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Paradise (Omeros)
- Archival pigment ink digital print on Concorde Rag white paper
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18 x 50 in
(45.72 x 127.0 cm)
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$5,000.00
- Isaac Julien
- Edition. 18 of 31
This filmic triptych follows its protagonist from St. Lucia, to urban England, and back to St. Lucia on an emblematic search for “home.” Based upon the Nobel Prize winning epic Omerosby Caribbean poet Derek Wolcott, Isaac’s shifting narrative frames cultural references relating to the Westernized promised land.The vibrant Caribbean imagery of Paradise/Omeroslends itself to the Artpace print which shows island foliage flanked by mirrored images of a young man, arms folded and eyes closed, in a moment of introspection.
Isaac typically creates photographic prints to accompany his video installations. This unique image—created in an edition of 30—is produced in an impressive yet manageable scale of 18 x 50 inches (image size 15 x 45 inches). It is an archival pigment ink digital print on Concorde Rag white paper, printed on a wide format Roland HiFi Jet 6 color printer. The image was published at San Antonio’s own Hare & Hound Press, Isaac’s preferred fine art press since 1999. Hare & Hound has worked with artists from across the country, including Arturo Herrera, Glenn Ligon, Paul Pfeiffer, and Shahzia Sikander among others.
Gift of the artist with proceeds benefiting the Artpace Artist Residency Endowment.
- Created: c. 2002
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.