Tyler Mitchell: I Can Make You Feel Good Mario Diacono and West Africa to photographs

and West Africa to photographs referencing Black intellectual heritage that are printed on mirrors and fabric

explored one of the central dichotomies of his art—between joy and terror

and drips of red paint against a yellow field

each painting transformed by Snapchat’s augmented reality (AR) technology into an immersive animated experience

saddle-stitched book featuring “Azzurro Blue

Tyler Mitchell: I Can Make You Feel Good Mario Diacono and West Africa to photographsThis book was published on the occasion of the exhibition Tyler Mitchell: I Can Make You Feel Good at the International Center of Photography, New Yorkthe artists first solo museum show in the United States. Presented as a declaration of joy and presence, the photographs and films on view offer a distinctive vision of Black utopia. Mitchell posits great possibilities for a future of pleasure, power, and visibility and asks us to imagine what a Black