Julian V.L. Gaines
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(Painfully Positive) No Knock
2021
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, graphite, enamel, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) No Knock
2021
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, graphite, enamel, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Emmett's Last Ride
2022
American flag (2), tailgate, enamel, plastic, steel
67 x 21 x 60 inches
Emmett's Last Ride
2022
American flag (2), tailgate, enamel, plastic, steel
67 x 21 x 60 inches
(Painfully Positive) All Babies Go to Heaven
2022
oil, house paint, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) All Babies Go to Heaven
2022
oil, house paint, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Fascination
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Fascination
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) 2.28.22
(Painfully Positive) 3.7.22
2021
acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 96 inches
(Painfully Positive) Fear
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Fear
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Desire
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Desire
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Untitled (Under the Black Flag)
2022
oil, house paint, tattoo transfer, ink, oil stick, flags
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Envy
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Envy
2022
oil, acrylic, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) The Replacement Theories
2022
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, graphite, enamel, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) The Replacement Theories
2022
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, graphite, enamel, cotton flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Untitled (The Newer Jim Crow)
2019-2022
tin cans, paintbrushes, mixed media
dimensions variable
Untitled (Fine Dining)
2022
oil, house paint, acrylic on canvas
18.5 x 40 inches
(Painfully Positive) Mom Said No
2022
oil, house paint, sharpie, plastic, shell casing on canvas
20 x 20 inches
(Painfully Positive) Neighborhood Watch
2022
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, nylon flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
(Painfully Positive) Neighborhood Watch
2022
oil, oil stick, acrylic, house paint, nylon flag on canvas
60 x 48 inches
Russo Lee Gallery presents Under the Flag by Julian V.L. Gaines. This exhibition is a kinetic body of work on canvas that forces the viewer to physically lift the American flag to reveal the stories painted underneath.
Originally from Chicago, Julian V.L. Gaines now lives and works in Portland, Oregon. He received his BFA in Painting from Northern Michigan University in 2015. Gaines collaborated with Nike to create the collection Game Worn. As part of the sneaker release, he led a weeklong workshop that included art classes at Chicago’s South Shore Cultural Center. Gaines has received editorials from Northern Magazine, Hypebeast, and The New York Times. In December 2020, his artwork was featured on the cover of New York Magazine. His work has been exhibited at Art Basel and featured in an exhibition with Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects in New York.
The Portland Art Museum recently acquired two pieces from our August exhibitions. A large diptych by Julian V.L. Gaines and an interactive multimedia wall sculpture by Bill Will.
“Under the Flag” is on display at Portland’s Russo Lee Gallery and runs through Aug. 27. The exhibition is by Oregon artist Julian Gaines. It forces the viewer to physically lift an American flag to reveal the work behind it.
With Under the Flag at the Russo Lee Gallery, the artist confronts blackface, local history, and the meaning of the American Flag.
In a cavernous studio on a weed farm in Forest Grove, Ore., about halfway between Portland and the Tillamook State Forest, Julian Gaines, an artist born and raised in Chicagoland, is creating a body of work devoted to Black American life.