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Titus Kaphar: Can art amend history?
Titus Kaphar: Može li umjetnost ispraviti povijest?
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Umjetnik Titus Kaphar pravi slike i skulpture koje se istovremeno bore s mukama prošlosti i govore o raznovrsnosti i prednostima sadašnjosti. U nezaboravnoj radionici, Kaphar kistom natopljenim bijelom bojom prelazi preko replike slike Fransa Halsa, slikara iz 17.-og stoljeća, sakrivajući dio kompozicije i prikazujući skrivenu priču. Priča je često šifrirana u umjetnosti, kaže Kaphar. Što se dogodi kad pomaknemo svoj fokus i suočimo se s neizgovorenim istinama?
Titus Kaphar - Artist
Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums. Full bio
Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums. Full bio
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I love museums.
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Volim muzeje.
00:16
Have you guys ever been
to the Natural History Museum?
to the Natural History Museum?
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Jeste li ikad bili u
Prirodoslovnom muzeju?
Prirodoslovnom muzeju?
U New York Cityju?
00:19
In New York City?
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(Pljesak)
00:20
(Applause)
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00:22
So one of the things that I do
is I take my kids to the museum.
is I take my kids to the museum.
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Nekad svoju djecu odvedem u muzej.
00:27
Recently I took them
to the Natural History Museum.
to the Natural History Museum.
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Nedavno sam ih odveo
u Prirodoslovni muzej.
u Prirodoslovni muzej.
Bio sam tamo sa svoja dva sina,
Sabianom i Dabithom.
Sabianom i Dabithom.
00:30
I had my two sons with me,
Sabian and Dabith.
Sabian and Dabith.
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00:33
And we go into the front
entrance of the museum,
entrance of the museum,
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Priđemo ulazu u muzej,
a tamo stoji nevjerojatna skulptura
Teddyja Roosevelta.
Teddyja Roosevelta.
00:36
and there's that amazing sculpture
of Teddy Roosevelt out there.
of Teddy Roosevelt out there.
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00:39
You guys know which one I'm talking about.
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Siguran sam da znate o kojoj pričam.
Teddy Roosevelt sjedi
s jednom rukom na konju,
s jednom rukom na konju,
00:41
Teddy Roosevelt is sitting there
with one hand on the horse,
with one hand on the horse,
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odvažan, jak,
zavrnutih rukava.
zavrnutih rukava.
00:45
bold, strong, sleeves rolled up.
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00:47
I don't know if he's bare-chested,
but it kind of feels like it.
but it kind of feels like it.
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Ne znam ima li gola prsa,
ali čini se kao da ima.
ali čini se kao da ima.
(Smijeh)
00:50
(Laughter)
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Na njegovoj lijevoj strani
hoda Indijanac.
hoda Indijanac.
00:51
And on the left-hand side of him
is a Native American walking.
is a Native American walking.
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00:56
And on the right-hand side of him
is an African-American walking.
is an African-American walking.
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Na njegovoj desnoj strani
hoda Afroamerikanac.
hoda Afroamerikanac.
01:01
And as we're moving up the stairs,
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Dok se uspinjemo stubama,
približavajući se skulpturi,
01:05
getting closer to the sculpture,
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moj najstariji sin,
ima devet godina, kaže,
ima devet godina, kaže,
01:08
my oldest son, who's nine, says,
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"Tata, zašto on smije jahati,
01:10
"Dad, how come he gets to ride,
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01:15
and they have to walk?"
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a oni moraju hodati?"
01:18
It stopped me in my tracks.
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Zamrznuo sam se.
01:20
It stopped me in my tracks.
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Zamrznuo sam se.
Kroz toliko bismo povijesti
01:22
There was so much history
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morali proći
kako bi im to objasnio,
kako bi im to objasnio,
01:24
that we would have to go through
to try to explain that,
to try to explain that,
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a to uvijek pokušavam učiniti.
01:26
and that's something
I try to do with them anyways.
I try to do with them anyways.
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01:30
It's a question that I probably
would have never really asked.
would have never really asked.
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To je pitanje koje vjerojatno
nikad ne bih postavio.
nikad ne bih postavio.
Ono što je zapravo rekao bilo je,
01:34
But fundamentally what he was saying was,
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"To ne izgleda pravedno.
01:36
"That doesn't look fair.
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Tata, to ne izgleda pravedno.
01:38
Dad, that doesn't look fair.
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01:41
And why is this thing that's so not fair
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I zašto ta nepravda
stoji ispred ovako
nevjerojatne institucije."
nevjerojatne institucije."
01:43
sitting outside
of such an amazing institution."
of such an amazing institution."
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01:47
And his question got me wondering,
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Zbog tog sam se pitanja zapitao
postoji li način
da ispravimo svoje javne skulpture,
da ispravimo svoje javne skulpture,
01:49
is there a way for us
to amend our public sculptures,
to amend our public sculptures,
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svoje nacionalne spomenike?
01:54
our national monuments?
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01:56
Not erase them,
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Ne trebamo ih izbrisati,
01:58
but is there a way to amend them?
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no postoji li način da ih ispravimo?
02:00
Now, I didn't grow up going to museums.
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Dok sam odrastao, nisam išao u muzeje.
To nije moja povijest.
02:05
That's not my history.
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Moja me majka rodila s 15 godina.
02:07
My mother was 15 years old
when I was born.
when I was born.
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Divna je.
02:09
She is amazing.
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02:12
My father was struggling
with his own things
with his own things
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Moj se otac bavio svojim stvarima
većinu mog života.
02:14
for most of my life.
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02:17
If you really want to know the truth,
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Ako želite znati istinu,
umjetnošću sam se počeo baviti
zbog jedne žene.
zbog jedne žene.
02:19
the only reason I got into art
is because of a woman.
is because of a woman.
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02:23
There was this amazing, amazing,
fantastic, beautiful, smart woman,
fantastic, beautiful, smart woman,
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Bila je to divna, odlična,
prelijepa, pametna žena,
prelijepa, pametna žena,
četiri godine starija od mene,
02:28
four years older than me,
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02:30
and I wanted to go out with her.
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i htio sam izlaziti s njom.
No rekla je, "Premlad si
02:32
But she said, "You're too young
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i ne razmišljaš o svojoj budućnosti."
02:33
and you're not thinking
about your future."
about your future."
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Otišao sam do visoke škole,
02:35
So I ran on down to the junior college,
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prijavio se na neke predmete,
02:39
registered for some classes,
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vratio se
02:41
ran on back,
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i rekao,
"Sad razmišljam o svojoj budućnosti."
"Sad razmišljam o svojoj budućnosti."
02:43
and basically was like,
"I'm thinking about my future now."
"I'm thinking about my future now."
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(Smijeh)
02:46
(Laughter)
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"Hoćemo li izaći?"
02:48
"Can we go out?"
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02:51
For the record, she's even more amazing.
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Samo da se zna, još je izvanrednija.
Oženio sam ju.
02:53
I married her.
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(Pljesak)
02:54
(Applause)
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03:00
So when I randomly ran down
to the junior college
to the junior college
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Kad sam tako iznenadno otišao
do visoke škole
do visoke škole
i prijavio se na neke predmete,
03:05
and registered for classes,
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03:06
I really wasn't paying attention
to what I was registering to.
to what I was registering to.
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nisam obraćao pozornost
na što se prijavljujem.
na što se prijavljujem.
(Smijeh)
03:10
(Laughter)
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Završio sam na satu povijesti umjetnosti,
03:11
So I ended up with an art history class,
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a nisam imao pojma o povijesti umjetnosti.
03:14
and I didn't know a thing
about art history.
about art history.
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03:17
But something amazing happened
when I went into that class.
when I went into that class.
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No nešto se nevjerojatno dogodilo
na tom satu.
na tom satu.
03:21
For the first time in my academic career,
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Prvi je put u mojoj akademskoj karijeri
moja vizualna inteligencija
bila potrebna.
bila potrebna.
03:25
my visual intelligence was required of me.
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Prvi put.
03:28
For the first time.
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Profesor bi pokazao sliku
03:30
The professor would put up an image,
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odvažnih plavih i žutih poteza,
i rekao, "Tko je to?"
i rekao, "Tko je to?"
03:32
bold strokes of blues and yellows,
and say, "Who's that?"
and say, "Who's that?"
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Rekao bih, "To je Van Gogh.
Očito se radi o Van Goghu.
Očito se radi o Van Goghu.
03:36
And I'd go, "That's Van Gogh.
Clearly that is Van Gogh.
Clearly that is Van Gogh.
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Mogu ja ovo."
03:39
I got this."
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(Smijeh)
03:41
(Laughter)
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Imao sam četvorku iz tog predmeta.
03:43
I got a B in that class.
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Za mene je to bilo nevjerojatno.
03:46
For me, that was amazing.
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03:50
In high school, let's just say
I wasn't a great student. OK?
I wasn't a great student. OK?
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Recimo da u srednjoj školi nisam
bio odličan učenik. OK?
bio odličan učenik. OK?
U srednjoj školi prosjek mi je bio .65.
03:54
In high school, my GPA was .65.
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(Smijeh)
03:57
(Laughter)
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Prvo decimalna točka, pa šest pet.
03:58
Decimal point first, six five.
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Moja je četvorka bila
jako, jako velika stvar,
jako, jako velika stvar,
04:02
So me getting a B was huge, huge,
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iznimno velika.
04:07
absolutely huge.
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I upravo zbog tog shvaćanja
da mogu učiti vizualno,
da mogu učiti vizualno,
04:08
And because of the fact that I realized
that I was able to learn things visually
that I was able to learn things visually
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da ne mogu učiti na druge načine,
04:13
that I couldn't learn in other ways,
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to je postala moja strategija,
moja taktika
moja taktika
04:15
this became my strategy,
this became my tactic
this became my tactic
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za shvaćanje svega.
04:18
for understanding everything else.
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04:21
I wanted to stay in this relationship.
Things were going well.
Things were going well.
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Htio sam ostati u toj vezi.
Sve je bilo dobro.
Sve je bilo dobro.
Odlučio sam ostati na satima
povijesti umjetnosti.
povijesti umjetnosti.
04:24
I decided, let me keep taking
these art history classes.
these art history classes.
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Nikad neću zaboraviti jedan
od zadnjih satova povijesti umjetnosti.
od zadnjih satova povijesti umjetnosti.
04:27
One of the last art history classes,
I will not forget, I will never forget.
I will not forget, I will never forget.
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Radilo se o preglednim satovima
povijesti umjetnosti.
povijesti umjetnosti.
04:31
It was one of those survey
art history classes.
art history classes.
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04:33
Anybody ever have one of those
survey art history classes,
survey art history classes,
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Je li itko pohađao takve satove
povijesti umjetnosti,
povijesti umjetnosti,
gdje te pokušaju naučiti
cijelu povijest umjetnosti
cijelu povijest umjetnosti
04:36
where they try to teach you
the entire history of art
the entire history of art
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u jednom semestru?
04:38
in a single semester?
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Govorim o špiljskim slikama
i Jacksonu Pollocku
i Jacksonu Pollocku
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I'm talking about cave paintings
and Jackson Pollock
and Jackson Pollock
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zbijenim u jedno --
04:45
just crunched together all in the same --
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baš i ne funkcionira,
no svejedno pokušavaju.
no svejedno pokušavaju.
04:47
It doesn't really work,
but they try anyway.
but they try anyway.
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04:51
Well, at the beginning of the semester,
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Pa, na početku sam semestra
pregledao knjigu,
04:54
I looked at the book,
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i u toj je knjizi od 400 stranica
dio od 14 stranica
dio od 14 stranica
04:55
and in this 400-page book
was about a 14-page section
was about a 14-page section
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o crncima u slikama.
04:59
that was on black people in painting.
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To je bilo nagomilano poglavlje
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Now, this was a crammed in section
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o prikazima crnaca u slikama
05:03
that had representations
of black people in painting
of black people in painting
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i crncima slikarima.
05:07
and black people who painted.
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Recimo samo da je bilo loše organizirano.
05:10
It was poorly curated,
let's just put it that way.
let's just put it that way.
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(Smijeh)
05:15
(Laughter)
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Svejedno sam bio uzbuđen,
05:16
Nonetheless I was really excited about it,
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jer ni pod jednim drugim satom
05:19
because in all
the other classes that I had,
the other classes that I had,
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nismo imali taj razgovor.
05:21
we didn't even have that conversation.
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05:25
We didn't talk about it at all.
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Nismo o tome uopće pričali.
05:27
So imagine my surprise
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Možete zamisliti moje iznenađenje
kad nas je na satu,
05:29
when I get to class
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onog dana kad smo trebali
razgovarati o tom poglavlju,
razgovarati o tom poglavlju,
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and on the day that we're supposed
to go over that particular chapter,
to go over that particular chapter,
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profesorica obavijestila,
05:35
my professor announces,
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05:38
"We're going to skip this chapter today
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"Preskočit ćemo današnje poglavlje
jer nemamo vremena proći ga."
05:40
because we do not have time
to go through it."
to go through it."
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05:42
"Whoa, I'm sorry,
hold on, professor, professor.
hold on, professor, professor.
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"Hej, oprostite,
pričekajte, profesorice.
pričekajte, profesorice.
Oprostite.
Ovo mi je stvarno bitno poglavlje.
Ovo mi je stvarno bitno poglavlje.
05:45
I'm sorry. This is a really
important chapter to me.
important chapter to me.
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05:49
Are we going to go over it at any point?"
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Hoćemo li ga uopće preći?"
"Tituse, nemamo vremena za ovo."
05:51
"Titus, we don't have time for this."
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"Oprostite, oprostite, oprostite,
05:53
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
I'm sorry, I'm sorry,
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molim vas, stvarno trebam razumjeti.
05:55
please, I really need to understand.
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Očito autor misli da je značajno.
05:57
Clearly the author thinks
that this is significant.
that this is significant.
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Zašto ga onda preskačemo?"
05:59
Why are we skipping over this?"
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"Tituse, nemam vremena za ovo."
06:01
"Titus, I do not have time for this."
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"OK, zadnje pitanje, oprostite.
06:03
"OK, last question, I'm really sorry here.
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Kad možemo pričati,
jer moramo pričati."
jer moramo pričati."
06:05
When can we talk,
because we need to talk."
because we need to talk."
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(Smijeh)
06:07
(Laughter)
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Kasnije sam ju posjetio.
06:09
I went to her office hours.
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06:11
I ended up getting kicked
out of her office.
out of her office.
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Izbačen sam iz njenog ureda.
Otišao sam dekanu.
06:14
I went to the dean.
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Dekan mi je naposljetku rekao,
"Ne mogu ju prisiliti da nešto predaje."
"Ne mogu ju prisiliti da nešto predaje."
06:15
The dean finally told me,
"I can't force her to teach anything."
"I can't force her to teach anything."
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06:18
And I knew in that moment
if I wanted to understand this history,
if I wanted to understand this history,
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U tom sam trenutku znao,
želim li shvatiti ovu povijest,
želim li shvatiti ovu povijest,
želim li shvatiti uloge
onih koji su morali hodati,
onih koji su morali hodati,
06:23
if I wanted to understand the roles
of those folks who had to walk,
of those folks who had to walk,
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morat ću to shvatiti sam.
06:27
I was probably going
to have to figure that out myself.
to have to figure that out myself.
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06:33
So ...
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Pa ...
06:39
above you right here on the slide
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iznad vas je slajd
06:43
is a painting by Frans Hals.
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sa slikom Fransa Halsa.
06:47
This is one of the kinds of images
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Ovakve su slike
bile u tom poglavlju.
06:51
that was in that chapter.
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06:55
I taught myself how to paint
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Naučio sam slikati
idući u muzeje
i gledajući ovakve slike.
i gledajući ovakve slike.
06:57
by going to museums
and looking at images like this.
and looking at images like this.
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07:03
I want to show you something.
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Želim vam nešto pokazati.
07:18
I made this.
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Ovo sam ja naslikao.
07:20
I --
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Ja --
(Pljesak)
07:21
(Applause)
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Promijenio sam neke stvari.
07:23
I made some alterations.
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Vidjet ćete manje razlike među slikama.
07:24
You'll see there are
some slight differences in the painting.
some slight differences in the painting.
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07:28
All this art history
that I had been absorbing
that I had been absorbing
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Sva ta povijest umjetnosti
koju sam upijao
koju sam upijao
pomogla mi je shvatiti
da je slikanje jezik.
da je slikanje jezik.
07:33
helped me to realize
that painting is a language.
that painting is a language.
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07:41
There is a reason
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Postoji razlog
07:47
why he is the highest
in the composition here.
in the composition here.
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zbog kojeg je on najviši među svima.
07:57
There is a reason
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Postoji razlog
08:01
why the painter is showing us
this gold necklace here.
this gold necklace here.
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zbog kojeg nam slikar
pokazuje ovu zlatnu ogrlicu.
pokazuje ovu zlatnu ogrlicu.
08:08
He's trying to tell us something
about the economic status
about the economic status
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Pokušava nam nešto reći
o ekonomskom statusu
ljudi u tim slikama.
ljudi u tim slikama.
08:11
of these people in these paintings.
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08:16
Painting is a visual language
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Slikanje je vizualan jezik
u kojem je sve u slici
08:20
where everything in the painting
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značajno, važno.
08:23
is meaningful, is important.
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Šifrirano je.
08:26
It's coded.
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08:32
But sometimes, because
of the compositional structure,
of the compositional structure,
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No nekad je,
zbog kompozicije,
zbog kompozicije,
hijerarhije u kompoziciji,
08:35
because of compositional hierarchy,
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08:38
it's hard to see other things.
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teško vidjeti druge stvari.
08:56
This silk is supposed to tell us also
that they have quite a bit of money.
that they have quite a bit of money.
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Svila bi nam trebala pokazati
da imaju puno novaca.
da imaju puno novaca.
09:02
There's more written
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Više je napisano
o psima u povijesti umjetnosti
09:04
about dogs in art history
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09:08
than there are about
this other character here.
this other character here.
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nego o ovom liku ovdje.
09:13
Historically speaking,
in research on these kinds of paintings,
in research on these kinds of paintings,
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Gledamo li povijest,
istražujući ovakve slike,
istražujući ovakve slike,
09:16
I can find out more about the lace
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više mogu saznati o čipki
koju žena na ovoj slici nosi --
koju žena na ovoj slici nosi --
09:20
that the woman is wearing
in this painting --
in this painting --
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proizvođaču čipke --
nego o ovom liku ovdje,
nego o ovom liku ovdje,
09:23
the manufacturer of the lace --
than I can about this character here,
than I can about this character here,
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o njegovim snovima, nadama,
09:28
about his dreams, about his hopes,
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o njegovim ciljevima u životu.
09:30
about what he wanted out of life.
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09:35
I want to show you something.
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Želim vam nešto pokazati.
09:39
I don't want you to think
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Ne želim da mislite
kako se ovdje radi o istrebljenju.
09:41
that this is about eradication.
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Ne.
09:45
It's not.
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Ono što sam upravo stavio u ovu boju
09:46
The oil that you saw me
just put inside of this paint
just put inside of this paint
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laneno je ulje.
09:50
is linseed oil.
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S vremenom postaje prozirno,
09:51
It becomes transparent over time,
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što znači da će se eventualno
09:54
so eventually what's going to happen
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09:57
is these faces
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ova lica
10:00
will emerge a little bit.
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pojavljivati.
10:04
What I'm trying to do,
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Pokušavam --
želim vam pokazati
kako pomaknuti svoj pogled,
kako pomaknuti svoj pogled,
10:06
what I'm trying to show you,
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10:08
is how to shift your gaze just slightly,
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samo malo
10:11
just momentarily,
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samo na tren,
10:13
just momentarily,
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samo na tren.
Zapitajte se
10:15
to ask yourself the question,
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10:18
why do some have to walk?
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zašto neki moraju hodati?
Kakav učinak ovakve skulpture
imaju u muzejima?
imaju u muzejima?
10:20
What is the impact of these kinds
of sculptures at museums?
of sculptures at museums?
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Kakav je učinak ovakvih slika
10:24
What is the impact
of these kinds of paintings
of these kinds of paintings
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na najranjivije u društvu?
10:28
on some of our most vulnerable in society,
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Kako je vidjeti sebe prikazanog ovako?
10:31
seeing these kinds of depictions
of themselves all the time?
of themselves all the time?
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Ne kažem da je išta potrebno izbrisati.
10:35
I'm not saying erase it.
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10:37
We can't erase this history.
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Ne možemo izbrisati povijest.
10:39
It's real. We have to know it.
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Stvarno je. Moramo to znati.
10:41
I think of it in the same way
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Razmišljam o tome
kao što razmišljamo o --
kao što razmišljamo o --
10:43
we think of --
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10:47
Let me step back a second.
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Zaustavit ću se na tren.
Sjećate li se starih fotoaparata,
10:49
You remember old-school cameras,
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koje ste trebali fokusirati
kako biste nešto fotografirali. Zar ne?
kako biste nešto fotografirali. Zar ne?
10:52
where when you took a picture,
you actually had to focus. Right?
you actually had to focus. Right?
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Uzeli biste fotoaparat,
10:55
You'd put the camera up,
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i ako sam htio tebe staviti u fokus,
10:56
and if I wanted you in focus,
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pomaknuo bih objektiv ulijevo
10:58
I would move the lens a little to the left
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i ti bi ušao u fokus.
11:00
and you would come forward.
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Mogao bih objektiv pomaknuti udesno,
11:02
I could move the lens
a little to the right,
a little to the right,
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i ti bi spao u pozadinu,
a ljudi iza ušli bi u fokus.
a ljudi iza ušli bi u fokus.
11:04
and you would go back and the folks
in the background would come out.
in the background would come out.
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Pokušavam to ovdje učiniti.
11:07
I'm just trying to do that here.
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Želim vam dati tu priliku.
11:09
I'm trying to give you that opportunity.
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Pokušavam odgovoriti na pitanje
11:13
I'm trying to answer that question
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svojeg sina.
11:15
that my son had.
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11:20
I want to make paintings,
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Želim stvarati slike,
želim stvarati skulpture
11:22
I want to make sculptures
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koje su iskrene,
11:24
that are honest,
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11:26
that wrestle with
the struggles of our past
the struggles of our past
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koje se bore s mukama naše prošlosti,
11:31
but speak to the diversity
and the advances of our present.
and the advances of our present.
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no govore o raznovrsnosti
i prednostima naše sadašnjosti.
i prednostima naše sadašnjosti.
11:36
And we can't do that by taking an eraser
and getting rid of stuff.
and getting rid of stuff.
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Ne možemo to učiniti brisanjem
i uklanjanjem.
i uklanjanjem.
To neće funkcionirati.
11:40
That's just not going to work.
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Mislim da bismo trebali funkcionirati
11:41
I think that we should
do it in the same way
do it in the same way
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kao Ustav SAD-a.
11:43
the American Constitution works.
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Dogodi li se
11:45
When we have a situation
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da želimo promijeniti
zakon u Ustavu SAD-a,
zakon u Ustavu SAD-a,
11:46
where we want to change
a law in the American Constitution,
a law in the American Constitution,
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ne obrišemo onaj prijašnji.
11:50
we don't erase the other one.
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Pokraj njega stoji amandman,
11:53
Alongside that is an amendment,
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nešto što kaže,
11:55
something that says,
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"Ovdje smo bili prije,
no tu smo sada."
no tu smo sada."
11:57
"This is where we were,
but this is where we are right now."
but this is where we are right now."
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12:01
I figure if we can do that,
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Vjerujem da bi nam činiti to
pomoglo shvatiti nešto više
pomoglo shvatiti nešto više
12:03
then that will help us
understand a little bit
understand a little bit
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12:06
about where we're going.
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o našoj budućnosti.
12:38
Thank you.
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Hvala vam.
(Pljesak)
12:39
(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Titus Kaphar - ArtistTitus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums.
Why you should listen
As Titus Kaphar says of his work: "I’ve always been fascinated by history: art history, American history, world history, individual history -- how history is written, recorded, distorted, exploited, reimagined and understood. In my work I explore the materiality of reconstructive history. I paint and I sculpt, often borrowing from the historical canon, and then alter the work in some way. I cut, crumple, shroud, shred, stitch, tar, twist, bind, erase, break, tear and turn the paintings and sculptures I create, reconfiguring them into works that nod to hidden narratives and begin to reveal unspoken truths about the nature of history."
Kaphar is founder/CEO of the NXTHVN, a multidisciplinary arts incubator that's being built to train professional artists and to further establish New Haven's growing creative community. His latest works are an investigation into the highest and lowest forms of recording history. From monuments to mug shots, this body of work exhibited at Jack Shainman gallery December-January 2017 seeks to collapse the line of American history to inhabit a fixed point in the present. Historical portraiture, mug shots, and YouTube stills challenge viewers to consider how we document the past, and what we have erased. Rather than explore guilt or innocence, Kaphar engages the narratives of individuals and how we as a society manage and define them over time. As a whole, this exhibition explores the power of rewritten histories to question the presumption of innocence and the mythology of the heroic.
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