Basquiat, Romanticism, and Hitting that Core with Tyler

Meet Tyler, one of our bloggers at Three Panels Press. Read along as he answers questions you’ve seen before with new insight.

Q: What made you join Three Panels Press (3PP)?

A: I’ve known Jhazzy Jhane from the online poetry space for a while. I’ve been used to seeing magazines come and go but this one is special. A fellow ATL resident who wants to bring art poetry/writing to the forefront? How couldn’t I join?

Q: What’s your favorite art period? Why?

A: Romanticism and Modern art for sure. I love the colors and designs of the romantic era. My favorite piece being The Fallen Angel Lucifer by Alexandre Cabanel. Those eyes. The anger. The sadness in them. Envy. It’s a complicated piece. I enjoy the modern era truly for the rise of Basquiat. He inspired so many and brought Black art to a new forefront.

Q: Why is art history important today?

A: As a humanities teacher, I’m all for the understanding and passing on of history. When it comes to art history, they speak to a mind and heart of the times. What were our ancestors worried about? What was on their hearts? We must know this to move forward in expressing ourselves.

Q: What are you doing when you’re not working on things for 3PP?

A: When I’m not working for 3PP, I’m a middle school teacher. I’m a poet. I’m a friend who is trying to better himself. I’m a writer. I’m a hybrid editor for Abode Press. I’m many things. And that makes me happy.

Q: This or that? Explain why?

Picasso or Van Gogh

Monet or Manet

Dadaism or Futurism

Rococo or Surrealism

A: Van Gogh purely because I relate to his story and heart more.

Monet because he was one of the first artists I learned about.

Futurism because I want to see what that could be like and expressed in art.

Surrealism because we all need something to hit that core and memory.

Q: What is something we don’t know about you?

A: Every name I have is a city in Texas and that’s my home state.

Q: What’s a fun, random art history fact you love?

A: I’m not sure if it counts, but they made a play about Andy Warhol. That’s pretty cool.

Q: If you could have lunch with one artist, living or dead, who would it be? Why? What’s one thing you’d ask?

A: Osamu Dazai. A heart so tortured but brilliant in his words. I wouldn’t revive him but I just want to talk to him. Just a comforting and human conversation.

Thank you, Tyler! I learned a lot from these responses. Stay tuned, we have one more blog coming where you will meet another member of the team.