Tyree Guyton is a painter and a sculptor. He is the artist behind the Heidelberg Project (Read about it at http://www.heidelberg.org) and transforms Detroit neighborhoods through art. He basically made his own neighborhood an indoor/outdoor art gallery. Outside of these installations on Heidelberg Street, he also makes paintings and sculptures.
Guyton is from Detroit and is incredibly involved in his community, believing that we are all bound together by the same energy. Not only does he create art, but he works to spread the positive affects of art through the community by working it into education programs as well, so that the community can bloom from the inside out.
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| Source:http://www.heidelberg.org |
What is his work about?
Tyree Guyton sees his work as a solution to what is falling apart in a world where values are disappearing and "rules are broken everyday." He aims to bring order, hope and beauty to the chaos. He sees the "evolution of life" in everything and wants people to see that in themselves.
In a more concrete and specific way, Guyton works to transform areas of poverty, violence, immorality, and crime into something beautiful and new.
What are his art making strategies?
Guyson makes small compositional studies of his work before he starts. He's a man with a plan. :)
Guyson is also very intentional with what makes up his work. As he writes, "My work is a science that deals with colors, shapes, objects that brings about a rare beauty to the mind and eyes of people, a type of esthete." His colors and forms reflect the "magic" he views his artwork as being. A signature aspect of his work are polkadots. Polkadots, to Guyson, symbolize diversity, and I believe it does so in a very bright and positive way (colorful, unique, and vibrant symbol!).
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| Source: http://www.heidelberg.org |
Source: http://www.tyreeguyton.com
http://www.heidelberg.org/who_we_are/
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