The Cost of Removal
The Cost of Removal
Artist
Titus Kaphar
(born 1976)
Date2017
MediumOil, canvas, and rusted nails on canvas
Dimensions108 in. × 84 in. × 1 1/2 in. (274.3 × 213.4 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2017.20
Accession number
2017.20
On View
On viewLabel TextThe Cost of Removal references Ralph Earl’s 1833 painting Andrew Jackson on Sam Patch. Here, Jackson’s body is obscured by strips of canvas with his writings weighing the costs of removing Native Americans from their lands. While president, Jackson enabled the Trail of Tears, the forced migration of southeastern tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River. Begun in 2016, Kaphar created this work while considering the impact one president could have on generations of people.
El costo del traslado forzoso hace referencia a la pintura Andrew Jackson sobre Sam Patch, pintó por Ralph Earl en 1833. Aquí, el cuerpo de Jackson queda oculto por franjas de lienzo marcadas por sus propios escritos, que sopesaban los costos de desterrar a los pueblos indígenas de sus territorios. Durante su presidencia, Jackson permitió el Sendero de lágrimas, el desplazamiento forzoso de las tribus del sureste hacia al oeste del río Mississippi. Comenzando en 2016, Kaphar creó esta obra al considerar el impacto que un presidente podía tener sobre generaciones de personas.
Edward Dalton Marchant
1830
