Arthur Jafa
Arthur Jafa
Oct 9, 2016
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Arthur Jafa — the liquid blackness project
Arthur Jafa — the liquid blackness project
Aug 19, 2020
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"A lot of Black artists do uplift, but I don't really do uplift. I'm an undertaker." Listen to artist Arthur Jafa describe his artistic practice and storytelling. Make sure to check out "Arthur Jafa: Works from the MCA Collection." https://mca.social/Jafa | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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"A lot of Black artists do uplift, but I don't really do uplift. I'm an undertaker." Listen to artist Arthur Jafa describe his artistic practice and storytelling. Make sure to check out "Arthur Jafa: Works from the MCA Collection." https://mca.social/Jafa | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
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Celebrate Arthur Jafa and the power of juxtaposition with late night gallery access, special performances, a custom photo booth, and more. | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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Celebrate Arthur Jafa and the power of juxtaposition with late night gallery access, special performances, a custom photo booth, and more. | MoMA The Museum of Modern Art
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The multimedia artist Arthur Jafa discusses a video that he found on YouTube — a 1992 gospel performance by the Thomas Whitfield Company. In 2016, Jafa used this clip in his film “Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death,” composed mostly found footage. https://nyti.ms/2zrARX3 | T: The New York Times Style Magazine
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The multimedia artist Arthur Jafa discusses a video that he found on YouTube — a 1992 gospel performance by the Thomas Whitfield Company. In 2016, Jafa used this clip in his film “Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death,” composed mostly found footage. https://nyti.ms/2zrARX3 | T: The New York Times Style Magazine
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Sequencing the Notes, Arthur Jafa — Art21
Sequencing the Notes, Arthur Jafa — Art21
Apr 30, 2025
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For several decades, Arthur Jafa has collected hundreds of images from newspapers, magazines, books, and films, saving them in notebooks. Today, he organizes images digitally, reusing many of them throughout his work. For Jafa, “It’s all associative.... The whole idea was always if you took this thing and that thing and you overlap them, the place in which they overlapped was you.” See more: mo.ma/37EENUh Travel to the artist’s Los Angeles studio in our free online Coursera course, #WhatIsContem
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For several decades, Arthur Jafa has collected hundreds of images from newspapers, magazines, books, and films, saving them in notebooks. Today, he organizes images digitally, reusing many of them throughout his work. For Jafa, “It’s all associative.... The whole idea was always if you took this thing and that thing and you overlap them, the place in which they overlapped was you.” See more: mo.ma/37EENUh Travel to the artist’s Los Angeles studio in our free online Coursera course, #WhatIsContem
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Arthur Jafa: Love is the Message, The Message is Death - Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden | Smithsonian
Oct 11, 2024
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“Nobody wants to be Black,” says Arthur Jafa. “But at the same time, when they see Black people, almost paradoxically, we also exist as a kind of emblem of the possibility of transcending profound constraints. You know what I mean? Like everybody has their foot on our neck, but we constantly stand.” Arthur Jafa explores the conditions that construct Blackness, how Blackness is expressed, and what it means to be Black. Watch the full film, free → https://youtu.be/xpLgt_yo1Ek | Art21
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Love is the Message and the Message is Death (Arthur Jafa, USA, 2016, 8’)
Sep 3, 2024
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My Favorite Artwork | Arthur Jafa
Aug 14, 2019
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This week on Art21 → Arthur Jafa In our newest release, Arthur Jafa explores the rich landscape of Black cultural production by identifying and utilizing Black methodologies and aesthetics, uncovering the nuances of Black identity. Watch → https://youtu.be/xpLgt_yo1Ek | Art21
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Only a few hours left to watch Arthur Jafa's 'Love is the Message, The Message is Death', streaming on our website until 7pm this evening. Click here to watch the seven-minute film, described by Jafa as ‘a Black display of Black excellence.’ 📽️ https://bit.ly/3ibAsxi | Tate
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In recognition of this moment, and to offer a space for reflection, we invite you for a special showing tonight at 8:00 p.m. of Arthur Jafa’s 2018 video "akingdoncomethas," and have also extended its screening through June 9, from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. EDT. The video assembles over 100 minutes of footage of Black church services collected by the artist, channeling what he calls his “belief in Black people believing.” The title references the phrase “A kingdom cometh as,” which is a millennial Chris
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TW: The following video contains graphic imagery of racism and police brutality. In Arthur Jafa’s powerful work of art created in 2016, “Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death,” the artist combines original footage with clips from documentary film, news media, social media, and Hollywood to illustrate a century of tumultuous black experience in the United States, from Jim Crow to Ferguson. This montage alternates between scenes of triumph and jubilation and those of conflict, violence, and up
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NOW STREAMING: Arthur Jafa’s “Love is the Message, The Message is Death". Watch now at virtual.dma.org/love-is-the-message Extolled by The New Yorker as “required viewing,” this work flickers between some of the earliest filmed moments of the US civil rights movement, contemporary clips, and dystopian futures depicted in science fiction films. We invite you to join us in viewing this cinematic tribute to Black history, struggle, culture, and life. #DeathIsLoveIs Two roundtable panel discussions
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📣 “Artist’s Choice: Arthur Jafa—Less Is Morbid” is now open! The exhibition features nearly 100 works from MoMA’s collection selected by artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa, reflecting Jafa’s distinctive approach to reexamining history, visual art, and popular culture. Placing things beside one another, Jafa creates relationships between pictures and their makers: Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly; Lygia Clark, Roy DeCarava, Kase2, and Ming Smith; Piet Mondrian and Lutisha Pettway. See it on vie
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Under the Cover at Climax Books with Arthur Jafa!
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Arthur Jafa’s 'Love Is the Message' Will Stream for 48 Hours in Museums Across the World
Jun 24, 2020
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Arthur Jafa: LOVE IS THE MESSAGE, THE MESSAGE IS DEATH
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Arthur Jafa "akingdoncomethas" excerpt
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Love Is The Message The Message Is Death
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Arthur Jafa: Not All Good, Not All Bad
May 24, 2019
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In the Studio: Arthur Jafa
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Arthur Jafa & Greg Tate
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Arthur Jafa: Studio Visit (Seen)
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James Arthur - Deja Vu
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Saidiya Hartman & Arthur Jafa
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Scholl Lecture Series: Arthur Jafa
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