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CUE Art Foundation: TYREE GUYTON: Faces of God on Fire - 17 Oct 2013 to 23 Nov 2013 Current Exhibition |
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The Heidelberg Project
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TYREE GUYTON: Faces of God on Fire October 17 - November 23, 2013 Opening reception: Thursday, October 17, 5-7pm CUE is pleased to present visionary Detroit artist Tyree Guyton's first New York City solo exhibition: Faces of God on Fire. In 1986, Guyton founded The Heidelberg Project on an abandoned street on Detroit's East Side. The artist transformed a forgotten corner of the city into a vibrant, whimsical installation using found objects and house paint. Today the project spans two city blocks, with polka-dotted houses and found object installations, with over 250,000 visitors every year. The site, which has been demolished twice by the city of Detroit and subsequently rebuilt, is also a non-profit organization that provides arts education to children and public programs for visitors. Through the Heidelberg Project, the artist draws attention to the plight of Detroit's forgotten neighborhoods, and spurred discussion and action. Guyton's work is held in collections worldwide including the Detroit Institute of the Arts and the Studio Museum in Harlem. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from the College of Creative Studies in 2009, and recently completed the Laurenz Haus residency in Basel, Switzerland. His work has been featured in The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Time Magazine, the Boston Globe, and NPR's Morning Edition, among many others. For more information, please contact Jessica Gildea, Associate Director of Programs: [email protected] About the exhibition program: Each year, CUE invites ten individuals from across the country to anonymously nominate artists whom they feel are actively creating innovative, challenging, and conceptually rigorous work. Nominated artists are invited to apply, and the final selection is made by an independent jury each fall. Jurors for the 2013-14 season were Michelle Grabner, artist and founder of The Suburban, Chicago, IL; Paddy Johnson, founder, Art F City; and Gregory Amenoff, artist and former Chair, Visual Arts, Columbia University of the Arts. CUE Art Foundation | 137 W. 25th Street | New York, NY 10001 212.206.3583 | cueartfoundation.org |
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