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His work was initially to be featured in the gallery in 2020 but, due to restrictions during the COVID pandemic, the showcase didn’t happen. In fact, the entire gallery was closed until October 2023, when the gallery re-opened.
“An exhibit of this nature is like nothing we’ve ever done,” Allison Maluchnik, Executive Director of the Nicolaysen Art Museum, “and in addition it is very special for us to bring this exhibit to Casper alongside one of our most cherished community partners.”
“An exhibit of this nature is like nothing we’ve ever done,” Allison Maluchnik, Executive Director of the Nicolaysen Art Museum, “and in addition it is very special for us to bring this exhibit to Casper alongside one of our most cherished community partners.”
Clearly influenced by apartheid, Claassen creates pictures of enforced separation and barriers – pictures that invite the viewer into conversation. “I wouldn’t describe myself as an activist,” he says. “I’m a bit introverted. I find if I make art that brings up those kinds of issues, then that’s an opportunity to talk about them.”
Walls retain a memory of what has gone before, as anyone who has remodeled will know. In the case of artist Garth Claassen, the unfinished dry board walls of his