Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour Frederick Douglass (Hardcover)

Isaac Julien

ISBN 10: 163681039X / ISBN 13: 9781636810393

Published by Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 2022

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Hardcover. A visual and literary meditation juxtaposing Isaac Juliens artworks with archival images of Frederick Douglass and essays that consider his enduring legacyPublished with MAG, Tang Museum, and Isaac Julien Studio.This sumptuously illustrated artist's book and reader documents Lessons of the Hour (2019), the ten-screen film installation and series of related photographic artworks by the internationally acclaimed artist Isaac Julien CBE RA (born 1960), which honor the public and private life of one the most important figures in US history: Frederick Douglass. The visionary African American orator, philosopher, intellectual and self-liberated freedom fighter was born into slavery in Maryland and went on to develop a remarkable aesthetic theory through his thinking and writing on abolitionism and Black self-representation through the apparatus of photography. Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour Frederick Douglass takes the reader on a journey through Douglass life and thinking, and is a vital consideration of his political and aesthetic legacy. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour Frederick Douglass (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163681039X
• ISBN 13: 9781636810393
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A visual and literary meditation juxtaposing Isaac Julien’s artworks with archival images of Frederick Douglass and essays that consider his enduring legacy

Published with MAG, Tang Museum, and Isaac Julien Studio.

This sumptuously illustrated artist's book and reader documents Lessons of the Hour (2019), the ten-screen film installation and series of related photographic artworks by the internationally acclaimed artist Isaac Julien CBE RA (born 1960), which honor the public and private life of one the most important figures in US history: Frederick Douglass. The visionary African American orator, philosopher, intellectual and self-liberated freedom fighter was born into slavery in Maryland and went on to develop a remarkable aesthetic theory through his thinking and writing on abolitionism and Black self-representation through the apparatus of photography. Isaac Julien: Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass takes the reader on a journey through Douglass’ life and thinking, and is a vital consideration of his political and aesthetic legacy.