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Artist
Isaac Julien
b. 1960, London, England · British · Based in London, UK; Santa Cruz, California, USA
- Saint Martin's School of Art, London
- Les Ateliers, Paris
- Multi-screen Film Installation
- Photography
- Documentary Film
Isaac Julien creates lush multi-screen film installations that explore race, sexuality, migration, memory and cultural history. Emerging from Black British independent cinema in the 1980s, he has combined archival research with highly cinematic production across projects on Langston Hughes, Frantz Fanon, migration and contemporary geopolitics.
Film; video installation
Gallery Representation
Artist Films
Isaac Julien | Artist Interview | Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die) | 2024 Whitney Biennial
Whitney Museum of American ArtOfficial source ↗ (opens in a new window)
Major Works
- 1989Looking for Langston
- 1991Young Soul Rebels
- 1993The Attendant
- 2003Baltimore
- 2004True North
- 2007Western Union: Small Boats
- 2010Ten Thousand Waves
- 2014Playtime
- 2019Lessons of the Hour
- 2022Once Again... (Statues Never Die)
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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