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Arthur Jafa, Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016

Images of Arthur Jafa, Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death

  • Sunlight obscures the reflection of a person holding a phone up to a window.
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Sunlight obscures the reflection of a person holding a phone up to a window.
  1. Long Sunlight rakes across a window partially obscuring the reflection of a person holding a phone as if taking this picture. Their face is not visible. The sunlight illuminates the edges of foliage outside.
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
Arthur Jafa, b. 1960, Tupelo, MS; lives in Los Angeles, CA
Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death, 2016
Video (color, and sound)
Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Gift of R.H. Defares to the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 2017.34
Images courtesy Arthur Jafa and Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York/Rome
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