{"id":8019,"date":"2019-03-31T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2019-03-31T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=8019"},"modified":"2019-03-29T07:00:51","modified_gmt":"2019-03-29T11:00:51","slug":"isaac-julien-at-metro-pictures-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/31\/isaac-julien-at-metro-pictures-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Isaac Julien at Metro Pictures Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the life of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American man of the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, British filmmaker Isaac Julien\u2019s new ten-screen installation \u2018Lessons of the Hour\u2019 brings Douglass\u2019 remarkable life and oratory talents into focus at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metropictures.com\/exhibitions\/isaac-julien6\">Metro Pictures Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0 Here, actors play the role of Douglass and his wife traveling by rail, echoing and contrasting his escape via train as a young man to freedom in New York. (On view in Chelsea through April 13<sup>th<\/sup>).<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_8020\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8020\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=8020\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8020\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8020\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/isaac_julien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/isaac_julien.jpg 2353w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/isaac_julien-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/isaac_julien-500x376.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8020\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Isaac Julien, The North Star (Lessons of the Hour), glass inkjet paper mounted on aluminum, 63 x 84 inches, 2019.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on the life of Frederick Douglass, the most photographed American man of the 19th century, British filmmaker Isaac Julien\u2019s new ten-screen installation \u2018Lessons of the Hour\u2019 brings Douglass\u2019 remarkable life and oratory talents into focus at Metro Pictures Gallery.\u00a0 Here, actors play the role of Douglass and his wife traveling by rail, echoing and &hellip; 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