In dialogue with the retrospective dedicated to Melvin Edwards (from 22 October, 2025 to 15 February, 2026), the Palais de Tokyo invited the New York-based publishing house BlackMass Publishing to copublish a zine.
Entitled Melvin Edwards—Echoes of the Weld, this publication, conceived by artist and founder of BlackMass Publishing, Yusuf Hassan, takes the form of an intimate exploration and meditation on Melvin Edwards' work. Yusuf Hassan envisions this zine as a conversation between their respective mediums: sculpture and printed matter. He describes the poetic approach to Melvin 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."