exhibition at the prestigious tate britain museum of the work of the british caribbean artist and film maker sir isaacjulien. it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image
exhibition at the prestigious tate britain museum of the work of the british caribbean artist and film maker sir isaacjulien. it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image
it is a sweeping showcase of his four decade career. his subject matter explores some of the most divisive issues of our age migration, racism and sexuality. as a prominent gay, black man, how far does isaacjulien use his art to advance such causes? sir isaacjulien, welcome to hardtalk. thank you, zeinab. how would you describe your artistic work? because it embodies a whole range of visual arts photographs, drawings, art installations, experimental videos and documentaries. it sounds pretty eclectic. well, i guess you could say i m someone who started making films, and i was very drawn to film making at an early age but then i went to art school. and going to art school, you re exposed to so many different sort of forms. i became so excited, really, as an art student, that i wanted to encapsulate all those forms. so, in a way, film, moving image, photography, sculpture all of those things are part of what i make. and so, i guess, installation films, orfilm installati
brought down in bristol. precisely. and i think, in a way, kind of, like, out of the spirit of black lives matter, that event occurred and, in a way, it did create a kind of lightning rod in correspondence to all of the things that were happening in this period. but we re talking about kwasi kwarteng saying people should learn more about the empire but in 2022, you accepted a knighthood. i don t need to remind you that it s kbe, knight of the british empire. you said at the time it was really problematic. why was that the case and why did you accept it? well, i mean, ithink there s a way in which, you know, there s a recognition that s been given to one. you know, that one, in a way, has that sort of question about that as something that s important. i mean, i do think, you know, that it s really good that we have, at this particular moment, you know, charles, our new king looking at questions around slavery. and i think there s a way in which.that it will have to look, as an institu
a kind of lightning rod in correspondence to all of the things that were happening in this period. but we re talking about kwasi kwarteng saying people should learn more about the empire but in 2022, you accepted a knighthood. i don t need to remind you that it s kbe, knight of the british empire. you said at the time it was really problematic. why was that the case and why did you accept it? well, i mean, ithink there s a way in which, you know, there s a recognition that s been given to one. you know, that one, in a way, has that sort of question about that as something that s important. i mean, i do think, you know, that it s really good that we have, at this particular moment, you know, charles, our new king looking at questions around slavery. and i think there s a way in which.that it will have to look, as an institution, at the naming of the ways in which these kinds