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Over the last 25 years, pioneering artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien (b. 1960, London) has created immersive, multichannel video installations. Celebrated for his poetic visual narratives, Julien explores power, politics, and personal experience through the lens of race, class, gender, and sexuality. Featuring 10 major video installations made between 1999 and 2022, alongside select early single-channel films including his iconic Looking for Langston (1989), this exhibition is the first comprehensive survey of Julien’s work in a museum setting and his first retrospective in the United States.
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The first U.S. retrospective of Isaac Julien also marks the first major FAMSF exhibition devoted to an artist specializing in the moving image in the form of multiscreen video installations. The museum describes the British artist and filmmaker’s work as “a compelling fusion of fact and fiction, social critique, and aesthetic immersion.” The show includes 10 installations created worldwide between 1999 and 2022, plus early films like “Lost Boundaries” (1981-1987) and “Looking for Langston” (1989).
Anh-Minh Le
Contributing Writer
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