The painting is based on a photograph of the open casket of murdered African American teenager Emmett Till, who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955 after being falsely accused of making advances on a white woman. (apollo-magazine.com)
Dana Schutz depicted the open casket of Emmett Till, building the lynched black teenager's face up with paint and then gashing it on the canvas, and Henry Taylor painted the death of Philando Castile at the hands of police officer. (wmagazine.com)
And, I've seen them in caskets after they die,» said Erie County Legislator Betty Jean Grant. (news.wbfo.org)