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[[File:Titus Kaphar at CitizenUCon17 - Reckoning With History - Panel Discussion.png|thumb|Titus Kaphar in 2017]]▼
| name = Titus Kaphar
'''Titus Kaphar''' is an American painter whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include the African-American subject. His paintings are held in the collections of [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Brooklyn Museum]], [[Yale University Art Gallery]], [[New Britain Museum of American Art]], [[Seattle Art Museum]] and [[Virginia Museum of Fine Arts]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://artgallery.yale.edu/modern-and-contemporary-art |title=Modern and Contemporary Art |publisher=yale.edu |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.moma.org/artists/48017?locale=en |title=Titus Kaphar |publisher=moma.org |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://time.com/time-person-of-the-year-ferguson-painting/ |title=Time Person of the Year |date=December 10, 2014 |publisher=time.com |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vmfa.museum/pressroom/news/local-donors-strengthen-vmfas-contemporary-collection/ |title=Local Donors Strengthen VMFA's Contemporary Collection |publisher=vmfa.museum |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.jackshainman.com/artists/titus-kaphar/ |title=Titus Kaphar |publisher=jackshainman.com |accessdate=February 15, 2017}}</ref>▼
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| caption = Kaphar in 2017
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1976}}
| birth_place = [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]], U.S.
| education = [[San José State University]]<br />[[Yale University]]
| occupation = Artist
| honours = [[MacArthur Fellows Program]]
| website = {{url|https://www.kapharstudio.com}}
}}
▲'''Titus Kaphar''' is an American contemporary painter whose work reconfigures and regenerates art history to include the African-American subject. His paintings are held in the collections of [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[Brooklyn Museum]], [[Yale University Art Gallery]], [[New Britain Museum of American Art]], [[Seattle Art Museum]],
==Background==▼
▲==Background==
Titus Kaphar was born in 1976 in [[Kalamazoo, Michigan]]. His first introduction to art was in a junior college art history course, and he taught himself to paint by visiting museums. He received his BFA from [[San Jose State University|San José State University]] in 2001 and his MFA from [[Yale University]]. His work is often multidimensional and sculptural, with canvases slashed and dangling off the frame, or hanging over another painting. One such example is
==''The Vesper Project''==
''The Vesper Project'' is one of Kaphar's most immersive installations. It concerns a fictional African-American family in the 19th century that [[Passing (racial identity)|passes for white]]. Kaphar created an installation where visitors would walk through a 19th
''The Vesper Project'' was also a collaboration with a visitor to the Yale Art Gallery, where one of Kaphar's paintings was displayed. The visitor, Benjamin Vesper, experienced a mental breakdown during his visit and punched one of
==''Time'' magazine==
Kaphar was commissioned in 2014 by [[Time (magazine)|''Time'' magazine]] to paint a response to the [[Ferguson unrest|Ferguson Uprising]]. The work was a 4 ft x 5 ft oil on canvas and used Kaphar's signature style of painting over his own work with white paint. The painting is titled ''Yet Another Fight for Remembrance'' and depicts two protesters with their hands raised with white paint streaked over their bodies and faces.<ref>{{cite web |title=Titus Kaphar on Putting Black Figures Back Into Art History and His Solution for the Problem of Confederate Monuments |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/titus-kaphar-erasure-art-history-1497391 |website=Artnet News |access-date=18 February 2021 |date=27 March 2019}}</ref>
== ''Behind the Myth of Benevolence'' ==
In 2014, Kaphar painted ''Behind the Myth of Benevolence'', which depicts [[President of the United States|President]] [[Thomas Jefferson]] and [[Sally Hemings]], an enslaved woman held captive by Jefferson and the mother of six children fathered by Jefferson.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturedmag.com/titus-kaphar-artist-of-the-times-paints-with-eyes-open/|title =TITUS KAPHAR, ARTIST OF THE TIMES, PAINTS WITH EYES OPEN|date=23 September 2020|accessdate=2 October 2020|publisher=Cultured Magazine|author=Jacob Urist}}</ref><ref name="stockman">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/16/us/sally-hemings-exhibit-monticello.html |title=Monticello Is Done Avoiding Jefferson's Relationship With Sally Hemings |last=Stockman |first=Farah |date=16 June 2018 |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2020-10-02 |language=en}}</ref> Kaphar painted the canvas in such a way as to create the illusion that the portrait of Jefferson painted by [[Rembrandt Peale]] in 1800 is being pulled back like a curtain to reveal a seated Hemings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/10/04/654476095/meet-the-macarthur-fellow-disrupting-racism-in-art|title=Meet The MacArthur Fellow Disrupting Racism In Art|date=4 October 2018|accessdate=2 October 2020|publisher=NPR|author=Mary Louise Kelly}}</ref> The portrait is effectively a painting within a painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wnpr.org/post/painting-new-haven-artist-makes-cover-time-magazine|title=Painting By New Haven Artist Makes Cover Of Time Magazine|date=11 June 2020|accessdate=2 October 2020|publisher=WNPR|author=Ray Hardman}}</ref> Kaphar, speaking about the painting and its subject, Sally Hemings, said, "This painting is about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings, and yet it is not. The reason I say, ‘And yet it is not,’ is because we know from the actual history that Sally Hemings was very fair. Very, very fair. The woman who sits here is not just simply a representation of Sally Hemings, she's more of a symbol of many of the Black women whose stories have been shrouded by the narratives of our deified founding fathers."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.culturetype.com/2018/03/28/titus-kaphar-and-ken-gonzales-day-explore-unseen-narratives-in-historic-portraiture-in-new-national-portrait-gallery-exhibition/|title=National Portrait Gallery: Titus Kaphar and Ken Gonzales-Day Explore 'UnSeen' Narratives in Historic Portraitur|date=28 March 2018|accessdate=2 October 2020|publisher=Culturetype|author=Victoria L. Valentine}}</ref>
''Behind the Myth of Benevolence'' was damaged on three occasions while it was on view at the [[National Portrait Gallery (United States)|National Portrait Gallery]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], prompting the museum to post security guards by the painting for the remainder of its exhibition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/27/rebel-us-artist-puts-black-lives-in-the-renaissance-frame|title=Rebel US artist puts black lives in the Renaissance frame|date=27 September 2020|accessdate=2 October 2020|work=The Guardian|author=Daniel Boffey}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/two-artists-search-missing-history-180968651/|title=Two Artists in Search of Missing History|date=4 April 2018|accessdate=2 October 2020|publisher=Smithsonian Magazine|author=Alicia Ault}}</ref>
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[[File:Space to Forget 2014 Titus Kaphar.jpg|thumb|right|''Space to Forget'' (2014) at the [[National Gallery of Art]]'s showing of ''[[Afro-Atlantic Histories]]'' in 2022.]]
Kaphar has staged numerous solo exhibitions in the United States and internationally. His solo shows include ''The House That Crack Built'' (2000), [[San Jose State University]] Gallery; ''Painting Undone'' (2005), [[Savannah College of Art and Design]] Red Gallery; ''The Jerome Project'' (2014), [[Studio Museum in Harlem]], [[New York City|New York]]; ''The Vesper Project'' (2014), originating at [[Contemporary Arts Center]], [[Cincinnati]]; and ''Language of the Forgotten'' (2019), [[Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art]], [[North Adams, Massachusetts|North Adams]].<ref name="Gagosian Kaphar CV">{{cite web |title=Titus Kaphar Biography |url=https://gagosian.com/media/artists/titus-kaphar/Kaphar_Titus_bio_wTu7TBN.pdf |website=Gagosian |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326015135/https://gagosian.com/media/artists/titus-kaphar/Kaphar_Titus_bio_wTu7TBN.pdf |archive-date=26 March 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
Kaphar has also participated in a large number of group exhibitions, including ''[[Afro-Atlantic Histories]]'' (2022).<ref name="Gagosian Kaphar CV" /> His work, ''Shadows of Liberty'' (2016), was featured in ''Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus'' (2022) at the [[Cleveland Museum of Art]]. The work is a reimagined presentation of [[John Faed]]'s ''[[Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton]]'' (1856).<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mishak |first1=Shawn |title=The Cleveland Museum of Art Presents 'Currents and Constellations: Black Art in Focus' |url=https://www.clevescene.com/arts/the-cleveland-museum-of-art-presents-currents-and-constellations-black-art-in-focus-38497497 |publisher=Cleveland Scene |date=March 4, 2022 }}</ref>
==Notable works in public collections==
*''Uncle Thomas'' (2008), [[Seattle Art Museum]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Uncle Thomas |url=https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/37466/uncle-thomas? |website=Seattle Art Museum |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619193600/https://art.seattleartmuseum.org/objects/37466/uncle-thomas |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Doubt'' (2010-2011), [[The Legacy Museum]]/[[National Memorial for Peace and Justice]], [[Birmingham, Alabama]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Visual Arts Review: The Legacy Museum — An American Inheritance |url=https://artsfuse.org/192584/visual-arts-review-the-legacy-museum-an-american-inheritance/ |website=The Arts Fuse |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413222709/https://artsfuse.org/192584/visual-arts-review-the-legacy-museum-an-american-inheritance/ |archive-date=13 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''The Jerome Project (Asphalt and Chalk) V'' (2014), [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Jerome Project (Asphalt and Chalk) V |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/192504? |website=MoMA |publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]] |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210426231650/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/192504 |archive-date=26 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Jerome XXIX'' (2014), [[Studio Museum in Harlem]], [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jerome XXIX |url=https://studiomuseum.org/collection-item/jerome-xxix |website=Studio Museum |date=5 December 2018 |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619193729/https://studiomuseum.org/collection-item/jerome-xxix |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Stripes'' (2014), [[National Gallery of Victoria]], [[Melbourne, Australia]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Stripes |url=https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/116208/ |website=NGV |publisher=[[National Gallery of Victoria]] |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315130149/https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/explore/collection/work/116208/ |archive-date=15 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Unfit Frame'' (2016), [[Birmingham Museum of Art]], [[Alabama]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Unfit Frame |url=https://www.artsbma.org/collection/unfit-frame/ |website=ArtsBMA |publisher=[[Birmingham Museum of Art]] |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619192636/https://www.artsbma.org/collection/unfit-frame/ |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Shadows of Liberty'' (2016), [[Yale University Art Gallery]], [[New Haven, Connecticut]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Shadows of Liberty |url=https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/219829 |publisher=[[Yale University Art Gallery]]}}</ref>
*''The Cost of Removal'' (2017), [[Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art]], [[Bentonville, Arkansas]]<ref>{{cite web |title=The Cost of Removal |url=https://collection.crystalbridges.org/objects/7609/the-cost-of-removal?ctx=8dbbbb3be2a967269c1f3cb167c8083550d20377&idx=0 |website=Crystal Bridges |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220619192745/https://collection.crystalbridges.org/objects/7609/the-cost-of-removal?ctx=8dbbbb3be2a967269c1f3cb167c8083550d20377&idx=0 |archive-date=19 June 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''From a Tropical Space'' (2019), [[Museum of Modern Art]], [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{cite web |title=From a Tropical Space |url=https://www.moma.org/collection/works/419716? |website=MoMA |publisher=[[Museum of Modern Art]] |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628141406/https://www.moma.org/collection/works/419716 |archive-date=28 June 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*''Contour of Loss'' (2020), [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Contour of Loss |url=https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/848286? |website=Met Museum |access-date=19 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503173538/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/848286 |archive-date=3 May 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>
==Awards==
: Source: <ref>{{cite web|url=https://gagosian.com/media/artists/titus-kaphar/Kaphar_Titus_HLltEZJ.pdf|title=Titus Kaphar Biography|website=Gagosian|access-date=Apr 10, 2024}}</ref>
* 2001
* 2004
* 2006
* 2009
* 2015
* 2018
==References==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite web|url=http://kapharstudio.com/titus-kaphar-bio/ |title=Titus Kaphar Bio |first1=Titus|last1=Kaphar|website=kapharstudio.com}}▼
* {{cite web|url=https://kapharstudio.com/the-vesper-project/ |title=The Vesper Project |first1=Titus|last1=Kaphar|website=kapharstudio.com}}▼
* {{cite web|url=http://www.jackshainman.com/artists/titus-kaphar/ |title=TITUS KAPHAR |publisher=Jack Shainman Gallery}}▼
* {{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/titus_kaphar_can_art_amend_history |title=Can art amend history? |publisher=TED}}▼
==External links==
* {{Official website}}
▲* {{cite web|url=http://kapharstudio.com/titus-kaphar-bio/ |title=Titus Kaphar Bio |first1=Titus|last1=Kaphar|website=kapharstudio.com}}
▲* {{cite web|url=https://kapharstudio.com/the-vesper-project/ |title=The Vesper Project |first1=Titus|last1=Kaphar|website=kapharstudio.com}}
▲* {{cite web|url=http://www.jackshainman.com/artists/titus-kaphar/ |title=TITUS KAPHAR |publisher=Jack Shainman Gallery}}
▲* {{cite web|url=https://www.ted.com/talks/titus_kaphar_can_art_amend_history |title=Can art amend history? |date=August 2017 |publisher=TED}}
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