the beach to protect from the sun. In New York City, Chicago, and Minneapolis they are made of wood and are on tops of buildings for water storage. In Southwest Minnesota they are made of galvanized steel and are used to store grain. Nearly every
Strom has been working steadily as an artist for 45 years, displaying his artwork through both solo and group exhibits around the state and nationally since 1977. Recently he received a grant from the SW MN Arts & Humanities Council to produce and present a new body of work that continues his favorite visual art theme of objects in our Southwestern Minnesota landscape: groups of grain bins, wind turbines & power lines, round bales and contour farming.
Structures with the common shape of a triangle over a rectangle are the source of Strom’s current work. He explains, “On the steppes of Central Asia the nomadic herdsmen live in them. They call them yurts. In Zambia, Africa, they have thatched roofs. In the Caribbean Islands they are on the beach to protect from the sun. In New York City, Chicago, and Minneapolis they are made of wood and are on tops of buildings for water storage. In Southwest Minnesota they are made of galvanized steel and are used to store grain. Nearly every
farm place has a grouping of grain bins and I see them constantly in many different sizes and arrangements.” Strom hopes his work will help people become “aware of this universal shape that sits humbly in our landscape just as it does in other parts of the world.”
Much of Strom’s work is also similar in form, with a border of rectangles surrounding a central image. “This allows me to play with shapes and colors many times within a piece. The idea of a series of film stills, or comic book frames, or windows on a computer screen is what I have in mind.”
Strom describes his artistic vision as “a quest, an interesting journey, a meandering path to explore and discover. I like to look around me and read literature and poetry for an insight into this life that is within and surrounds me. Art is a calling in which the work leads me on an adventure."
The public is invited to visit the SMAHC art gallery and talk with the artist at a reception from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM on March 8, 2012. Regular Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
Much of Strom’s work is also similar in form, with a border of rectangles surrounding a central image. “This allows me to play with shapes and colors many times within a piece. The idea of a series of film stills, or comic book frames, or windows on a computer screen is what I have in mind.”
Strom describes his artistic vision as “a quest, an interesting journey, a meandering path to explore and discover. I like to look around me and read literature and poetry for an insight into this life that is within and surrounds me. Art is a calling in which the work leads me on an adventure."
The public is invited to visit the SMAHC art gallery and talk with the artist at a reception from 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM on March 8, 2012. Regular Gallery hours are Monday - Friday, 8:00 am to 12:00 pm and 1:00 - 4:30 pm.
