Detroit Institute of Arts receives gift of important work by artist Titus Kaphar
Titus Kaphar, Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), 2009, oil on crumpled canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts.
DETROIT, MICH
.- Expanding the Detroit Institute of Arts collection of African American art, museum supporters Nancy and Sean Cotton have donated Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), a 2009 painting by award-winning artist Titus Kaphar, born in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1976. The Cottons have loaned an additional nine works of art that will be on display beginning May 15, 2021. It s extremely generous of collectors Nancy and Sean Cotton to gift the DIA this powerful painting that uncovers hidden truths in American history, said Valerie Mercer, curator and head of the DIAs Center for African American Art. In that respect, it, along with nine loaned contemporary artworks by various Black artists represented in the Cotton s outstanding collection, refers to the theme of Black Lives
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This short memoir was provoked by an article titled, The Disappearance of Martin Puryear about the destruction of the artist s sculpture at the Michigan Legacy Art Park written by the Director Joseph Beyer and published on the Park s web site.
My memoir seeks to tell the story of the creation of that artwork, its transfer to the Michigan Legacy Art Park, and its destruction based on my first-hand connection to that story. Importantly, it seeks to correctly describe the roles played by Professor Al Hebert and David Barr.
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One sunny summer day, I was walking down the north colonnade on Macomb County College s South Campus.
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