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Arthur Jafa

Name: Arthur Jafa
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Across his career, Arthur Jafa has sought to find new visual forms to capture the rhythm and realities of Black life in America. This is the most comprehensive survey of his work to date, spanning over four decades of his career and more than 25 acclaimed... Read More

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A career-spanning survey of the celebrated and resonant work of Arthur Jafa

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Richly illustrated with 165 images representing the full breadth of the artist's practice, including his films, videos, installations, photographs, and sculptures, this expansive survey includes Jafa’s most acclaimed works, the resounding Love is the Message, The Message is Death (2016) and the Golden Lion winning The White Album (2018), as well as other large-scale video and film installations and a range of sculptural and photographic objects.

Jafa has been gradually building a filmic language whose syncopations and textures match the aspirations of Black popular music and has built a staggering visual archive that cuts across histories and arenas of culture.

Jafa’s acclaimed and resonant films have captured the collective imagination and experience of America amidst the nation’s growing awareness of the long history of institutional violence directed toward the Black community, placing this awakening against a backdrop of the century-long ascension of Black culture, music, and entertainment to the forefront of our national identity.

Accompanying a major solo exhibition at the New Museum in New York, the book includes an interview with Jafa as well as new contributions from preeminent scholars and writers, including Judith Butler, Mark Godfrey, Ekow Eshun, J. Hoberman, Kara Keeling, Lawrence Rinder, Martine Syms, Hamza Walker, and Simone White. This is the most comprehensive presentation, to date, of the work of one of the most important and influential artists of this generation.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781837290567

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 20 August 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Edition: In Association with the New Museum

Illustration: 165 Illustrations

Contributors:

Contributions by Judith Butler
Contributions by Martine Syms
Contributions by J. Hoberman
Contributions by Ekow Eshun
Contributions by Mark Godfrey
Edited by Massimiliano Gioni
Edited by Gary Carrion-Murayari
Contributions by Kara Keeling
Contributions by Lawrence Rinder

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 250.0mm

Height: 290.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 260

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About the Author

Gary Carrion-Murayari is the Kraus Family Senior Curator at the New Museum.

Massimiliano Gioni is is the Edlis Neeson Artistic Director at the New Museum.

Judith Butler is a Distinguished Professor in the Graduate School at the University of California, Berkeley.

Ekow Eshun is a curator, writer, and broadcaster.

Mark Godfrey is an independent curator based in London.

J. Hoberman is a film critic, journalist, author, and academic.

Kara Keeling is Professor of Cinema and Media Studies and American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California.

Lawrence Rinder is Director Emeritus of the University of California s Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive.

Martine Syms is an artist and director whose practice spans cinema, art, and theater.

Hamza Walker is Director of The Brick, an independent nonprofit art space in Los Angeles.

Simone White is is the Stephen M. Gorn Family Assistant Professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania.