Artist: Tyrone Geter | Location: Elgin, SC
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Artist: Tyrone Geter | Location: Elgin, SC
Elgin, SC
My mother once told me sometimes she felt like she “didn’t have no life.” That statement, made with so much honesty, conviction, and passion—yet free of even a hint of self-pity—has been one of the guiding principles of how I live my life and relate to other people, and also profoundly influenced the philosophy of my art throughout my career.
In the early 1900s when she grew up, life was a struggle. Survival was day-to-day and filled with the perils of discrimination, poverty, illiteracy, and a host of other dangers inherited from a lifetime of being poor, black, and undereducated. She survived and passed her legacy of love, compassion, hope, and a sense of “doing the right thing” on to her children.
My work finds its foundation in that legacy. It refers to the trials of youth and the struggle of the aged. It seeks to speak to and for those with no voice. My work embodies compassion, hope, justice, and perseverance—all concepts I learned from my mother.