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••••• Arion and David drilled holes throughout the bison. They installed a solar-powered light source, which lights up the bison at night.••••• As Associate Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at North Dakota State University, David Swenson is responsible for teaching 3-dimensional art classes including: ceramics, sculpture, design, and woodworking. His areas of interest include Korean and Asian Ceramics, wood-fired ceramics, functional ceramics, sculpture (including wood carving and metalwork), architecture, furniture design, and woodworking. In 2002, he was selected by Rotary International to participate in a Group Study Exchange to South Korea. There he examined how Koreans utilize different materials in their homes as well as in their artwork. As an artist, David Swenson focuses his ideas on how forms represent different materials and how they occupy space. Recently his work has been shown in several juried, invitational, and touring exhibits, stretching from California to Wisconsin. The North American Bison has served as a commodity and cultural icon throughout history. In terms of a commodity the Bison has been used in numerous ways. Images of the Bison have appeared on currency such as the U.S. Nickel and Quarter. The Bison has been utilized as both a food and clothing resource. Bison is currently sold in grocery stores as an alternative source of lean red meat. As a cultural icon the Bison has a long history in Great Plains. It is represented in myth, dance and rituals. In the myth of the White Buffalo it plays the role of a spiritual guide. It is a part of all our lives and history. We portray the Bison as a spiritual guide that can not be contained. The materials and imagery are used to represent instances and myths surrounding the Bison. The light coming from within the Bison could be interpreted as knowledge, a beacon or presence of a spirit. The contoured bars represent attempted confinement. The bison is elevated to produce the feeling, like in most myths, that it is larger than us.
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