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Jan 31, 2022 · Factually, Emmett was kidnapped. His mutilated body was later sent home to Chicago and displayed in an open casket to, as Till-Mobley told the press, “let the people see what I’ve seen.”
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Apr 3, 2017 · They also replaced the wall label next to “Open Casket” with a new one, acknowledging the controversy it had caused, and including a statement by Schutz, which concludes, “This painting was...
Mar 21, 2017 · Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket,” a 2016 painting in the Whitney Biennial. Collection of the artist. By Randy Kennedy. March 21, 2017.
Mar 21, 2017 · Art World. Dana Schutz’s Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Sparks Protest. “It’s not acceptable for a white person to transmute Black suffering into profit and fun,” says artist Hannah Black. Dana Schutz, Open Casket (2016). Oil on canvas. Collection of the artist; courtesy Petzel, New York.
Mar 23, 2017 · Since the opening of the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Dana Schutz ’s painting of the body of the murdered Emmett Till, titled Open Casket, has triggered not just debate, but protests. These have ...
Mar 21, 2017 · Tue 21 Mar 2017 12.56 EDT. A painting included in this year’s Whitney Biennial in New York is being protested for perceived racial insensitivity. Open Casket by American painter Dana...
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Mar 27, 2017 · Dana Schutz’s “Open Casket,” part of the Whitney Biennial. Benjamin Norman for The New York Times. By Roberta Smith. March 27, 2017. We all encounter art we don’t like, that upsets and...
