About the artist
Arthur Jafa (born in Tupelo in 1960) is a filmmaker, cameraman, and artist. Over the past three decades, he has developed an interdisciplinary practice that explores the forms of expression of African-American culture through film, installations, talks, and happenings. Many of his works address and question common cultural statements about identity and ethnic affiliation. Starting from black American music and a distinctly black perspective, they highlight the potential of an explicitly African-American aesthetic.