Artist
Arthur Jafa
b. 1960, Tupelo, Mississippi, USA · American · Based in Los Angeles, California, USA
- BArch, Howard University, Washington, D.C. (1983)
- Video Montage
- Love is the Message
- Chained Industrial Tires
- Cinematography
Arthur Jafa has developed an influential practice around Black visual culture through film, video, photography and installation. Drawing from decades of work in cinematography and music-video production, he assembles found and original images into dense montages that move between joy, violence, music, beauty and historical trauma.
Film; video; photography; installation
Gallery Representation
DOCUMENTATION
EXHIBITION IMAGES via Contemporary Art Library ↗Artist Films
Arthur Jafa: Sequencing the Notes | Art21 "Extended Play"
Art2110 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Virtual Studio Visits: Klaus Biesenbach in Conversation with Arthur Jafa
The Museum of Contemporary Art71 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Basquiat was standing on the bleeding edge. Arthur Jafa's reflections on the legendary artist
Louisiana Channel10 minOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 2016Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death
- 2013Apex
- 2018akingdoncomethas
- 2018The White Album
- 2021AGHDRA
- 2017Ex-Slave Gordon
- 2017LeRage
- 2018Big Wheel I
- 1988Monster
- 2013Dreams Are Colder Than Death
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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