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Arthur Jafa (/ ˈ dʒ eɪ f ə /; born Arthur Jafa Fielder, November 30, 1960) is an American video artist and cinematographer.
Arthur Jafa’s eye continually seeks out, and draws into focus, unlikely and uncanny companions. Through his work he invites viewers to look along with him, not turning away but bearing witness to a chorus of beauty and terror that, for Jafa, define the richness of Black life.
Dec 14, 2020 · Arthur Jafa’s Radical Alienation. The filmmaker left an art world he found too white; years later, he made a triumphant return with “Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death.” By Calvin Tomkins....
Apr 5, 2024 · The artist has gone back to his filmmaking roots, re-examining what he sees as racial undertones in Martin Scorsese’s classic 1976 movie. Arthur Jafa before a screen at the Gladstone Gallery in...
Arthur Jafa (b. 1960, Tupelo, Mississippi) is an artist, filmmaker and cinematographer. Across three decades, Jafa has developed a dynamic practice comprising films, artefacts and happenings that reference and question the universal and specific articulations of Black being.
Mar 26, 2024 · The artist known for confronting the country’s racist history head-on talks to poet Simone White about institutional attention, the film Taxi Driver, and his daring new exhibitions. Interview by...
Aug 14, 2019 · Arthur Jafa in Bloom - The New York Times. Sought after by Spike Lee, Stanley Kubrick, and Solange Knowles alike, the visual artist is changing representations of blackness in museums and...
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