London, Tate Britain: »Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me«

A poetic idea of freedom

What does freedom mean in everyday life? And how can it be classified historically? These are the questions that acclaimed filmmaker and artist Isaac Julien explores in the exhibition Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me at Tate Britain. The show opens April 26 in Julien's native London.

April 26, 2023

Isaac Julien is a celebrated artist who impresses most with his lyrical films and video installations. However, his socially critical work also makes use of media such as photography, painting, sculpture, music and dance, with which he aims to shed light on the many dark places in cultural history. Tate Britain in London is showing Isaac Julien: What Freedom Is To Me, the artist's first major exhibition in his native Britain, from April 26 to August 20. Visitors can look forward to a 40-year oeuvre.

Born in London in 1960, Julien is a multi-award-winning filmmaker and installation artist. In 2002, he participated in documenta 11 and in 2022, for example, he received the prestigious Kaiserring from the city of Goslar. From 2009 to 2015, Julien was a professor at the Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung Karlsruhe. About the poetic in his work, he said: »I'm interested in poetry. And in my work it's very much a sort of poetic quest for a language to express experiences which are part of the everyday experience of people like myself.«Art.Salon

Recent auction results of Isaac Julien

Isaac Julien - Waves (Ten Thousand Waves)
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Photographs from the Martin Z. Margulies Foundation
April 2024
Phillips, New York Auction
Est.: 20.000 - 30.000 USD
Realised: not available
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Isaac Julien - \'Paradise Omeros (single screen)\'
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Contemporary Art & Design
April 2024
Bukowski, Stockholm
Est.: 300.000 - 400.000 SEK
Realised: 260.000 SEK
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Isaac Julien - Love/Hate
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Prints and Multiples
December 2022
Bonhams
Est.: 800 - 1.200 GBP
Realised: not available
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Isaac Julien - Baltimore.
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Modern, Post War & Contemporary
November 2022
VAN HAM
Est.: 35.000 - 55.000 EUR
Realised: 59.400 EUR
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