I think back to the lady in the video played at the talk, and how she said that art belongs to be caged. Some people are just so against the possibility of art being free and in the real world. Even the neighbor on the block used to fight with Tyree and Jenenne all the time, but she was able to come around. Art has a way of moving people either for the better or the worse. Tyree Guyton definitely made his art unforgettable. He always kept all his stuff, even if they were too old for use. He took these old objects like dolls and shoes, and made art that is still being remembered decades later.
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
Tyree Guyton at UMMA
After hearing Tyree Guyton talk last Friday night, I felt inspired by his words that life is a journey. He used the metaphor of life being a rollercoaster, and that one wants to be able to look back and think what a good life that was.He encouraged the audience to go ahead and be crazy to the point where one really might completely fail. I also found it amusing that him and his wife, Jenenne Whitfield, leave polka dots wherever they go. Especially the part of leaving a polka dot on an airplane. Such a simple concept of polka dots has now been taken to new extremes. These polka dots represent his art, which has put on places, such as houses, where not many people would have thought art belonged. He has changed the conceptions of what people think art is in this world.
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I also remember watching that clip of the woman discussing art being caged, both in class and at the UMMA. The first time I saw the clip, I was taken aback, I couldn't even wrap my head around how someone could think that art shouldn't be out in the open. At the UMMA when they played it, I remember everyone laughed. I'm not sure if it was a laugh because it made them uncomfortable, I know I do that, or if they really thought her misinformed ways were amusing. Either way it only added to the unsettling emotions I had about her opinion. On one note, it's just disappointing that she won't be able to be positively impacted by the art like she potentially could, but additionally so many people like myself and those at the UMMA distance ourselves so much from her art-phobic mindset that we are incapable of relating to her and helping her reach that potential. We even laugh. :(
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