The Issues
"My work talks about what I
see but it helps others to see what they see. My job is to help people
to see. What they take away from my work is their own personal testimony.
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"The flags
talk about the fact that I served in the US Army. I went to fight for my
country and came home and found myself fighting in a much bigger war. Wars
of racism, hatred, politics, etc. "
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"There's a painting on the
house that says, 'the Black God: Cochran', and somehow people began to
look at me that way, 'you're out there, so you've got to say something
on behalf of your people.' And I say, 'My people is everybody,' People
don't want me to be universal. They wanted me to take a stand - 'stand
over here' - and I said no"
Tyree Guyton
quoted in the LA Times by Duane Noriyuki, May 1995
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"I like to take that which is dead (cast aside, thrown away) and put life back in it by adding colors and shapes and making it speak back to the world."
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photo credits: (photos cropped for web use)
Doll Head - James Cliff
Doors - Copyright Larry Peplin
...we regret that the credits for the other images are unknown. |
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