Elijah, 2009
Tar on paper
42.3 x 33.9 inches
107 x 86 cm
Veil (W.E.B. Dubois), 2009
Tar on paper
54.7 x 42.1 inches
139 x 107 cm
Ishmael, His Mother, and His Grandfather, 2009
Velvet, oil on linen, oil on linen on wood panel, gilded frame, and wood crate
74 x 60.25 x 26 inches
188 x 153 x 66 cm
Push your own damn boat, 2009
Oil on cut canvas
16 x 20 inches
40.6 x 50.8 cm
Flay, 2008
Oil on canvas on panel
18 x 12 inches
45.7 x 30.5 cm
I still don’t know how it ended like this, but it began when one of the older women called her blackness into question, 2008
Oil on canvas, submerged in steel tank of tar, on wood platform
72 x 61 x 34.5
182.9 x 154.9 x 87.6 cm
Veil, 2008
Oil on canvas
48 x 38 inches
122 x 96.5 cm
George, George, George, 2008
Oil on canvas on wood
96 x 66 inches
Kindling, 2008
Oil on cut canvas
20 x 16 inches
Whitewash, 2005
Oil on canvas
48 x 60 inches
122 x 152 cm
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'Titus Kaphar: History in the Making' Video
Titus Kaphar gives a lecture to SAM staff, discussing his work, in preparation for his exhibition Titus Kaphar: History in the Making at the Seattle Art Museum April 4-September 6, 2009