One of the most potent exhibitions in South Carolina during the past six months was Tyrone Geter's exhibition at ArtFields' TRAX Visual Art Center in Lake City. The show displayed powerfully layered mixed media drawings that fused stunning draftsmanship, torn paper, and found objects into visual statements that are beautiful objects to experience in and of themselves. Geter's artwork operates on multiple levels. Some aspects of the works are biographical however, many of the images also interrogate the unequal dynamics of race, gender, and economic structures within the contemporary culture of the United States.
Darcy and I spent a Saturday afternoon with Tyrone Geter's artwork at the TRAX Visual Art Center. It was Darcy's first time seeing his work in real life, and it was an honor to see the show through her eyes. She experienced a genuine, profound emotional satisfaction from the artwork, and she was taken by the power of the work and was so excited and thrilled to be at the exhibition.