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.

Monday, May 18, 2009

The Art of Felix Gonzalez-Torres—The Now and Not Yet

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When the concept that art can be subversive is first acknowledged images of overtly political or propagandistic art might form in the mind. ...
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To End at the Beginning

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I have worn a variety of hats in my professional life: teacher, administrator, curator, art critic, and more. No matter what my official tit...
Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Tim Rollins—A New World Evangelist

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On a warm fall evening I made my way along 23rd St. in New York’s Chelsea district. After a day full of business meetings I was looking forw...

The Pilgrimage: Unforeseen Journeys

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As I prepared for a one month teaching stint in Italy in 2006, I had a list of artworks, altarpieces, and locations with and at which I pla...
Friday, April 24, 2009

Playing a Serious Game—The Art of Amy Day

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Just how is it that art "works" on us? There may be a commonly held belief that art should possess aspects of beauty. Even a narr...

Subterranean Homesick Blues

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Even though I construct altarpiece-like box constructions, as an artist, I hate to be confined to a box. I find that the art world may be ev...
Monday, April 6, 2009

Engraving and the Art of Stanley William Hayter: Taking the Hard Line

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I can’t see that there is a very accurate measure for fame. In fact, I’m not sure we would really want to attempt creating such a system. F...
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The Art of Self-Disclosure

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It wasn’t really that long ago that the proper subject matter for great works of art was somewhat narrowly defined. Tales from religions, m...
Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Whatever Happened to Art Criticism?

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The contemporary art world, like any subculture, is a symbiotic community. While talent, hard work, and timing are factors through which art...

All That Glitters Is Not Gold

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I didn’t set out from graduate school with a plan to coat absurd and obscure objects found in junk shops with gold. I was a painter and it w...
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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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