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Justin Tyler Bryant
Lowkey Mixtape Metaphysic
The Batesville Area Arts Council presented Lowkey Mixtape Metaphysic, an exhibition by Justin Tyler Bryant, at the BAAC Gallery on Main (226 E Main St) January 21 – March 7, 2025. This exhibition was sponsored by the First Community Bank.
Artist Statement
Lowkey Mixtape Metaphysic
Is a series of paintings that reflect on Black fugitivity and cosmology.
Is a series of paintings that understands the lesser of two evils is evils + lesser in that it is evil just not as much as the original amount of evil.
Is a series of paintings NOT about Justin Tyler Bryant... well maybe inadvertently they are about Justin Tyler Bryant.
Is a series of paintings that use watercolor, gauche, marker, graphite, and fresco painting.
Is a series of paintings that are BLIGGATy BLIGGATy BLACK BLACK!! In terms of their origin.
Is a series of paintings that are like a black hole; you are standing at the event horizon.
Is a series of paintings that are outside even when they are inside.
Is a series of paintings that are slick on some Sun Ra sh*t.
Is a series of paintings that give a f**k about Black people.
Is a series of paintings that are woke but do not want you to describe them that way.
Is a series of paintings that do a lot for Justin Tyler Bryant but do absolutely nothing foryou unless you meet them halfway.
Is a series of paintings that use a multifaceted aesthetic approach to show a multitude of Black modalities as to say that we are multidimensional, ontologically bountiful, and quasi quasar like; as it is believed that a quasar is the brightest star and contain smassive black holes.
Biography
Born in Stuttgart AR, Justin Tyler Bryant received his BFA in Studio Art from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock in 2012 and his MFA in Studio Art from Louisiana State University in 2018. Justin was a participant at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2017 and in 2019 he received the Emerging Visions Residency at Michigan State University. His recent work investigates the past and present imagery of African-Americans to reflect a multicontextual narrative. In his work, he uses found objects, paintings, drawings, and videos to suggest a fugitive notion of Blackness. Justin is currently an Assistant Professor of Visual Art and Curator of the African Art Collection at Philander Smith University.
