APPRAISED NEW DEPARTMENT dedicated to visual art

By Ebony Jones

ART IMITATING LIFE

Inspired by the intersections of race, politics and pop culture, Tylonn J. Sawyer creates multifaceted works of expression that are reflective, insightful and educational. With a Master of Fine Arts from the New York Academy of Art Graduate School of Figurative Art and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Eastern Michigan University, Sawyer’s art is the byproduct of a well-read man with lived experiences.

Sawyer says art can be a catalyst for social change. “Whether you empathize with my work or choose not to, it has a lot of facts and honesty. It is the factual and cold truth that’s driving the emotions of what we are seeing today,” he says. Because he draws on those ever-present topics, he’s able to “cultivate” work that has a certain “matter-of-factness” – and challenges the mythology of America.

American Gangster - Uncle Same

A Gentle Reminder

White on White - Stone Mountain

Tylon Sawyer

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