Isaac Julien

Exhibited by Galerie Ron Mandos

Material Inkjet print on Ilford Gold Fibre Gloss mounted on aluminium

Dimensions 115 x 151 x 6 cm

Place of Creation London

Status Vetted

About the Work

This photo work is part of Isaac Julien's new series of works titled "All That Changed You. Metamorphosis" (2025). To celebrate the 500th anniversary of Palazzo Te in Mantua, Italy, commissioned British artist and director Isaac Julien to create a new multi-screen film installation. The film, shot at Palazzo Te, stars internationally renowned actresses Sheila Atim and Gwendoline Christie . The two performers take on the roles of celestial, prophetic, and otherworldly entities, as if they came to life directly from the frescoes decorating the palace's walls. This photo work, which is not a still, features actress Sheila Atim.

All That Changes You: Metamorphosis takes inspiration from Giulio Romano's Renaissance architectural masterpiece and uses the palace's sumptuousness and its frescoed walls to explore and reconsider themes of metamorphosis, philosophy, anthropology, and ecology in the context of the contemporary world. The film moves between various settings, including Charles Jencks's extraordinary postmodern Cosmic House in London and the lush forests of Redwood National and State Park in California , expanding the film's reflections on the ethereal, the transcendent, and notions of time.

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