Reading and Book Signing
Titus Kaphar and Reginald Dwayne Betts
Redaction
Wednesday, March 22, 2023, 6–7pm
Gagosian Shop, New York
In celebration of their new book, Redaction, Titus Kaphar and memoirist, poet, and attorney Reginald Dwayne Betts will sign copies, following a poetry reading by Betts. The volume documents the pair’s Redaction series, first presented in 2019 at MoMA PS1, New York. Bringing together poetry by Betts that draws upon redacted legal documents and Kaphar’s etched portraits of incarcerated individuals, the project exposes the ways in which the legal system exploits and erases the poor and incarcerated from public consciousness. Redaction was designed in close collaboration with Kaphar and Betts and also includes an introduction by Sarah Suzuki, associate director at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. Published by W. W. Norton & Company, the book will be available for purchase at the event.
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This event has been canceled.
Titus Kaphar and memoirist, poet, and attorney Reginald Dwayne Betts will speak about their joint artistic and literary project, Redaction, which confronts the abuses of the criminal justice system, as well as discuss their exploration of history, incarceration, and race in America. Redaction unites their different mediums—visual art and poetry—to expose the ways in which the legal system exploits and erases the poor and incarcerated from public consciousness. The event will also air on the New York Public Library’s YouTube channel.
Left: Titus Kaphar. Photo: Mario Sorrenti. Right: Reginald Dwayne Betts. Photo: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
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