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Julian Opie

SELECTED WORKS
Scarf coat handbag long hair two shopping bags blonde bob puffer jacket hooded coat leather bag.
2022
Direct to media print on acrylic, unique

26 3/4 x 26 5/8 x 1/2 inches (67.9 x 67.6 x 1.3 cm)
Signed verso in black ink on label
(Inventory #36455)

Dance Synced 2.
2024
Silkscreen in twelve colors on Archival Museum board paper

Signed and numbered in graphite, verso
Silkscreen in twelve colors on Archival Museum board paper
37 5/8 x 59 1/2 inches (95.6 x 151.1 cm)
Edition of 45, 5 AP
(Inventory #37033)

Black bag.
2023
Auto paint on aluminum, unique

27 1/2 x 15 3/4 x 7/8 inches (70.1 x 40 x 2.1 cm)
Signed verso in black ink on label
(Inventory #36486)

Yasmin Julian Jada Teresa.
2022
Overlaid acrylic panel

35 1/2 x 36 5/8 inches  (90 x 93 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #34033)

Play Video
Old Street couple 3.
2023
Continuous computer animation on LED screen

Edition of 4
39 3/8 x 19 5/8 inches  (100 x 50 cm)
Signed and numbered on reverse
(Inventory #35076)

Blue jeans.
2023
Paint on resin

56 1/2 x 22 3/8 x 9 inches (143.7 x 56.8 x 23 cm)
Edition of 3
Signed verso in black ink on label
(Inventory #36458)

Play Video
Dance 4 figure 1.
2022
Continuous computer animation on LED screen with sound

78 3/4 x 39 3/8 x 3 inches (200 x 100 x 8 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #34475)

Dance 2.
2023
Lenticular acrylic panel, mounted onto white acrylic

Edition of 55
66 7/8 x 36 3/8 x 1 5/8 inches (169.9 x 92.4 x 4.1 cm)
Signed and numbered verso
(Inventory #35989)

Scarf coat handbag.
2022
Auto paint on aluminum, unique

Signed verso in black ink on label
Auto paint on aluminum, unique
46 9/16 x 17 15/16 inches (118.3 x 45.5 cm)
(Inventory #36482)

Dance 4 step 2.
2022
Vinyl on aluminum stretcher, unique

Signed and numbered verso in ink on label
Vinyl on aluminum stretcher, unique
90 1/2 x 150 x 1 3/8 inches (230 x 381 x 3.5 cm)
(Inventory #36682)

Belgium. 3.
2021
Four freestanding acrylic sculptures on a wall mounted Corian shelf

Edition of 30
Overall size: 26 1/2 x 23 1/2 x 4 inches (67.3 x 59.7 x 10.2 cm)
Shelf size: 5 3/4 x 23 1/2 x 4 inches (10.2 x 59.7 x 14.6 cm)
Figures dimensions variable
Signed, dated, and numbered on reverse of black standing figure
(Inventory #33532)

Day 5. 
2021
Printed nylon in aluminum LED-lit lightbox, unique

59 x 59 x 3 1/2 inches (150 x 150 x 9 cm)
Signed verso in black ink on label
(Inventory #36443)

Old Street December 10.
2020
Auto paint on aluminum, unique

72 1/4 x 47 x 1 1/2 inches (183.5 x 119.5 x 4 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #31860)

Small birds: Australian wood duck.
2020
Inlaid and overlaid acrylic panel, unique

Edition of 20
14 1/2 x 20 7/8 x 1 1/2 inches (36.6 x 52.6 x 4 cm)
Signed and numbered on reverse on affixed label
(Inventory #32452)

Play Video
Sonia Elvis Elena Paul 2
2019
Continuous computer animation on LED screen, unique

59 x 69 inches (150 x 175 cm)
Signed
(Inventory #32153)

Boston head 14.
2019
Auto paint on aluminum

78 1/2 x 51 7/8 inches (199.2 x 131.7 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #32471)

Play Video
Beach terns.
2018
Continuous computer animation on 46" LCD screen

23 x 40 3/8 x 4 1/2 inches (58.5 x 102.7 x 11.5 cm)
Edition of 4
Signed and numbered on label on reverse
(Inventory #31599)

Beach walkers.
2018
One work in 24 parts, anodized aluminum, unique

Installation dimensions are variable
This image of the work is on a wall 175 x 325 inches (450 x 825 cm)
Each figure is approximately 53 x 28 inches (135 x 72 cm)
Signed
(Inventory #31862)

Handbag.
2018
Patinated bronze with stone base

Sculpture (height): 78 3/4 x 1 inches (200 x 2.5 cm)
Base: 22 9/16 x 17 x 2 3/4 inches (58 x 43 x 7 cm)
Engraved signature on the underside
(Inventory #36066)

Road. 1.
2016
Tapestry

86 5/8 x 153 1/2 inches (220 x 390 cm)
(Inventory #30736)

Tina and Harriet walking.
2020
Continuous computer animation on 55” LCD screen

Edition of 4
47 3/4 x 27 inches (121.5 x 68.6 cm)
Signed and numbered on reverse
(Inventory #31963)

Maple forest. 1.
2014
Overlaid acrylic panel

27 1/2 x 27 1/2 x 1 3/8 inches (70 x 70 x 3.5 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #33430)

Verity walking in dress (3)
2011
Continuous computer animation on a 55" LCD screen

Edition of 4
50 3/8 x 29 1/2 x 3 inches (128 x 75 x 7.3 cm)
Signed and numbered on reverse
(Inventory #27708)

Imogen.
2012
Vinyl on wooden stretcher

78 3/4 x 77 x 1 3/8 inches  (200 x 195.4 x 3.5 cm)
Signed on reverse
(Inventory #32086)

Suzanne walking in red skirt 2
2010
Enamel on glass with steel base

Life size:  94 1/2 x 33 inches  (240 x 83 cm)
Base:  9 x 40 x 19 inches  (23.3 x 100 x 49 cm)
(Inventory #21845)

Walking banners
2010
Printed vinyl

224 1/2 x 3 1/4 x 44 1/2 inches each (570 x 8 x 113.3 cm each)
(Inventory #23035)

Poppy
2010
Inkjet on paper on aluminum

Signed on reverse
39 1/4 x 35 1/4 inches (99.8 x 89.5 cm)
(Inventory #25871)

View of Nambu Bridge from Route 52.
2007
Lenticular acrylic in two aluminum frames

80 1/2 x 46 x 1 1/4 inches each (204 x 116.5 x 3.2 cm each)
Edition of 4
Signed on reverse on each
(Inventory #35134)

Play Video
Ann, dancing. 1.
2007
Continuous computer animation on LED screen, unique

77 1/8 x 33 x 2 inches (196 x 84 x 5 cm)
Signed verso on label
(Inventory #35599)

Woman dressed 2
2002
Vinyl on wooden stretcher

Signed on reverse
150 x 86 3/4 x 1 1/4 inches  (380 x 220 x 3 cm)
(Inventory #20607)

I dreamt I was driving my car. (motorway).
2002
Pigment on vinyl on aluminum stretcher, unique

Signed on reverse
Pigment on vinyl on aluminum stretcher, unique
75 1/2 x 138 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches (192 x 352 x 3.5 cm)
(Inventory #31858)

Amanda bra pants hands on hips.
2000
Paint and vinyl on wood, unique in color

Signed on bottom of sculpture
Paint and vinyl on wood, unique in color
12 3/4 x 5 7/8 x 2 inches (33 x 15 x 5 cm)
(Inventory #35068)

Julian Opie, on view, April 20 – June 1, 2024

Julian Opie, on view, April 20 – June 1, 2024

Additional Information

Julian Opie (b. 1958) lives and works in London. Between 1979 and 1982 he studied at the Goldsmith’s School of Art in London.

“Everything you see is trick of the light.  Light bouncing into your eye, light casting shadows, creating depth, shapes, colours.  Remove the light and it’s all gone.  We use vision as a means of survival and it’s essential to take it for granted in order to function, but awareness allows us to look at looking and by extension look at ourselves and be aware of our presence.  Drawing, drawing out the way that process feels and works brings the awareness into the present and into the real world, the exterior world.  By drawing I have made a thing, lots of things which are nothing really, useless, but I can show them and look at them and get other people to look at them and see if it can do the same for them.  Artworks are like little experiments designed to bring out, mimic, reveal what is already there but hard to hold.  There are standard ways of doing this but blundering around trying to invent new versions makes it fresh and relevant.  I set up projects, experiments, based on previous successes that I feel could be better or go further.  Some observation or variation suggests to me that I could make a new work.  I vaguely sense a possibility and need to build a model to test it out.  I gather resources and in the process of building I rely on trial and error and instinct to squeeze success out of the elements.  Things often don’t go to plan and I’m forced to side step or back down in order to get it to work.  It’s nearly always an “only just” situation, a last second hop from failure to success and even then I have my doubts but if I enjoy the work and want to show it to people I feel it’s probably good to go.

—Julian Opie, 2015 (excerpt from “Julian Opie: The Complete Editions Volume 2: 2012-2015”, Alan Cristea Gallery, 2015)

Julian Opie makes paintings, sculptures, films and installations in public spaces. In his works, he employs electronic media to widen the boundaries of the traditional media such as oil painting or sculpture. The person has a key place in his art, and is often represented in movement. He portrays members of his family, friends and workers at his studio as well as anonymous passers-by and commissioning collectors. He usually draws his characters by using a black line filled with a strong, clear colour echoing the language of signs and symbols. He is interested in landscapes; he strips them of detail, bringing to the fore their essence. He has been inspired by a variety of phenomena: from the aesthetics of road signs, billboards and corporate logos, through Japanese prints to old master portraits, ancient Roman Greek and Egyptian sculpture to manga and comics.

Opie not only focuses on museum and gallery exhibitions, he also uses other opportunities and spaces to create and exhibit art. He is well known for his album covers including the album of the British group Blur Blur: The Best of (2000). He has worked on numerous stage sets and public works in cities around the world.

Julian Opie is one of the most well known contemporary British artists. His works can be found in the collections of many public institutions throughout the world, including Tate, the National Portrait Gallery, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum in London, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, the Kunsthaus Bregenz in Austria, the Kunsthaus Zürich in Switzerland, the Neue Galerie Sammlung Ludwig in Aachen, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the National Museum of Art in Osaka, the Museum of Modern Art in New York and also in the MOCAK Collection, and Museum of Contemporary Art Krakow.

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), The Art Show 2022

November 3, 2022
- November 6, 2022

More

June 11, 2022
- July 29, 2022

Featuring works by Julian Opie, Frank Poor, and Fred Wilson

Not So Simple

August 5, 2020
- September 2, 2020

Featuring works by Nona Faustine, Shirin Neshat, Julian Opie, Kay Rosen, and Suara Welitoff

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), The Art Show 2020

February 26, 2020
- March 1, 2020

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), The Art Show 2019

February 27, 2019
- March 3, 2019

Echoing

November 17, 2018
- December 22, 2018

Featuring works by Philip Guston, Sol LeWitt, Julian Opie, and Liliana Porter

Julian Opie

September 22, 2018
- November 10, 2018

Reception with artist: Saturday, September 22, 3-5pm 

Time Talks

June 30, 2018
- July 27, 2018

Featuring works by Richard Artschwager, Julian Opie, Liliana Porter, George Segal, Kiki Smith, Meyer Vaisman, and Suara Welitoff

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA), The Art Show 2018

February 27, 2018
- March 4, 2018

Latitudes

January 6, 2018
- February 10, 2018

Featuring works by Peter Downsbrough, Bronlyn Jones, Julian Opie, and Richard Serra

One Wall, One Work:
Four Approaches to Video Part II: Suara Welitoff and then Julian Opie

April 29, 2017
- August 4, 2017

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2016

March 2, 2016
- March 6, 2016

Looking, Waiting, Walking

January 31, 2015
- March 14, 2015

Featuring works by John Baldessari, Julian Opie, Michelangelo Pistoletto, and George Segal

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2015

March 3, 2015
- March 8, 2015

 

 

Popolo

September 6, 2014
- October 18, 2014

Featuring works by Julian Opie, George Segal, and John Wesley

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2014

March 5, 2014
- March 9, 2014

One Wall, One Work:
Julian Opie

October 26, 2013
- February 1, 2014

Julian Opie

October 26, 2013
- December 7, 2013

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2013

March 5, 2013
- March 10, 2013

Peoples Natures

January 26, 2013
- March 9, 2013

Featuring works by Mel Bochner, Julian Opie, Liliana Porter, and Robert Rauschenberg

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2012

March 7, 2012
- March 11, 2012

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2011

March 2, 2011
- March 6, 2011

Julian Opie

October 23, 2010
- December 7, 2010

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Art Show 2010

November 4, 2010
- November 7, 2010

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2010

March 3, 2010
- March 7, 2010

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2009

February 19, 2009
- February 23, 2009

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Art Fair 2008

October 30, 2008
- November 2, 2008

Art Chicago 2008 Art Fair

April 24, 2008
- April 28, 2008

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Show 2008

January 19, 2008
- February 27, 2008

Julian Opie

October 20, 2007
- November 27, 2007

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Art Fair 2007

October 31, 2007
- November 4, 2007

Group Show II

January 27, 2007
- March 14, 2007

Featuring works by Eleanor Antin, Richard Artschwager, Mel Bochner, Sophie Calle, Peter Downsbrough, Vik Muniz, Ed Ruscha, Julian Opie, and Lawrence Weiner

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair 2007

February 21, 2007
- February 26, 2007

Winter Group Show

December 2, 2006
- January 24, 2007

Featuring works by Josef Albers, Richard Artschwager, Vija Celmins, Chuck Close, Scott Hadfield, Jenny Holzer, Donald Judd, Sol LeWitt, Sally Moore, Julian Opie, Liliana Porter, Fred Sandback, and Kiki Smith

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Art Fair 2006

October 31, 2006
- November 4, 2006

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair

February 22, 2006
- February 27, 2006

 

 

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Art Fair

November 2, 2005
- November 6, 2005

Group Show

June 18, 2005
- July 28, 2005

Featuring works by Josef Albers, Uta Barth, Mel Bochner, Daniel Buren, Chuck Close, Mike Glier, Jenny Holzer, Alex Katz, Maryellen Latas, Sol LeWitt, Julian Opie, Jeff Perrott, Jonathan Seliger, Kelly Sherman, Bill Thompson, Peter Wegner, and Laura Wulf

Long Playing

March 26, 2005
- May 4, 2005

Record Covers by Artists Josef Albers, Laurie Anderson, Art + Language, Robert Barry, Joseph Beuys, R. Crumb, John Currin, Keith Haring, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, Sol LeWitt, Robert Longo, and others…

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair

February 22, 2005
- February 28, 2005

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Art Fair

November 4, 2004
- November 7, 2004

Group Show

June 19, 2004
- July 30, 2004

Featuring works by Francis Alys, Richard Artschwager, Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, John Chamberlain, Alicia Mihai Gazcue, Philip Guston, Doug Hall, Cristina Iglesia, Alex Katz, Vik Muniz, Julian Opie, Richard Prince, Kara Walker, and Lisa Yuskavage

The Armory Show 2004

March 11, 2004
- March 14, 2004

Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) Art Fair

February 19, 2004
- February 23, 2004

The Armory Show 2003

March 7, 2003
- March 10, 2003

Julian Opie

December 14, 2002
- February 5, 2003

International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA) Art Fair

November 7, 2002
- November 10, 2002

 

 

Summer Group Show

June 8, 2002
- July 30, 2002

Featuring works by Stephan Balkenhol, Michael Beatty, Maggi Brown, Alex Katz, Annette Lemieux, Julian Opie, Jeff Perrott, Ed Ruscha, and Kate Shepherd

 

Julian Opie

November 20, 1999
- January 29, 2000