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Frequency & Distortion

15
May 2025
Thursday
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July 2025
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Chris Chandler’s Frequency & Distortion opens at Haley Gallery on Thursday, May 15.

The exhibit explores the simplicity of breaking the alphabet down into its most basic elements and allowing the assembly of these shapes into seemingly endless combinations.

Inspired by graphic design pioneers like master typographer Jan Tschichold, Bauhaus, Constructivist El Lissitzky, and the Expressionist painter and printmaker Erich Heckel, Chandler’s current studio practice is based on the construction and deconstruction of modular type. By using the Vandercook 232P letterpress machine, Alpha-Blox & Futura Schmuck woodcut fonts to construct shapes, letters, words, and phrases then deconstructing them into the abstract by rearranging the prints—tearing and wheat pasting to create layers and movement.

An opening reception for the exhibit will be held from 5:00-8:00 PM on Thursday, May 15, and is free and open to the public. All artwork is available for purchase.