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Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

FromTED Talks Art


Can art amend history? | Titus Kaphar

FromTED Talks Art

ratings:
Length:
13 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Artist Titus Kaphar makes paintings and sculptures that wrestle with the struggles of the past while speaking to the diversity and advances of the present. In an unforgettable live workshop, Kaphar takes a brush full of white paint to a replica of a 17th-century Frans Hals painting, obscuring parts of the composition and bringing its hidden story into view. There's a narrative coded in art like this, Kaphar says. What happens when we shift our focus and confront unspoken truths?
Released:
Aug 1, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Some of the world's greatest artists, designers, photographers and architects showcase their work and visions onstage at the TED conference, TEDx events and partner events around the world. You can also download these and many other videos free on TED.com, with an interactive English transcript and subtitles in up to 80 languages. TED is a nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading.