‘Tangled Up in Time’ highlights Dyas’ 4 decades of art-making
From Aug. 27 through Oct. 6, 2024, the Peter Paul Luce Gallery will present a retrospective of Sandra Louise Dyas’ artwork. This exhibition of visual art, “Tangled Up in Time,” includes photographs, collages, and video work that Dyas produced over the last four decades of her career as an artist and educator.
Throughout her career, Dyas’ work has centered around the idea of home and the passage of time. She uses photography to examine how people develop connections in a particular place and how that place shapes them over time.
“My obsession has always been with the mysterious nature of time, the impermanence of life, its beauty, and its sadness. Photographs contain both time and memories inside of them,” Dyas said.
Dyas, who retired this year after teaching for 25 years at Cornell College, will be present with her work during two public receptions. The long-time art instructor will welcome visitors on Friday, Aug. 30, during a reception that runs from 4–6 p.m. The second reception will coincide with Cornell College’s Homecoming 2024 Weekend, on Saturday, Oct. 5, in the Luce Gallery from 3–5 p.m.
During her time at Cornell College, Dyas taught photography, drawing, and intermedia and mentored many students at every stage of their academic careers.
Little Village Magazine published a review of the retrospective, Sandy Dyas’ career retrospective at Cornell makes the mundane aspects of Midwest life lovingly strange. Reviewer Andrea Truitt summed up the show with this: “The sensation of being in Dyas’ world alone in the middle of an afternoon means that she is close and all around: it all points to the love and deep engagement she has with the world around her. In viewing a lifetime of emotion and thought, take care as Dyas does with all of her subjects. Look slowly, intentionally. Take your time.”
For additional information, contact Brooks Cashbaugh at bcashbaugh@cornellcollege.edu or visit Dyas’ website. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Monday–Friday 9 a.m.–4 p.m. and Sunday 2–4 p.m.
