Sixty Works by Modern Masters - Flipbook - Page 125
Julian Opie
"The process of
reading things as
simulations but
knowing at the same
time that they are real
is quite central to my
work."
Julian Opie
British, born 1958
Ed, Foot Hold, 2008
Vinyl on a wooden stretcher
59 x 73½ inches / 150.8 x 186.7 cm
Signed on the stretcher: Julian Opie
Julian Opie lives and works in
Provenance
London. His artistic aesthetic
Lisson Gallery, London
concern is the means by which
images are identified and
Exhibited
understood. Cultivating influences
London, Lisson Gallery, Julian Opie, October-November 2008,
such as billboard signs, classical
illustrated in colour, unpaged
portraiture and sculpture, Opie
‘paints’ using a variety of media and
technologies which enable him to
make two-dimensional explorations
of his subjects. The reductive formal
language that defines the artist’s
oeuvre seeks to reflect the way in
which the world is often represented.
The present work is the result of a
collaboration between Opie and the
Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer,
Wayne McGregor. It is a portrait of a
dancer from a project they realised
together in November 2008, entitled
'Infra'.
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