Titus Kaphar Columbus Day Painting

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Titus kaphar columbus day painting. 59 x 34 x 6 inches titus kaphar. Columbus day painting by titus kaphar 2014 columbus day painting. His columbus day painting subverts the hero narrative of christopher columbus the italian explorer and colonizer. Columbus day painting 2014.

Artist titus kaphar says that his 2014 columbus day painting which greets unseen visitors in the first gallery was inspired by his young son s conflicted and confusing study of the. He cuts bends sculpts and mixes historic painting creating new works between fiction and historic sampling. Capitol since 1847 but replaced christopher columbus and his crew with cloth. Oil and mixed media on canvas.

Courtesy of the artist and jack shainman gallery new york. Gonzales day and kaphar illuminate the contributions and sacrifices people of color made during the country s founding. Feldman with the recent addition of official portraits of barack and michelle obama by. And the seattle art museum wa.

Titus kaphar was born in 1976 in kalamazoo michigan. Kaphar defaces cuts and peels back his paintings to show how portraits of american historical figures such as thomas jefferson and andrew jackson have traditionally coded racial difference hid systemic prejudices and omitted the presence of african americans. In columbus day painting kaphar recreated an image called landing of columbus which has hung in the u s. The studio museum in harlem ny.

Titus kaphar s works interact with art history by appropriating its styles and mediums. He currently lives and works between new york and connecticut usa. Courtesy of the artist and jack shainman gallery new york. Behind the myth of benevolence 2014.

His work has been included in exhibitions at jack shainman gallery new york ny.