March 29, 2007 :: No. 156
| What: |
Primordial Images of a Modern Mystic: The Art of Myron Conan Dyal |
| Where: |
Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center
125 North Broadway, Santa Ana, CA |
| When: |
April 7 through May 20, 2007
Opening Reception: 7-10 p.m. Saturday, April 7, 2007 |
| Hours: |
Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours Friday and Saturday, until 9 p.m. |
| Background: |
The Cal State Fullerton Grand Central Art Center presents the first public exhibition by self-taught Southern California-based artist Myron Conan Dyal. Primordial Images of a Modern Mystic features 18 paintings, 12 drawings and 20 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-mâché 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 a few close friends until recently.
In conjunction with the exhibition, the CSUF Grand Central Art Center will host a fundraiser for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater Los Angeles. The gala event, marking the foundation’s 50th anniversary, will take place at the art center Saturday, May 12. The event’s honorary patron, world-renowned pianist, Janet Colburn — winner of numerous awards, including the Van Cliburn Piano Award and a Presser Foundation Grant — will perform a recital at the event. |
| Admission: |
FREE |
| Websites: |
http://www.grandcentralartcenter.com
http://www.arts.fullerton.edu |
| General Info: |
Grand Central Art galleries at 714-567-7233 |
| Media Contacts: |
Andrea Harris, Grand Central Art Center at (714) 567-7233
Marilyn Moore, Cal State Fullerton Art Gallery at 657-278-7750
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434
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