| Primordial Images of a Modern Mystic Contributor(s): Barker, Clive (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0977169650 ISBN-13: 9780977169658 Publisher: Grand Central Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: January 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General - Art | Individual Artists - General |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.4" W x 10.9" (1.10 lbs) 92 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The catalog represents the first solo exhibition by self-taught Southern California-based artist Myron Conan Dyal. Primordial Images of a Modern Mystic features paintings, drawings, and sculptures from Dyal's vast oeuvre spanning nearly three decades. His imagery is overwhelmingly dark and haunting and obviously created with obsession and compulsion: he uses papier-mache to create his sculpture, in large part, because its immediacy accommodates his urgency to see his objects in three-dimensional form. His usually figurative or organic forms are derived from visions he experienced during epileptic seizures and self-induced trances he encountered on his spiritual journey to come to grips with his lifelong struggle with the epilepsy and its stigma. A classically trained musician and telecommunications executive, Dyal kept his prolific production of art secret for many years -- only showing it to family and a few close friends until recently. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barker, Clive: - Clive Barker is an English author, film director, video game designer, and visual artist, best known for his work in both fantasy and horror fiction. Barker came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, which established him as a leading young horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works, and his fiction has been adapted into motion pictures, notably the Hellraiser and Candyman series. |