Titus Kaphar Quotes

• I'm not saying that things now aren't better for black people. Thank God they're definitely better, but some things are still the same. "Better" is not good enough - it's not. Especially when "better" still means my life is at risk.

  Tito Kaphar

  Mean, People, Not Good Enough

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• That's the nature of representation; every time we represent something we alter it and slightly change it. And so with that as my foundation, understanding that it's always fictional to some degree, I give myself a certain freedom to really explore and ask myself questions. What might not have been understood at that time? What might have been hidden at that time? What narrative in this particular image wasn't the primary image, but is really important? That is really interesting to me, and then I try to tease that out as much as I can.

  Tito Kaphar

  Giving, Interesting, Understanding

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• All of depiction is fiction, it's only a question of degree. When we think of images, such as the signing of the declaration of independence, we think of that wonderful John Trumbull painting Declaration of Independence that is at the Yale Art Gallery and on the back of our money. When we think of that historical moment we think of that image. That image never happened like that. All of those people were never in that room together to sign that paper. It's a beautiful fiction to help us have an understanding of what went on.

  Tito Kaphar

  Bello, Arte, Pensamiento

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• La historia es un continuo, no son momentos separados. Así es como la vemos. En el siglo XVIII, en Virginia, antes de que existieran los agentes de policía, había grupos de hombres que recorrían el campo y, si veían a un hombre o una mujer negros, suponían que eran esclavos. Si no tenías el tipo de pase que se suponía que tenías, entonces podías ser azotado, podías ser esclavizado, podías ser detenido - incluso si eras libre. Y mientras leo esto me encuentro pensando: "¿En qué se diferencia esto de parar y cachear?".

  Tito Kaphar

  Reading, Taken, Thinking

  Fuente: www.interviewmagazine.com

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