Hills Snyder: Constructions and Drawings
Tyler Museum of Art
Tyler, Texas
August 3 – September 8, 1985
Snyder creates a sense of a common past, of ancient lore, though it is combined with bits of contemporary
life and culture. He incorporates parts of the figure and other subject matter and, on occasion, actual
objects. There are symbols: letters of the alphabet, a cross, a gate and a road. Also present is a kind
of personal, non-specific imagery. A playfulness and humor in many of the forms is offset by obvious
violence in most of the pieces. We are reminded of champions with tragic flaws or martyrs suffering
and dying unjustly. The overall sensation for the viewer is that of empathy with a familiar, haunting
presence which has the potential to enchant or to disturb.
--- Terence Keane, Curator
Gate, 1985
68 X 86 X 9 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood, felt, clay
The World In Minotaur, 1985
16 X 7 X 5 inches
pencil and metal leaf on paper and felt, thread, foamcore
Skater, 1985
12 X 15 X 5 inches
Plexiglas, pencil on wood, lead miniature
Agent Zero, 1985
30 X 22 inches
pencil on paper
Crossed King, 1984
27 X 23 X 7 inches
pencil on wood
Picaro, 1984
21 X 17 X 8 inches
pencil on wood
Mr. In-Between, 1984 *
30 X 22 inches
pencil and metal leaf on paper
One Foot In The Cradle, 1984
26 X 19 inches
pencil on paper
In A Dark Box, 1984
16 X 11 inches
pencil and metal leaf on paper
Sending In Replacements, 1984
86 X 46 X 32 inches
mixed medoa on wood and clay,
hammers, axe handle, lead miniatures
In A Dark Box, 1984
49 X 23 X 29 inches
mixed media on wood
Flying Dutchman, 1983
44 X 22 x 22 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood, paper and clay
pencil on paper, sticks
The Toss of Easy To Forget, 1983
36 X 22 X 21 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood, paper and clay
pencil on paper
The Gate of Internal Disappearance, 1983
46 X 19 X 22 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood, paper and clay
pencil on paper
Gate, 1983
18 X 24 inches
pencil on paper
Projectile Point: The Toss of The Zyme, 1983
15 X 15 X 4 inches
pencil on wood
Crossed King, 1983
15 X 15 X 5 inches
pencil on paper and felt, thread, foamcore
Hero Full of Wounds, 1982
56 X 48 X 8 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood and felt
How Gravity Stole Wings From Mountain, 1982
49 X 37 X 5 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood and felt
Jungle Fighter, 1982
14 X 15 X 5 inches
pencil and on paper and felt, thread, foamcore
The Chance We Took, 1982
56 X 12 X 12 inches
pencil on wood, axe handle, hubcap, concrete
Ladder Under Shadow of War, 1982
34 X 19 X 41 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood, paper and clay
pencil on paper
Ghost of Thief Rising, 1981
51 X 22 X 7 (suspended from ceiling)
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood
Achilles’ Theory of Shadows Cast On Solids, 1981
12 X 7 X 5 inches
pencil on wood
Night Drive, 1981
15 X 12 X 6 inches
Plexiglas, pencil on wood, felt
Constellation Why, 1980
18 X 16 X 4 inches
pencil on wood, felt
Thief, 1977
46 X 19 X 5 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood and felt
King, 1975
52 X 25 X 5 inches
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood and felt
Antechamber: Torn Free’s Box of Chaos, 1973
65 X 42 X 5
Plexiglas, mixed media on wood and felt
* Accentuate the Positive
(Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen)
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
You've got to spread joy up to the maximum
Bring gloom down to the minimum
Have faith or pandemonium’s
Liable to walk upon the scene
To illustrate my last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
Well what did they do
Just when everything looked so dark
Man, they said you got to
Accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
To illustrate your last remark
Jonah in the whale, Noah in the ark
Well what did they do
When everything looked so dark
What did they do
You've got to accentuate the positive
Eliminate the negative
Latch on to the affirmative
Don't mess with Mister In-Between
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
No, do not mess with Mister In-Between
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