Seeing the Unseen: Arthur Jafa, Jennifer Packer & Hans Ulrich Obrist
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Seeing the Unseen: Arthur Jafa, Jennifer Packer & Hans Ulrich Obrist
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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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“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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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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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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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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Sequencing the Notes, Arthur Jafa — Art21
Sequencing the Notes, Arthur Jafa — Art21
Apr 30, 2025
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Arthur Jafa’s explosive short film Love is the Message, the Message is Death, is an emotionally charged moving image portrait of contemporary African-American identity. Love is the Message will be screened as part of Vivid LIVE Hidden Pulse program, in collaboration with M on May 30: http://soh.online/12b29 To read the rest of the conversation, click here: http://soh.online/arthur_jafa | Sydney Opera House
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Arthur Jafa’s explosive short film Love is the Message, the Message is Death, is an emotionally charged moving image portrait of contemporary African-American identity. Love is the Message will be screened as part of Vivid LIVE Hidden Pulse program, in collaboration with M on May 30: http://soh.online/12b29 To read the rest of the conversation, click here: http://soh.online/arthur_jafa | Sydney Opera House
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Arthur Jafa
Arthur Jafa
Oct 9, 2016
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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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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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Arthur Jafa — the liquid blackness project
Aug 19, 2020
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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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My Favorite Artwork | Arthur Jafa
Aug 14, 2019
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Love is the Message and the Message is Death (Arthur Jafa, USA, 2016, 8’)
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“How do you make a thing of beauty?” Watch Arthur Jafa on Art21 → https://youtu.be/xpLgt_yo1Ek | Art21
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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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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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Artists' Influencers | Arthur Jafa and Jason Moran
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Los Angeles Filmforum at MOCA Presents Arthur Jafa's Dreams Are Colder Than Death
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Interview with Arthur Jafa (part II)
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Artist Arthur Jafa: Not All Good, Not All Bad | Interview | Louisiana Channel
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🗣️ « J'essaie de créer des œuvres qui traduisent la complexité de l’identité noire américaine. » — Arthur Jafa Figure incontournable de la scène contemporaine, le travail d'Arthur Jafa s’inscrit volontairement au sein de la « blackness » qui revendique une identité culturelle africaine-américaine à part entière. Sa pratique ne cesse de développer des stratégies visuelles inspirées du collage et du montage, qui aspirent à représenter l’expérience noire dans sa multiplicité et sa complexité. 🎥 V
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An Interview with Arthur Jafa
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Artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa speaks on his unflinching approach to storytelling. Make sure to see “Arthur Jafa: Works from the MCA Collection” today. #ArthurJafa | Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Aug 8, 2024
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Analyse de l'œuvre 'Love Is the Message' d'Arthur Jafa
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Under the Cover at Climax Books with Arthur Jafa!
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Responding to Arthur Jafa's “Love is the Message, The Message is Death”
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« J’essaie de créer des œuvres complexes » Arthur Jafa
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In Your Face: Interview - Arthur Jafa
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Arthur Jafa at Glenstone Museum
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