Isaac Julien, extract from Looking for Langston, 1989. © Isaac Julien
Isaac Julien is an internationally acclaimed artist and filmmaker with photography at the core of his practice. One of the objectives of his practice is to break down the barriers that exist between different artistic disciplines, drawing from and commenting on film, dance, photography, music, theatre, painting and sculpture, and uniting them to construct a powerfully visual narrative. Photo London 2017 presented his seminal film Looking for Langston (1989), a lyrical exploration – and recreation – of the private world of the poet, social activist, novelist and playwright Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967) and his fellow black artists from the Harlem Renaissance. The work explores Black, queer desire in a setting which has no clear time or place.
Isaac Julien speaks in conversation with Clara Kim, The Daskalopoulous Senior Curator of International Art (Africa, Asia & Middle East) at Tate Modern.
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