Peter Dahlke: Dream Spaces

Location: Saint John's On The Lake, 1840 N. Prospect Ave., Milwaukee, WI 53202.

MOWA collaborates with Milwaukee’s premiere lakefront retirement community Saint John’s On The Lake to further awareness of Wisconsin art and artists. The gallery features four exhibits each year and takes part in Milwaukee’s Gallery Night and Day. 

Inspired by the assemblages of Surrealist artists Joseph Cornell and Marcel Duchamp, Peter Dahlke works within the confines of constructed boxes made from pieces of old pipe organ wood. He carefully fills each box with an assortment of antiques, toys, tools, and visually-engaging objects that spark the imagination. Dream Spaces is the artist’s first major retrospective comprised of two dozen works. Dalke—an 80-year-old retired Milwaukee Public School teacher—has long been involved in the arts scene of Milwaukee and this exhibition punctuates his sophisticated fascination of dream spaces.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.