South Dakota Arts Council

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.

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Recollection - Sunrise Buttes - H.C. by Mark Zimmerman Image: “This piece is an abstraction of no particular place. H. C. refers to Harding County, what I call the last best corner. True art doesn’t replicate reality; rather — by a dramatized way of seeing — it affords us access to a reality of its own, one presents a new way of seeing our own realities. Art explores possible understandings of humanity and our world. It is the archetypal savannah-landscape of the high plains and our current relationships to it that interest me. Even in works quite tied to one time and/or place, the particular is always but a launch point.”
“This piece is an abstraction of no particular place. H. C. refers to Harding County, what I call the last best corner. True art doesn’t replicate reality; rather — by a dramatized way of seeing — it affords us access to a reality of its own, one presents a new way of seeing our own realities. Art explores possible understandings of humanity and our world. It is the archetypal savannah-landscape of the high plains and our current relationships to it that interest me. Even in works quite tied to one time and/or place, the particular is always but a launch point.”
  • Mark Zimmerman
  • Recollection - Sunrise Buttes - H.C., 2007
  • Acrylic paint on canvas
  • Framed: 20.25 x 26 in (51.44 x 66.04 cm)
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Mark Zimmerman grew up in Fargo, ND, and after high school earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts in printmaking from Minnesota State University-Moorhead and then two graduate degrees in painting and printmaking from Illinois State University. Mark has been a professional artist since 1984 and a South Dakota Arts Council endorsed artist in residence since 1998; and he has also held executive roles in arts administration. Mark’s work is represented across the Black Hills, exhibited in solo and group shows, and in private collections. Mark and his wife, artist Mary Wipf, own Green Ink Gallery and Studios near the small community of Nemo, SD.

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