Arthur Jafa, Richard Prince

Helter Skelter

American artists Arthur Jafa (born 1960) and Richard Prince (born 1949) both chart peculiar topographies specific to the United States: Jafa’s reflecting his identity as an African American man coupled with a mission to invigorate Black cinema and art; Prince’s hovering between a self-conscious critique of white masculinity and a fascination with the underbelly of the American psyche. This volume creates a dialogue between the two artists, which unfolds through a series of thematic juxtapositions—combinations of works by both artists that illuminate each of their practices and tease out shared subject matter and mutual obsessions.