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PO E T O F A T H R EA T EN ED ED EN

Poet of a Threatened Eden is the first comprehensive survey of works by American multi-disciplinary artist, Frank Hyder, in 25 years. Best known for his use of cinematic devices to transport the viewer to a time of harmony between humanity and nature, Hyder’s works act as reliquaries which facilitate emotional bonds to the world around us - a world that is often forgotten, ignored and abused.

Red Forming Wood, Canvas, Acrylic, and Plexiglass on Panel 80 x 70 inches

A retrospective of works created from 1986 through 2019 will feature 88 of Hyder’s hand-carved, scored, engraved and painted works on wood, and other media, ranging in scale from monumental to intimate. These masterworks depict a ceremonial reverence among the ancients for nature; they function as altar pieces in organic cathedrals composed of the earth’s great temperate and rain forests, its rivers and mountains – from the Americas to Europe and Africa.

Frank Hyder’s four-decade-long mandate to reawaken a recognition of the sacred relationship between nature and all forms of life has yielded a rich repository of works that allow the viewer face-to-face interaction with primeval earth, and our ancestors. His work is noted for its enigmatic light source, achieved through a dense layering of media conveying the rich materiality – the sensuality - of the natural world, and our connection to it.

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eafman, 1999 Plexi Overlaid

80 x 48 inches

Concurrent Ceremonies, 2008 Acrylic on Handmade Paper 62 x 80 inches

December warm Morning, awake Birds chattering, Aromatic air Decay, birth sun, constant breezes carry the news senses aware strange yet deeply familiar Awake? Alive? all that was before seems so useless

The Reward, 2007 Mixed Media On Carved Wood 80 x 72 inches

Intersections, 2007 Mixed Media On Carved Wood 72 X 80 In.

“ We destroyed the world we had been given For inspiration, for life— Each stone of jealousy, each stone Of fear, greed, envy, and hatred, put out the light.

No one was without a stone in his or her hand.

There we were, Right back where we had started.

We were bumping into each other In the dark.”

– Joy Harjo

Head to Toe, 1986 Acrylic on Carved Wood 48 x 96 inches

Untitled, 1998-99 Untitled, 1998-99 Acrylic on Carved Wood 80 x 48 inches

Acrylic on Carved Wood 72 x 48 inches

Leafman, 1999 Collage with Plexi Overlaid 80 x 48 inches

Forest Insight, 1991 Acrylic on Carved Wood 48 x 108 in

“And now we had no place to live, since we didn’t know How to live with each other.

Then one of the stumbling ones took pity on another And shared a blanket.

A spark of kindness made a light.

The light made an opening in the darkness.

Everyone worked together to make a ladder.”

– Joy Harjo

Shaman Series 1, 2019 Mixed Media On Carved Wood Under Plexiglass 18 x 18 in.

Shaman Series 6, 2019

Untitled, 1990-97

Mixed Media on Carved

Plexi Overlaid Paper

Wood Under Plexiglass

18 x 18 inches

18 x 18 inches

Untitled, 1993

Shaman Series 5, 2019

Plexiglas Overlaid Paper

Mixed Media on Carved

18 x 18 inches

Under Plexiglass 18 x 18 inches

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Shaman Series 1, 2019 Mixed Media On Carved Wood Under Plexiglass 18 x 18 in.

Untitled, 1997 Plexiglas Overlaid Paper 18 x 18 inches

Untitled, 1999 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 2000 Acrylic on Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 2000 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 2000 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Jade breaks Even gold cracks The eagle loses it feathers Nothing lasts forever in this world We are here only an instant And then we are lost

Shaman 1, 1993 Acrylic On Carved Wood Under Plexiglass 24 x 24 inches

The Divide, 2002 Acrylic on Carved Wood 53 x 82 inches

Pleurant Green, 2001 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Pleurant Blue, 2001 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Pleurant Red, 2003 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Pleurant Yellow, 2003 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Small Pleurant 7, 1989 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1989-90 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Prophet, 1989 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1989 Acrylic On Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1989 Acrylic on Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1990 Acrylic On Carved Wood 48 x 48 inches

America Series 7

Warrior, 2001

Acrylic on Paper

Acrylic on Paper

82 x 60 Inches

82 x 60 inches

Warrior I Acrylic on Paper 82 x 60 inches

America Series 1 Acrylic on Paper 82 x 60 Inches

America Series 9, 2001 Acrylic on Handmade Paper 82 x 60 inches

Struggle, 1992 Acrylic On Carved Wood 48 x 94 1/2 inches

Untitled, 1993

Acrylic On Carved Wood 18 x 18 inches.

Shaman Series 4, 2019

Mixed Media on Carved Wood Under Plexiglass 18 x 18 inches

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Untitled, 1992 Plexi Overlaid Paper 18 x 18 inches

Untitled, 1992 Plexi Overlaid Paper 18 x 18 inches

The Call, 1999 | Acrylic o

on Wood | 48 x 36 Inches

Fresh Air, 1999

Big Brother, 1999

Acrylic on Wood

Acrylic on Wood

80 x 48 inches

72 x 48 inches

Coming Up For Air, 1999 Acrylic on Carved Wood 80 x 48 inches

Untitled, 1993 Acrylic on Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1993 Acrylic on Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1990-97 Acrylic On Carved Wood Under Plexiglass 24 x 24 inches

Untitled, 1990-97 Acrylic On Carved Wood Under Plexiglas 24 x 24 inches

It has always been here.

I have always wished it to be other.

As I accustom myself, it changes ever so often.

It does all that I need according to plan.

It is to many all that I am.

Yet, I still wish it be other.

Oh, to have another other than this to show to all what I wish, to hide behind and cover that which has always been here.

I have always wished to be other The Arrival (Closed) Acrylic on wood 72 x 72 inches

The Arrival (Open) Acrylic on wood 72 x 144 inches

He seemed ordinary at first, no different than others, curious and playful by nature, mysterious in purpose.

After a while, he gave it to me, a stone so much a stone that it seemed nothing at all.

I wonder. He smiles.

I guess. He smilles still.

A stone that sings.

Smiling, he shakes, loosing a sound.

Ah, to be a man with a child for a head.

The Sea Search (Closed) Acrylic on Carved Wood 96 x 96 inches

The Sea Search (Open) Acrylic on Carved Wood 96 x 192 inches

The first moments are uncertain. only the present is visible.

Only the desire to be .

The force is palpable, irresistible and savage.

Light and form are one.

Peace , far far far away.

Inaccessible, a dream.

Known only to others.

Are we the message, its carriers, a temporary vessel?

How are we to know?

We are not known to ourselves.

The New World Box (Closed) Acrylic on Wood 96 x 96 inches

The New World Box (Open) Acrylic on Wood 96 x 192 inches

Messenger, 1991 Acrylic and Pastel on Carved Wood 24 X 24 inches

Untitled, 1992-93 Acrylic On Carved Wood 24 x 24 inches

Dreams and Memories, 1988 Acrylic on Wood 84 x 96 inches

Spirit Bird, 1990 Acrylic on Carved Wood 52 x 43 inches

Genesis, 1990 Acrylic On Carved Wood 48 x 60 inches

The recurrent persistent Dream Returns repeatedly Without warning. It Enters the unconscious Mind as we sleep, Stubborn in its Insistence, enigmatic In its meaning, Persuasively seductive And Universal in its Elements.

Dreams and Memories, 1988 Acrylic on Wood 84 x 96 inches

The Promise, 1987 Acrylic on Carved Wood 48 x 48 inches

Embryo, 1988

Acrylic on Carved Wood 60 x 48 inches

The Sentinel, 1988 Acrylic on Carved Wood 72 x 96 inches

Watchers, 1987 Acrylic on Carved Wood 72 x 96 inches

Like a magnet it calls.

A siren it taunts. it shines.

We go in wonder.

We churn in its embrace.

We are refreshed and beguiled.

It tilts and shifts.

It bows and roars.

It frightens us.

It ignores us.

We long for it.

Does it long for us?

Does it wait for our arrival?

The Source, 1988 Acrylic on Carved Wood 72 x 96 inches

The river runs and runs never ceases. the wind blows and blows, never stops.

Life comes; but when it goes, it never returns

Lights, 1993-4 Acrylic On Carved Wood 72 X 96 inches

“Once the world was perfect, and we were happy in that world.

Then we took it for granted.

Discontent began a small rumble in the earthly mind.

Then Doubt pushed through with its spiked head.

And once Doubt ruptured the web, All manner of demon thoughts Jumped through— ” – Joy Harjo

Untitled, 2004 Acrylic On Carved Wood 96 x 96 inches

Untitled, 2013 Acrylic On Carved Wood 48 x 36 inches

Frontier in Black & White III Acrylic on Carved Sintra 36 x 36 inches

Frontier in Black & White II Acrylic on Carved Sintra 36 x 36 inches

Frontier in Black & White IV Acrylic on Carved Sintra 36 x 36 inches

Frontier in Black & White I Acrylic on Carved Sintra 36 x 36 inches

We are lost in the midst of others We dare not show ourseleves We walk and talk We taste and touch We need and want We are lost in the midst of others We laugh and cry We live and die We sleep and dream We are lost in the midst of others So we make ourselves We conform our steps We ignore our dreams We are lost in the midst of others We run and hide We are afradid But dare not say We are lost in the midst of others

The Frontier, 2013 Mixed Media On Mylar 84 x 240 inches

Leafman Series Triptych, 2013 Acrylic On Mylar 39 x 156 inches

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