A rich collection of photographs from the newly-released portfolio, "Looking for Langston" by Isaac Julien and Sunil Gupta. The black and white images were captured by Gupta during the production of Julien's acclaimed 1989 film, Looking for Langston.
Gupta docments the key elements and nuances of Julien's film, including the staging, lighting, iconography and choreography. The collection is now being exhibited for the first time at New York's Metro Pictures Gallery, 519 W. 24th St.
Previously:
The Iceman Cometh (Rod 2.0)
Black Gay British Leaders (Rod 2.0)
Outstanding! I would've never have known about this unless I read it here. Thank you Rod!
Posted by: Troy | 20 April 2006 at 14:21
I wonder if this will ever come out on DVD...
Posted by: jack | 20 April 2006 at 16:54
Thanks for this - It really speaks to the trans-Atlantic influence of race, history, and art upon sexuality. I hadn't realized that Sunil Gupta was part of this project, which further illustrates inter-ethnic collaborations and made me want to find out more about his work. I came upon this interesting site about a past exhibition that has a good essay on the topic of race and culture in the trans-Atlantic context:http://colophon.com/arts-x/caribctr/intro.html
Posted by: noite | 23 April 2006 at 09:25