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Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass
2019Isaac Julien
England
Object Type:
Time-based media art
Medium and Support:
Ten-channel color video with sound
Credit Line:
Commissioned and acquired by the Memorial Art Gallery with the partnership of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and with generous support from Mark Falcone and Ellen Bruss, the Zell Family, Ford Foundation, VIA Art Fund, Lori Van Dusen, and Deborah Ronnen and Sherman Levey. The commission and acquisition were also made possible by Barbara and Aaron Levine, the Maurice and Maxine Forman Fund, the Marion Stratton Gould Fund, the Herdle-Moore Fund, the Strasenburgh Fund, and the Lyman K. and Eleanore B. Stuart Endowment Fund at the Memorial Art Gallery, and the Arthur and Margaret Glasgow Endowment at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Production of the work was generously supported by Metro Pictures, New York; Victoria Miro, London/Venice; the Arts Division of the University of California Santa Cruz; and by Eastman Kodak Company, on whose film stock the installation was shot.
Accession Number:
2019.1.1
Location: Not currently on view
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Lessons of the Hour—Frederick Douglass 3/2/2019 - 5/12/2019
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Isaac Julien-- Metro Pictures. Article Scope: Review. The New Yorker. New York, New York: F. R. Pub. Corp. Issue Date: April 1, 2019.
- Art in America. New York, NY: Art in America
- Article Author: Finlayson, Ciarán. Article Title: Subject Lessons. Article Scope: Article. Artforum. San Francisco, CA: J. Irwin
- Article Author: Steinhauer, Jillian. Article Title: New York Art Galleries: What to See Right Now. Article Scope: Review. The New York Times. New York, NY: H.J. Raymond & Co Issue Date: April 10, 2019.
- Article Author: Mendes Ferreira, Rafaela. Article Title: Lessons of the Hour: Notes from the Isaac Julien Studio. Article Scope: Article. Memorial Art Gallery. ARTiculate. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2000--. Issue Date: April-May 2019. Page Number: n.p.
- Article Author: Rafferty, Rebecca. Article Title: "Lessons of the Hour" Brings Frederick Douglass to MAG. Article Scope: Review. City Newspaper. Rochester, NY Issue Date: March 5, 2019.
- Article Author: Mirzoeff, Nick. Article Title: Lessons Learned at the Feet of Frederick Douglass. Article Scope: Review. Hyperallergic. , 2012. Issue Date: April 11, 2019.
- Article Author: Sayej, Nadja. Article Title: Isaac Julien on Frederick Douglass: "It's an extraordinary story". Article Scope: Review. The Guardian. Issue Date: March 15, 2019.
- 4Columns.
- Article Author: Ahmed, Mara. Article Title: Lessons of the Hour: A Review. Article Scope: Review. Rochester Beacon. Rochester, NY Issue Date: April 23, 2019.
- Article Title: Isaac Julien's 'Lessons of the Hour--Frederick Douglass' presented by the Memorial Art Gallery. Article Scope: Article. artdaily.org. , 1996.
- BlackBook.
- Afropunk.
- Article Author: Jayawardane, M. Neelika, and Phillip White. Article Title: The Enduring Legacy of Frederick Douglass. Article Scope: Review. Aperture. Issue Date: May 10, 2019.
- Isaac Julien. Lessons of the Hour. Frederick Douglass. New York, NY: DelMonico Books, 2021.
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