Exhibitions and museums
Arthur Jafa's acclaimed video montage of Black life.
- Gladstone Gallery
- Price unknown
About
"Love Is the Message, The Message Is Death" is an acclaimed seven-and-a-half-minute video work shown as an exhibition. It was made by visual artist, cinematographer, and film director Arthur Jafa, an American born in 1960. The video condenses the history and lived experience of Black life in the United States into a rapid, emotionally charged montage set to Kanye West's gospel-inflected track "Ultralight Beam." Combining found footage from films, news broadcasts, viral videos, and historical archives with Jafa's own material, it juxtaposes joy, creativity, and Black cultural achievement with documentation of violence and oppression.
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Venue
Gladstone Gallery
West 21st Street 530, 10011 New York
Artist
Arthur JafaRarely
Genre
Video art exhibitionsUsually 1 a week
