Frank Hyder Exhibits at Projects Gallery

Fine Arts and Basics Professor Frank Hyder exhibits "Odyssey" from October 4 to October 27 at Projects Gallery in Philadelphia.

"Hyder's Odyssey takes us on a journey through his use of the woodblock and gives a glimpse into his experimental three-dimensional forms. The work, as a whole, is strongly connected to the Taoist philosophy of man's place in nature and the role of energy in nature's composition. The rhythmic images of his painted wooden carvings present a poetic reference to Hyder's time spent living in the jungles of South America and experiencing space without a horizon .Known for his color and mixed media reconstructed images, this body of work is pared down to an elegant, minimal simplicity. Borrowing construction strategies from indigenous cultures, the artist assembles simple structures. Exhibiting these core architectural works together with the carved blocks creates a poetic balance between flat and round, finished and raw. Hyder steps into new terrain here neither as solely painter, printmaker or sculptor. Odyssey is truly a spiritual and intellectual quest that the artist has undertaken through his use of the block, the print and now the elemental form."

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