Isaac Julien | Selected Works | Jessica Silverman

Installation view
Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than the Real Thing, 2024
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Photo credit: Ron Amstutz

Installation view
What Freedom Is To Me, 2023
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (K21), Düsseldorf, Germany
Photo credit: Achim Kukulies

Installation view
Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die), 2023
Tate Britain, London, UK
Photo credit: Liam Man.

Installation view
What Freedom Is To Me, 2023
Tate Britain, London, UK
Photo credit: Liam Man.

Installation view
Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die), 2023
Tate Britain, London, UK
Photo credit: Liam Man.

Isaac Julien
Orisa’s Return (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
Orisa’s Return (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
Plate: 59 x 78 3/4 inches / 150 x 200 cm
Framed: 60 1/4 x 79 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches / 153 x 203 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Orisa’s Return (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Alternate view

Isaac Julien
Statues Never Die (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
Statues Never Die (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print on Canson Platine Fibre Rag
Plate: 59 x 78 3/4 inches / 150 x 200 cm
Framed: 60 1/4 x 79 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches / 153 x 203 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Statues Never Die (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Alternate view

Isaac Julien
The Conversation (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
The Conversation (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches / 50 x 75 cm
Framed: 20 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 53 x 78 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
The Conversation (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Alternate view

Isaac Julien
What Remains (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches / 50 x 75 cm
Framed: 20 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 53 x 78 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Mask (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches / 50 x 75 cm
Framed: 20 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 53 x 78 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Harlem Mecca (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 19 3/4 x 29 1/2 inches / 50 x 75 cm
Framed: 20 7/8 x 30 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 53 x 78 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Sonata (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 88 5/8 x 59 inches / 225 x 150 cm
Framed: 89 3/4 x 60 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 228 x 153 x 5.6 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist’s proofs

Isaac Julien
Sonata (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
Sonata in Red (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 88 5/8 x 59 inches / 225 x 150 cm
Framed: 89 3/4 x 60 1/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 228 x 153 x 5.6 cm
Edition of 6 plus 2 artist’s proofs

Isaac Julien
Night Rain (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
Night Rain (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 59 x 88 5/8 inches / 150 x 225 cm
Framed: 60 1/4 x 89 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches / 153 x 228 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Night Rain (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Alternate view

Isaac Julien
Freedom / Diasporic Dream-Space No. 1 (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 106 1/4 x 70 7/8 inches / 270 x 180 cm
Framed: 107 1/2 x 72 x 2 1/4 inches / 273 x 183 x 5.6 cm

Isaac Julien
Diasporic Dream-Space No. 2 (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Scale view

Isaac Julien
Diasporic Dream-Space No. 2 (Once Again… Statues Never Die), 2022
Inkjet print Hahnemühle Photo rRag Ultrasmooth
Plate: 106 1/4 x 70 7/8 inches / 270 x 180 cm
Framed: 107 1/2 x 72 x 2 1/4 inches / 273 x 183 x 5.6 cm

Installation view
Once Again … (Statues Never Die), 2023
Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

Installation view
Once Again . . . (Statues Never Die)
Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, PA
Photo: Henrik Kam

Installation view
Lessons of the Hour
McEvoy Foundation for the Arts, San Francisco, CA
Photo by Henrik Kam

Isaac Julien
Lessons of the Hour (Lessons of the Hour), 2019
Framed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305g paper mounted on aluminum
63 x 84 inches / 160 x 213.29 cm

Isaac Julien
Autoportrait Parlour (Lessons of the Hour), 2019
Framed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305g paper mounted on aluminum
Image size: 22 1/2 x 29 7/8 inches / 57 x 76 cm
Framed: 26 x 33 1/2 x 2 1/2 inches / 66 x 85.1 x 6.3 cm

Isaac Julien
A Star to Seer (Lessons of the Hour), 2019
Framed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth 305g paper mounted on aluminum
Photo: 41 7/8 x 55 1/2 inches / 106.5 x 141 cm

Isaac Julien
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (Free Within Ourselves), 2020
Wet-plate collodion tintype mounted on tulipwood frame
Framed: 16 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches / 42.8 x 37.7 cm
Tintype: 10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Isaac Julien
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (The Three Graces), 2020
Wet-plate collodion tintype mounted on tulipwood frame
Tintype: 8 x 10 inches / 20.3 x 25.4 cm
Framed: 14 7/8 x 16 7/8 inches / 37.7 x 42.8 cm

Isaac Julien
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow (After Anna Murray Douglas), 2019
Wet-plate collodion tintype mounted on tulipwood frame
Framed: 16 7/8 x 14 7/8 inches / 42.8 x 37.7 cm
Tintype: 10 x 8 inches / 25.4 x 20.3 cm

Installation view
Isaac Julien’s America, 2020
Jessica Silverman, San Francisco, CA

Installation view
Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvellous Entanglement, 2019, Victoria Miro, London, UK

Installation view
PLAYTIME, 2017, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA

BANKER PORTRAIT (Playtime), 2013
Endura Ultra photograph
Diameter 35 3/8 inches

DUBAI PORTRAIT (Playtime), 2013
Endura Ultra photograph
Diameter : 35 3/8 inches

THE GAME PORTRAIT (Playtime), 2013
Endura Ultra photograph
Diameter: 35 3/8 inches

Pas de Deux No. 2 (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Kodak Premier print, Diasec mounted on aluminum
70 9/10 x 102 4/10 inches

The Last Angel of History (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Kodak Premier print, Diasec mounted on aluminum
70 9/10 x 102 4/10 inches

Masquerade No. 1 (Looking for Langston Vintage series), 1989/2016
Illford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

Masquerade No. 2 (Looking for Langston Vintage series), 1989/2016
Illford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

Masquerade No. 4 (Looking for Langston Vintage series), 1989/2016
Illford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

Looking for Langston (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Ilford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
22 1/2 x 15 1/2 inches

Film Noir Staircase (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Kodak Premier print, Diasec mounted on aluminum
102 x 70 9/10 inches

Assemblage (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Ilford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
18 4/10 x 18 4/10 inches

Mise en Scene No. 1 (Looking for Langston Vintage Series), 1989/2016
Ilford classic silver gelatin fine art paper, mounted on aluminum and framed
15 1/2 x 22 1/2 inches

True North series, 2004
Digital print on Epson Premium Photo Glossy
39 4/10 x 39 4/10 inches

Baltimore Series (Ida B. Wells/Still Life), 2003
Framed digital print on Hahnemule Photorag 308gms paper
53 1/8 x 43 7/8 inches / 135 x 111.5 cm

Baltimore Series (Angela in Orange), 2003
Framed digital print on Epsom Premium Photo Glossy paper
43 3/4 x 54 3/8 inches / 111.2 x 138 cm

Baltimore Series (Spiral) , 2003
Framed digital print on Hahnemule Photorag 308gms paper
48 5/8 x 39 3/8 inches / 123.5 x 100 cm

After Mazatlán VII, 1999
Black and white photogravure
24 7/10 x 32 1/10 inches

After Mazatlán VIII, 1999
Black and white photogravure
24 7/10 x 32 1/10 inches

After Mazatlán I, 1999
Color photogravure, framed
14 x 18 inches

After Mazatlán III, 1999
Color photogravure, framed
14 x 18 inches

After Mazatlán VI, 1999
Color photogravure, framed
14 x 18 inches

After Mazatlán II, 1999
Color photogravure, framed
14 x 18 inches

Trussed II, 1996
Kodak Premier C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed
40 x 30 inches

Trussed IV, 1996
Kodak Premier C-Print mounted on aluminum and framed
40 x 30 inches