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Dana Schutz BIOGRAPHY
Born 1976 Livonia, Michigan. Known for: Contemporary macabre narrative, distorted figure painting, open caskets.
"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests," . by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017, . The New York Times, Art & Design section. The open-coffin photographs of the... Read full biography
"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests," . by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017, . The New York Times, Art & Design section. The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served... Read full biography
"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests," . by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017, . The New York Times, Art & Design section. The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and have remained an open wound in American society since they were first published in Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender at the urging of Till’s... Read full biography
"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests," . by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017, . The New York Times, Art & Design section. The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and have remained an open wound in American society since they were first published in Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender at the urging of Till’s mother. The images’ continuing power, more than 60 years later, to speak about race and violence is being demonstrated once again in protests that have arisen online and at the newly opened Whitney Biennial over the decision of a white artist, Dana Schutz,... Read full biography
"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests," . by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017, . The New York Times, Art & Design section. The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and have remained an open wound in American society since they were first published in Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender at the urging of Till’s mother. The images’ continuing power, more than 60 years later, to speak about race and violence is being demonstrated once again in protests that have arisen online and at the newly opened Whitney Biennial over the decision of a white artist, Dana Schutz, to make a painting based on the photographs. An African-American artist, Parker Bright, has conducte... Read full biography
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"White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests,"
by Randy Kennedy, March 21, 2017,
The New York Times, Art & Design section.
The open-coffin photographs of the mutilated body of Emmett Till, the teenager who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955, served as a catalyst for the civil rights movement and have remained an open wound in American society since they were first published in Jet magazine and The Chicago Defender at the urging of Till’s mother.
The images’ continuing power, more than 60 years later, to speak about race and violence is being demonstrated once again in protests that have arisen online and at the newly opened Whitney Biennial over th...But wait, there's more...
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