 For Immediate Release: 8/9/2023
Ladies, Bros & Clothes by Klaire Lockheart Opening Reception on September 1 WHAT: Ladies, Bros & Clothes by Klaire Lockheart EXHIBIT DATES: 09.01.23 – 12.02.23 ARTISTS’ RECEPTION: September 1 | 5-7pm WHERE: Ruth Brennan Gallery | Dahl Arts Center WHY: Bringing ART + PEOPLE together RAPID CITY, SD – The Rapid City Arts Council (RCAC) is pleased to announce that we will host Ladies, Bros & Clothes by artist and teacher Klaire Lockheart. The show will be in the Ruth Brennan Gallery of the Dahl Arts Center from September 1 through December 2, 2023. There will be an opening reception in the gallery on September 1 from 5-7 pm. Klaire will give an artist’s talk at 6 pm. This reception coincides with the RCAC’s final First Friday Art Walk taking place in downtown Rapid City. This show combines three of Klaire’s significant bodies of work, Brodalisques, Domestic Sarcasm, and Feminine Attempts. Brodalisques is a series of detailed oil on canvas figure paintings of passive masculine forms lounging in mysterious and unknowable environments, purposefully invoking a historical and academic style of art in order to challenge the traditional patriarchal values of Western civilization. These brodalisques represent men as realistically as idealized nude female bodies in classic artwork represent actual women. Feminine Attempts is a series of life-size oil on canvas paintings that explore the unnatural expectations of femininity. The women are painted wearing a combination of modest clothing while wearing provocative footwear. They wear aprons to highlight the absurdity of requiring women to be always tidy. Domestic Sarcasm is a series of dresses and aprons that challenge the history of feminine expectations. Klaire screen prints onto the fabric with historic images that reinforce sexist tropes. The combination of these three series takes a look at how women are viewed in the world, specifically the art world. Klaire is based out of Vermillion, SD. She earned her MFA from the University of South Dakota in 2016 and is Miss Art World South Dakota. Klaire currently teaches at Morningside University in Sioux City, IA, and has an extensive exhibition history throughout the Midwest. This will be Klaire’s first exhibition at the Dahl Arts Center. For More Information: Denise Du Broy Rapid City Arts Council 605.394.4101 x2 denise@thedahl.org The mission of the Rapid City Arts Council (RCAC) is to champion inclusive, innovative, and inspiring arts opportunities to enrich the communities we serve. RCAC manages the civically owned Dahl Arts Center and receives support from individual members and donors, the Black Hills Area Community Foundation, South Dakota Community Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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The Rapid City Arts Council staff and Board of Directors thanks the City of Rapid City for continuously supporting our mission and the arts. The generosity of our many volunteers, donors, and members drives our mission to champion inclusive, innovative and inspiring arts opportunities to enrich the communities we serve. Additional support comes from the South Dakota Community Foundation, Black Hills Community Foundation, and the South Dakota Arts Council with funds from the State of South Dakota through the Department of Tourism and the National Endowment for the Arts. Special thanks to our events sponsor, Bierschbach Equipment. The Dahl Arts Center is a municipal facility of the City of Rapid City and is managed by the Rapid City Arts Council on behalf of the Rapid City community.