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Arthur Jafa

My Black Death

My Black Death

An essay by artist and filmmaker Arthur Jafa exploring Black aesthetics and cultural production.

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    “Saw the Arthur Jafa exhibit at the New Museum then discovered this incredible essay by him, “Everything But the Burden”, about the Black aesthetic in art. The essay is very much in conversation with Toni Morrison’s “Playing in the Dark” — iykyk”

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