In 2018, the Fox News host Laura Ingraham—irritated over political comments made by LeBron James—told the NBA star to just “shut up and dribble.” Artist Titus Kaphar can identify.
He has been recognized as a major talent, with work that offers “new paths forward for art, away from its white, hegemonic traditions” (as artsy.net put it).
Despite his prominence in the field he has been told, essentially, to “shut up and paint”—can the social commentary and just keep cranking out canvases.
Shut Up and Paint, the Oscar-contending short documentary directed by Kaphar and Alex Mallis, explores his dilemma as an increasingly successful painter and sculptor whose art pleases while his voice discomfits.
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