Tyrus's Eye on Art

Musings on Contemporary Art and Artists: For the average person the contemporary art world seems to speak in a foreign language. I have found over the past decade that many people have an interest in art but feel like outsiders to a very insulated conversation. The purpose of this blog site is two-fold. First, it includes thoughts, observations, and analysis of contemporary artists and their works. The second type of blog entry is based on my own artwork.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

Monumental Changes

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As an artist and educator who teaches both art and art history, I have been closely observing the recent removals of statues and monuments a...
Saturday, September 1, 2018

Krishna Reddy: A Strong Impression

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On August 22, 2018 one of the giants of twentieth century printmaking passed away at the age of 93. N. Krishna Reddy was instrumental in ...
Monday, July 17, 2017

Georges Rouault: A Synthesis of Tradition and Innovation

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One of my artistic heroes is the French Expressionist Georges Rouault . Though he is still discussed in twentieth century and Modern art ...
Friday, March 31, 2017

Building a Book

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Long long ago, I believe in 1999, I first started making some handmade, artist books. I participated in a weeklong book binding workshop ...
Monday, February 15, 2016

Ready, Set, Print

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It has taken a few months to get everything aligned, but the time has finally come. The Kickstarter Campaign to make the Palimpsest Port...
Tuesday, February 2, 2016

The Palimpsest Portraits: A Resurrection

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In 2006 and 2007 I first began serious work on a project that was not yet named. Conceptually, it was to consist of twenty-five portrait p...
Friday, January 22, 2016

Love Letter: Foundations of a Family

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Anyone browsing through posts on this blog will quickly find that the presence of text and words within my artwork has been evident for ab...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Provenance

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During the year between my undergraduate work and my enrollment in a graduate MFA program I worked at a bookstore. That wa...
Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Let me show you my etchings...

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I often work on the carving of my relief prints in public places. If I have a particularly intricate linoleum or woodcut design ...
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Tyrus Clutter is a painter and printmaker who was born and grew up in Michigan. He holds a BA in Art from Spring Arbor University and an MFA in Painting from Bowling Green State University. His work has been exhibited in numerous group and solo exhibitions throughout North America and in Europe. Clutter’s work can be found in several hundred private collections as well as in the Print Collection of the New York Public Library, and the collections of the Museum of Biblical Art, the Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas, Spring Arbor University, Calvin College and Union University. Tyrus has taught art and art history at colleges and universities since 1995. He also served as the Director of the international art non-profit CIVA from 2003-2008. From 1999-2001 Clutter was art critic for the Boise Weekly newspaper in Boise, Idaho. He continues to produce art, teach, and speak on topics of art, art history, and aesthetics around the country.
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