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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The Old Statesman by Dwayne Wilcox Image: “The arts help to grapple with life’s challenges and celebrations, and for me, a way to reconnect with my community when I was away from home. This top hat is a reflection of a man held in high esteem. The antique paper highlights the state’s relation to the piece. The dragonfly design in copper is for Lakota culture ‘to see the truth though the illusion.’ The state seal is on the back of the hat near the feathers, and the copper is in the shape of the rising sun.”
“The arts help to grapple with life’s challenges and celebrations, and for me, a way to reconnect with my community when I was away from home. This top hat is a reflection of a man held in high esteem. The antique paper highlights the state’s relation to the piece. The dragonfly design in copper is for Lakota culture ‘to see the truth though the illusion.’ The state seal is on the back of the hat near the feathers, and the copper is in the shape of the rising sun.”
The Old Statesman by Dwayne Wilcox
The Old Statesman by Dwayne Wilcox
  • Dwayne Wilcox
  • The Old Statesman, 2018
  • Copper from the State Capitol Dome, antique paper mache, pencil, mahogany, newsprint
  • Framed: 11 x 12 in (27.94 x 30.48 cm)
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Dwayne Wilcox is an influential ledger artist and lifelong producer of art. He was born and raised near Kadoka, SD, in the Pine Ridge Reservation where he is an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota. Dwayne served four years in the armed forces and became a full-time
artist in 1987. His “stories in art” are nationally exhibited, including the Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian. Among his awards, he is a recipient of the South Dakota Governor’s Award in the Arts for Distinction in Creative Achievement; the Joan Mitchell Foundation Fellowship; and a Bush Foundation Artist Fellowship.

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