EDWARDS, Melvin: HASSAN, Yusuf
Melvin Edwards: Echoes of the Weld

In dialogue with the 2025–26 retrospective dedicated to Melvin Edwards at Palais de Tokyo, Paris, the New York-based publishing house BlackMass Publishing was invited to copublish a zine. This publication, Melvin Edwards: Echoes of the Weld, conceived by artist and founder of BlackMass Publishing, Yusuf Hassan, takes the form of an intimate exploration and meditation on Edwards’ work. Yusuf Hassan envisions this zine as a conversation between their respective mediums: sculpture and printed matter. He describes the poetic approach to Edwards’ work that guided his creative process as follows: “Over the summer, as I developed this publication, I immersed myself in his philosophy. I took quiet trips to see his sculptures in New York—especially those that live outside the walls of institutions. The ones that live among people. The ones that weather. That gather dust, rust, fingerprints, and time.”

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Published by Black Mass Publishing / Palais de Tokyo, 2025
Zines / Sculpture