Bibliograph

Redaction, Titus Kaphar, Reginald Dwayne Betts

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Label

Redaction, Titus Kaphar, Reginald Dwayne Betts

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Redaction

Oclc number

1342509851

Responsibility statement

Titus Kaphar, Reginald Dwayne Betts

Summary

"MacArthur fellows Reginald Dwayne Betts and Titus Kaphar present a stunning literary and artistic collaboration that confronts the abuses of the criminal justice system. Throughout their award-winning careers, visual artist and filmmaker Titus Kaphar and poet, memoirist, and attorney Reginald Dwayne Betts have shed light on the violences of incarceration and the underexplored contradictions of American history. In Redaction, they unite their different mediums to expose the ways the legal system exploits and erases the poor and incarcerated from public consciousness. First exhibited at MoMA PS1, the fifty "Redaction" prints layer Kaphar's etched portraits of incarcerated individuals with Betts's poetry, which uses the legal strategy of redaction to craft verse out of legal documents. Three prints are broken apart into their distinct layers, illuminating how the pair manipulated traditional engraving, printing, poetic, and redaction processes to reveal what is often concealed. This beautifully designed volume also includes additional artwork, poetry, and an introduction by MoMA associate director Sarah Suzuki. The result is an astonishing, powerful exploration of history, incarceration, and race in America"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction / Sarah Suzuki -- Archive 1 -- Redaction 1 -- Archive 2 -- Redaction 2 -- Archive 3 -- Redaction 3 -- Redaction typeface: a multiplicity of typographic, legal, and human histories / Forest Young and Jeremy Mickel

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