Spring Break
Inside the life, home of South American mural artist
By: Elisa Bermudez
Issue date: 10/22/04 Section: Entertainment
Originally published: 10/22/04 at 3:01 AM EST
Last update: 10/22/04 at 3:03 AM EST
Originally published: 10/22/04 at 3:01 AM EST
Last update: 10/22/04 at 3:03 AM EST
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The bedrooms are located in the second floor and are decorated in a light and soft blue tones combined with wooden and metal-made furniture.
The kitchen, living room and dining room are located in the third floor. The colors picked for the third floor were solid, strong, bright colors going from yellow to red. To spice up the warmth of this place, Hyder also has wooden furniture on the second floor, adding tropical plants (even small palms) in the ceramic, tile-decorated balcony and Mexican warrior masks on the kitchen wall.
Later, Bermúdez suggested to go to his house, which is right next door, to wait for Hyder. Bermúdez' place happens to be connected to Hyder Gallery through a backyard, which has a small Greco-Roman, greenish pool, filled with fish and surrounded by tropical plants.
We were going downstairs to meet José Alí Paz, another Latin American artist who at the time had an exhibition in a Puerto Rican Center located on 2nd Street and Girard Avenue.
Hyder Galley also has a basement which they use as a depository.
Once we were settled at Bermúdez', drinks and food provided, we went on talking about their experiences in Philadelphia as painters and immigrants and about Hyder International Gallery as a place to shelter foreign artistic talent.
Often we went off on tangents about comical anecdotes regarding art, trips, languages and people they had met.
Finally, we took a look at the attic, the last part I missed from the tour. The attic was transformed into the dream of any artist: a studio! A place amazingly full with sunlight and fresh air and big enough to walk around freely. Hyder said his focus is in Latin American art because that is where his experience and interests relies on.
Hyder also talked about a possible exchange program for art students in the Philadelphia area. They could travel to Latin American countries and learn about a the local art; likewise Hyder will like to have Latin American artist presenting their work in the United States at Hyder International Gallery.
I doubt Hyder will show a stranger his house from the gallery all the way up to the attic like Bermúdez did with me.
But going to the gallery, take a look at the paintings, chat with Frank (if possible), and then maybe having dinner in one of the small restaurants across the street will make it a very nice evening in the growing artistic ghetto spreading from Market Street towards North Philly.
The kitchen, living room and dining room are located in the third floor. The colors picked for the third floor were solid, strong, bright colors going from yellow to red. To spice up the warmth of this place, Hyder also has wooden furniture on the second floor, adding tropical plants (even small palms) in the ceramic, tile-decorated balcony and Mexican warrior masks on the kitchen wall.
Later, Bermúdez suggested to go to his house, which is right next door, to wait for Hyder. Bermúdez' place happens to be connected to Hyder Gallery through a backyard, which has a small Greco-Roman, greenish pool, filled with fish and surrounded by tropical plants.
We were going downstairs to meet José Alí Paz, another Latin American artist who at the time had an exhibition in a Puerto Rican Center located on 2nd Street and Girard Avenue.
Hyder Galley also has a basement which they use as a depository.
Once we were settled at Bermúdez', drinks and food provided, we went on talking about their experiences in Philadelphia as painters and immigrants and about Hyder International Gallery as a place to shelter foreign artistic talent.
Often we went off on tangents about comical anecdotes regarding art, trips, languages and people they had met.
Finally, we took a look at the attic, the last part I missed from the tour. The attic was transformed into the dream of any artist: a studio! A place amazingly full with sunlight and fresh air and big enough to walk around freely. Hyder said his focus is in Latin American art because that is where his experience and interests relies on.
Hyder also talked about a possible exchange program for art students in the Philadelphia area. They could travel to Latin American countries and learn about a the local art; likewise Hyder will like to have Latin American artist presenting their work in the United States at Hyder International Gallery.
I doubt Hyder will show a stranger his house from the gallery all the way up to the attic like Bermúdez did with me.
But going to the gallery, take a look at the paintings, chat with Frank (if possible), and then maybe having dinner in one of the small restaurants across the street will make it a very nice evening in the growing artistic ghetto spreading from Market Street towards North Philly.
