The Scarab Club in Detroit is honored to present the work of sculptor Lois Teicher in an upcoming exhibition, “Lois Teicher: Woman of Steel.” The exhibition, which opens on Friday, October 18 and closes Saturday, November 16, 2019, juxtaposes early and recent work in a retrospective look at one of Detroit’s most prolific and groundbreaking artists. Teicher has lived and worked in Detroit her entire life. She is well known for her large-scale steel sculptures, including Curved Form with Rectangle and Space (2000), installed in Hudson Art Park near the Scarab Club. Other large-scale sculpture commissions include Bonnet (1999), permanently installed in the Michigan Legacy Art Park,  Bag (2011) in Kansas City, Missouri, and Paper Airplane Series in Bishop Airport, Flint. In addition, her work is represented in numerous private and public collections. The exhibition will include some rarely-seen early work, as well exploring the new directions her work has taken in recent years. 

In 2008,Teicher was awarded the Michigan Artist Lifetime Achievement Award from The Governor’s Awards for Arts & Culture, produced by ArtServe Michigan. “I experience inspiration as a larger creative force coming through me, from a felt sense of universal energy,” she notes.  “As an artist, I believe I was meant to express this energy in visual form, hoping that the viewer would notice, reflect upon, become aware of, and share the experience.” 

MaryAnn Wilkinson, Executive Director of the Scarab Club remarks, “We at the Scarab Club are thrilled and excited to be hosting this exhibition. Lois Teicher is unique among Detroit-area artists in her exacting, yet sensitive approach to form, space, and color.” Teicher will sign one of the Scarab Club’s historic beams, an expression of Detroit’s artistic legacy. 

The exhibition is accompanied by a book, The Sculpture of Lois Teicher (Treasure Press, $50) that will be available at the Scarab Club.

The Scarab Club is located at 217 Farnsworth St. (at the corner of John R St.) Detroit. www.scarabclub.org