Titus kaphar

George Washington sits astride a white horse; one outstretched arm grasps a saber pointed towards an unseen field of battle. Covering his face and the top portion of his torso is a cascade of shredded strips of canvas, each featuring a painted name that appears to be written in Washington’s own hand. If pieced together, […]

Ripping Tradition To Shreds

March 31, 2019–February 2, 2020, MASS MoCA, North Adams, Massachusetts.

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Titus Kaphar in his New Haven, Conn., studio. YEARS BEFORE THE DEBATE about decolonizing America's public squares where monuments pay homage to slaveholders and Confederate generals re...

Artist Titus Kaphar Is Creating a New Artistic Canon - WSJ

Buttressed by a weathered broom handle balanced on a selection of conspicuously titled books, the portrait has been wedged within the confines of its gilded edges. The broom handle freezes the scene in a gesture of activity, as an oversize figure struggles to fit into his undersized frame. Unfit Frame appropriates a portrait of Elihu […]