Titus Kaphar

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Artist Titus Kaphar on Depicting Loss and Finding Purpose
One of the country's hottest artists, Titus Kaphar has long tackled under-representation of minorities in Western art through his plays on classic paintings. He talks with correspondent Rita Braver…
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Meet the MacArthur Fellow: Painter Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar is a painter highlighting the lack of representation of people of color in the canon of Western art with works that deconstruct the literal and visual structure of the artwork.
Titus Kaphar's "The Cost of Removal"

Beth Harris and Lauren Haynes, Curator, Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, discuss Titus Kaphar's The Cost of Removal (2017, oil, canvas, and rusted…