RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

October 13, 2019

RELIGIOUS ART | NEWS OF WEEK

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton

Titus Kaphar, “Ascension” (2016) oil on canvas with brass nails, 108 × 84 × 1 ½ in.

Earlier this week, we RSVP'd for an artist talk by Titus Kaphar on November 7 at the University of Indianapolis. He is best known for appropriating images from Early American Art to "white-out" the history of white supremacy. His Ascension painting is now on view through November 3 at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago in "Fragments of a Crucifixion." Ascension depicts a basketball player's leap into the air before a crowd of fans. His presence in both Chicago and Indianapolis makes Titus Kaphar our artist of the week.

Titus Kaphar awarded Genius Award by John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

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