ARTHUR JAFA
The American contemporary artist Arthur Jafa curated the Cahiers d’Art Revue.
Arthur Jafa invited artists Mark Leckey, Dana Hoey, Torkwase Dyson, Frida Orupabo, and Rashaad Newsome, who shared in their conversations their artistic practice, race, and digital culture. The issue also features excerpts from Arthur Jafa’s notebooks that he has been keeping since the 1990s, texts by Man Ray and Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University Saidiya Hartman, as well as the short story Milk of Paradise by new wave science fiction author James Tiptree Jr.
This special edition of 80 includes MJ (2018), the artist’s portrait of Michael Jackson. MJ (2018) is a 2021 digital print on Canson Baryta paper, measuring 22.5 x 24.5 cm, in an edition of 80 + 10AP. The publication and print are presented together in a custom cloth-bound box, measuring 33.7 x 24.4 x 3.7 cm.
Edition 80 + 10AP, 176 pages, 150 illustrations, Available in English only Dimensions 33.7 x 3.7 cm