Isaac Julien

After Mazatlán (in color) series, c. 1999

Photogravures

22 x 29.75 in (55.88 x 75.57 cm)

Isaac Julien

After Mazatlán series, 1999-2000

Photogravures

22.5 x 30 in (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

$15,000

Isaac Julien

Dreaming Red, c. 2009

Light box

59 x 47 in (149.86 x 119.38 cm)

$30,000

Isaac Julien

Love/Hate, c. 2006

Digital print

15.75 x 34.75 in (40.01 x 88.27 cm)

Isaac Julien

Paradise (Omeros), c. 2002

Archival pigment ink digital print on Concorde Rag white paper

18 x 50 in (45.72 x 127.0 cm)

$5,000

Isaac Julien

Vanessa Walking on Beach, c. 2004

Digital print

22 x 22 in (55.88 x 55.88 cm)

$5,000

About the artist

Isaac Julien

b. 1960

Isaac Julien came to prominence in the early 1980s as a founding member of the Sankofa Film/Video Collective, one of the first workshops in the UK to explore new ideas of representing black identity. From his critically acclaimed documentaries Looking for Langston (1989) and Badasssss Cinema (2002), to his multi-channel installations such as Baltimore (2003), Isaac’s work combines dreamlike rhythms and lush imagery in stylized narratives. His films subvert the cinematic gaze to address stereotypes of masculinity, race, and sexual difference both head on and metaphorically. During his 1999 Artpace residency he wowed Texas with The Long Road to Mazátlan, which has now screened internationally and was the centerpiece of his Turner Prize nomination in 2000 and at Documenta 11 he took audiences by storm with Paradise/Omeros.