Titus Kaphar: Language of the Forgotten Georges Bataille as he explores the effects

as he explores the effects of repetition

1979–2005

this small-format book was produced on the occasion of Ed Ruscha’s 1997 exhibition Cityscapes / O Books at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York

Richard Calvocoressi’s masterful chronological narrative unpacks the artist’s work in terms of the historical upheavals Baselitz witnessed—particularly the political and cultural fallout from World War II—alongside his astonishing career

and Rachel Whiteread—have approached this condition by confronting the accelerated flow of images in contemporary media culture

Titus Kaphar: Language of the Forgotten Georges Bataille as he explores the effectsThis book features a selection of work by Titus Kaphar from several major exhibitions and public installationsincluding Language of the Forgotten at MASS MoCA in North Adams, Massachusetts (201820); UnSeen: Our Past in a New Light at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC (201819); and The Jerome Project at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (201415)providing an overview of the artists practice. It includes an original poem by Reginald