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Stan Douglas
Birth of a Nation2025

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Black and white photograph divided into five panels, depicting figures in 19th-century clothing in outdoor and indoor settings, including two Black men in military-style jackets

Stan Douglas, Birth of a Nation, 2025, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch, Installation view from Stan Douglas: Ghostlight, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, June 21 – November 30, 2025. Photo: Olympia Shannon 2025.© Stan Douglas Courtesy the artist, Victoria Miro and David Zwirner

Artist or Maker
Stan Douglas
Canada, Vancouver, born 1960
Title
Birth of a Nation
Date Made
2025
Medium
Five-channel video installation
Dimensions
Dimensions Variable
Credit Line
Purchased with funds provided by Steve Tisch
Accession Number
M.2026.128
Classification
Time Based Media
Collecting Area
Contemporary Art
Copyright
Installation view from Stan Douglas: Ghostlight, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, June 21 – November 30, 2025. Photo: Olympia Shannon 202

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