One of Guyton's imaginative works in the new display. (Facebook photo)
Tyree Guyton of the legendary Heidelberg Project in Detroit has seen his share of bad times.
In the past 18 months, he's seen six of his houses at the art project torched. But he tells The Detroit News he won't let that all get him down. He's tenacious.
"I refuse to give up," Guyton said.
Michael Hodges of The News writes:
That tenaciousness will be on vivid display starting Friday, when "Spirit" opens at Inner State Gallery at Eastern Market, Guyton's first solo show in three years. Among other works, the exhibit will feature a group of Guyton's signature car hoods, pulled from the ashes of the Nov. 28 fire at Heidelberg's War Room House.
"The story behind the hoods is one of the most important story lines of this exhibition," said Inner State co-founder and director Jesse Cory. "It's a story of struggle and survival. Each of those hoods was salvaged from a 1999 city demolition, painted, and then nearly destroyed again in a fire. It's like the nine lives of a cat. Now they're repainted, again."
The exhibition is at the Inner State Gallery, 1410 Gratiot, through Nov. 15. An online catalog shows 25 of the works.
The News also produced a video on Guyton that's worth taking a look at below.
