For the funerary practice, see Funeral. For other uses, see Open Casket (disambiguation).
Open Casket
Artist
Dana Schutz
Year
2016
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
99 cm × 130 cm (39 in × 53 in)
Location
New York
Open Casket is a 2016 painting by Dana Schutz. The subject is Emmett Till, a black 14-year-old boy who was lynched by two white men in Mississippi in 1955. It was one of the works included at the 2017 Whitney Biennial exhibition in New York curated by Christopher Y. Lew and Mia Locks. The painting caused controversy, with protests and calls for the painting's destruction.[1] Protests inside the museum lasted up to two days.[2]
^Kennedy, Randy (2017-03-21). "White Artist's Painting of Emmett Till at Whitney Biennial Draws Protests". The New York Times. Retrieved 2017-04-01.
^Scott, Andrea K. (Jun 3, 2017). "Does an Offensive Sculpture Deserve to Be Burned?". The New Yorker. Retrieved Apr 21, 2019 – via www.newyorker.com.
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