Juliet Jacques

1 month ago | frieze.com | Juliet Jacques

‘The invention of film in the 1890s meant the 20th century could be recorded like none before; the advent of the World Wide Web 100 years later has given filmmakers unprecedented access to historical moving images, making it easier than ever to find an audience for works made using relatively cheap and accessible digital editing software.’ This is how I introduce my short course at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, where I attempt to teach the basics of archive filmmaking in four days.

1 month ago | frieze.com | Juliet Jacques

For over a decade, Leigh Bowery was an unmissable presence in London’s queer underground. Instantly recognizable thanks to his outlandish costumes and heavy make-up – which went way beyond drag, or the theatrical androgyny of the New Romantic scene of the early 1980s – he turned himself into a figure that was not so much transgender as trans-human.

Jan 15, 2025 | frieze.com | Juliet Jacques

In ‘Evidence’, Aslan Goisum and Peng Zuqiang present works that indirectly attest to the impact of state censorship and regulation. Goisum, an artist from Grozny whose previous works include videos and installations interrogating Russian colonial legacies, has moved into photography in this exhibition, showing four images that range from a portrait of an unnamed person to a shot of an empty room.

Jan 15, 2025 | frieze.com | Juliet Jacques

Judith Bernstein’s third solo exhibition at Kasmin, New York, surveys her work from 1966 to the present, showing how she has fearlessly confronted militarism and misogyny in the US, from the Vietnam War to Donald Trump’s impending second presidency. She talks to Juliet Jacques about her use of genitalia and slogans, her involvement with the Guerrilla Girls and how art might be a weapon in a time of intense anti-feminist and anti-LGBTQ+ reaction.

Nov 26, 2024 | frieze.com | Juliet Jacques

As its title suggests, James Lomax’s ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ presents several dualities. The exhibition, which includes a set of photographs and a series of concrete casts, engages with the states of freedom and imprisonment. Much of the work on display was conceived during a residency the artist completed earlier this year at HMP Grendon in Buckinghamshire; two works in the exhibition were first displayed within the prison, only accessible to those who live or work there.