South Dakota Arts Council
Pierre, SD
The SDAC is a state government grantmaking agency supported by the State of South Dakota, through the Dept. of Tourism, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Message
“The design is engraved into and drawn on copper sheets salvaged from the dome of the South Dakota State Capitol Building after a storm. The viewer might well sense a variety of natural and man-made landforms, compass directions, maps, or other ideas both physical and metaphysical as they arise from each viewer’s unique psyche.”
- Bill Fleming
- Lay of the Land, 2018
- Hand-engraved copper from the State Capitol Dome on wood panels
- Framed: 12 x 12 in (30.48 x 30.48 cm)
Bill Fleming is a lifelong South Dakota artist and designer with family roots going back to the Black Hills gold rush. He studied art and art history under John Day at Yankton College and Mt. Marty in Yankton, SD, graduating with a degree in fine art. Bill began his professional career in the graphic arts in Washington, D.C., and his gallery experience to date has been limited to a piece (one of his early books) accepted into the inaugural S.D. Governor’s Biennial Art Exhibition. Bill’s work is usually intricate and geometry-based.
- Current Location: State Capitol Building - South Dakota State Treasurer's Office - 500 E Capitol Ave PIERRE, SD 57501 (google map)
- Collections: Art For State Buildings
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