Moderna Museet acquires “The White Album” by Arthur Jafa
24.6 2020 – 31.12 2021
Moderna Museet has acquired The White Album by Arthur Jafa, through a donation from The American Friends of Moderna Museet. This 40-minute video work was awarded the Golden Lion at the 2019 Venice Biennale.
“The White Album is an extremely important work that visualises the disturbing and invasive racism that is currently being debated globally. Arthur Jafa takes footage from real life and inserts it in an artistic framework that speaks directly to the body and the senses. His practice insists on giving black America a face and a voice. The White Album is horrifyingly urgent, and we are very grateful for this donation from The American Friends of Moderna Museet,” says Gitte Ørskou, director of Moderna Museet.