Arthur Jafa - New Now London Thursday, July 13, 2023 | Phillips

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  • “…the black Jurassic Park. It’s [the Mississippi Delta] like this primordial, out-of-time kind of space, but it’s also like ground zero in terms of black musical culture, and if it’s ground zero in terms of black musical culture, then it’s ground zero in terms of American musical culture, which in the 20th century kind of means it’s ground zero in terms of American culture, period.”
    —Arthur Jafa

     

     Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2023 – Shortlisted Artist Arthur Jafa | The Photographers Gallery.

    • Provenance

      Gavin Brown's Enterprise, New York
      Acquired from the above by the present owner

    • Exhibited

      Humlebæk, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Arthur Jafa: Magnumb, 21 April - 31 October 2021 (another example exhibited and illustrated on front endpapers)

    • Literature

      Megan O'Grady, 'Arthur Jafa in Bloom', The New York Times Style Magazine, 14 August 2019, online (another example illustrated)

15

Bloods

Epson fine art print mounted on aluminium panel
132 x 224.3 cm (51 7/8 x 88 1/4 in.)
Executed in 2019, this work is number 4 from an edition of 5 plus 2 artist's proofs.

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Estimate
£15,000 - 20,000 

Sold for £48,260

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Charlotte Gibbs
Associate Specialist, Head of New Now
+44 20 7901 7993
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London Auction 13 July 2023