Titus Kaphar: Can Art Amend History?
@ SIX10
610 S Michigan Ave, Chicago IL 60605
Opening Sunday, November 4th, from 12:30PM - 1:30PM
“Art is a language. There is always a narrative coded in painting and sculpture. When you look at something, ask yourself, who is represented and who is invisible?”
With more urgency than a headline, Titus Kaphar’s artworks capture the spirit of social justice and change in America today (exemplified in his TIME cover portrait of the Ferguson protests). Working from personal history toward a wider lens—revealing the historically marginalized and erased—he exposes racism, inequality, and a criminal justice system that is anything but just. In this event, Kaphar will expose how all depictions, no matter how personal or grandiose, are fictional, imperfect, and thus capable of being remade.
This program is generously underwritten by Carol Rosofsky with additional support from Kavi Gupta.
With more urgency than a headline, Titus Kaphar’s artworks capture the spirit of social justice and change in America today (exemplified in his TIME cover portrait of the Ferguson protests). He is a recipient of the Gwendolyn Knight and Jacob Lawrence Fellowship, the 2015 Creative Capital Award, and 2016 Rauschenberg Artist as Activist Fellowship.
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