SELECTED WORKS ON CANVAS 2016

COSMOS IN THE CHAOS. (THE HARMONY OF SPIRIT AND MATTER)

Selected pieces from Ty Clark's 2016 series. "Cosmos in the Chaos" that was brought to life during a residency in Budapest, Hungary. During his residency he was confronting the loss of a dear friends husband, who had been hospitalized for brain damage, and kidney loss after a tragic scooter accident. During this residency, Ty was reading Elie Wiesel's "Open Heart" as well as his favorite book "Walking on Water" by Madeline L'Engle. Both of these important works weighed heavy on his soul, through process and creative work. 

Ty's studio space during the residency was a small basement space where 3 families survived Nazi Germany as well as Russian attacks. The power of that space and its surroundings, coupled with life in the balance, brought forth this series. 

From a blog post on Day 7 of his residency:

"I have heard the stories from our Residency Director, her family suffering at the hands of both Nazi Germany and Russia. Family in concentration camps, bombings, raising chickens inside the house, hiding for survival in the basement, all moments I have learned from books and film. I am changed, again. My eyes have observed many peoples and my ears have heard similar stories first hand, all over this world. “Leonard Berstien says that for him music is cosmos in chaos. And it is not true only of music; all art is cosmos, cosmos found within the chaos.” (page 17) I have truly found cosmos, here in Budapest, cosmos that is resting amongst the chaos of history and story. And this has led me to create. There is reason to why my journey has led me here to this specific moment in time." - Ty Nathan Clark

THE PROPHET

Selected pieces from Ty Clark's 2016 series "The Prophet" based upon the writing of Kahlil Gibron.