Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer is the first series in an ongoing project by up and coming artist Tyler Bright Hilton. Each sequence features visual narratives about the fictional character Minmei Madelynne Pryor, and this first series is a ‘coming-of-age’ story that explores how fantasy, privacy and the influence of others are all contributing factors to identity development.
Hilton uses the Minmei series as a way of bringing together personal interests and influences. Beyond the obvious association with Alice in Wonderland, other references include the late print work of Goya, T’ang Dynasty sculpture, the 1980’s anime Robotech, Terry…
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer is the first series in an ongoing project by up and coming artist Tyler Bright Hilton. Each sequence features visual narratives about the fictional character Minmei Madelynne Pryor, and this first series is a ‘coming-of-age’ story that explores how fantasy, privacy and the influence of others are all contributing factors to identity development.
Hilton uses the Minmei series as a way of bringing together personal interests and influences. Beyond the obvious association with Alice in Wonderland, other references include the late print work of Goya, T’ang Dynasty sculpture, the 1980’s anime Robotech, Terry Richardson’s photography and Winsor McCay’s pioneering comic strip from the early 1900’s Little Nemo in Slumberland.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer consists of 20 images in total (eight of which are shown here), each with a full title that acts as a written narrative alongside the image. The full titles of the eight works form the series featured here can be seen at the end of this text.
Born in Toronto 1979, Hilton has a degree in classical animation, a BFA from the Ontario College of Art and Design and this year he gained his MFA from Chelsea College of Art and Design. Between 2006 and 2008 he has had four solo shows in Toronto and his work has been included in group exhibitions in London, Toronto, Florence and Miami.
’Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer’ was selected for this year’s New Contemporaries and features in the exhibition that is part of the Liverpool Biennale before moving to London in December 2008.
Hilton currently lives and works in London.
Full titles for the shown works:
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 1:
In which Minmei distractedly reads how many scoops of detergent
will be required for her load while mourning the absence of her missing sock,
lost to the mysteries of the dryer.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 2:
In which the answer to the mystery of the missing sock
simply provokes deeper questions.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 4:
In which Minmei regards a set of steps not at all unlike
those sometimes seen in Mario for Nintendo 64.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 6:
In which Minmei is lead to Zebo, the terrifying guardian ghost dog
with whom Marlon seems to be on disquietingly intimate terms.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 7:
In which Minmei sits down to a sumptuous meal
whose makers remain unseen.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 17:
In which Marlon performs a rather surprising service.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 18:
In which Minmei understands something crucial about
The Whole Thing.
Minmei Madelynne Pryor Went into the Dryer # 19:
In which Minmei is relaxed.
