Honored to share that my book Gender on Ice: American Ideologies of Polar Expeditions (1993) was featured in Isaac Julien’s exhibition Isaac Julien: I Dream a World at the de Young Museum (April 12–July 13)

Included as one of the influences on his powerful film True North, the book appeared in a display case alongside works exploring race, sexuality, and polar exploration.

Look out for my catalogue essay:
“Matthew Henson and the Contaminated Sublime: Race, Sexuality, and Resistance in Isaac Julien’s True North.”

This was Julien’s first US retrospective and his largest to date!

de Young Museum, SF
April 12–July 13, 2025