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The English artist Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London. In 1983, he graduated from the Goldsmiths School of Art, where he was taught by Michael Craig-Martin. He lives and works in his hometown. His early success with galleries encourages younger artists, such as Damien Hirst, to follow in his footsteps.
His work, inspired in part by Patrick Caulfied and Michael Craig-Martin, involves...
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Biography of Julian Opie
The English artist Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London. In 1983, he graduated from the Goldsmiths School of Art, where he was taught by Michael Craig-Martin. He lives and works in his hometown. His early success with galleries encourages younger artists, such as Damien Hirst, to follow in his footsteps.
His work, inspired in part by Patrick Caulfied and Michael Craig-Martin, involves the reduction (by computer) of photographs into figurative reproductions. In his portraits, the face is characterized by wide black lines, flat areas of color and minimal details to the point of reducing the eye to the black circle of the pupil. Opie also uses sculptures and light installations to present everyday objects.
The public discovered Julian Opie's style in 2000 thanks to his cover art for Blur's album "Best of" or during the "Vertigo world tour" by the Irish rock band U2, for which he created visuals of walking characters projected on the stage's giant screens.
Opie has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, with major museum exhibitions including shows at Kunstverein in Cologne; Hayward Gallery and ICA in London; Lehnbachhaus in Munich; K21 in Dusseldorf; MAK in Vienna; Mito Tower in Japan; CAC in Malaga and IVAM in Valencia; MoCAK in Krakow; Tidehalle in Helsinki and Fosun Foundation in Shanghai; Suwon IPark Museum of Art in Korea, as well as the Delhi Triennial, Venice Biennial and Documenta.
He is represented by 12 galleries worldwide and has presented many public projects in cities around the world, notably in the Dentsu Building in Tokyo 2002; City Hall Park in New York 2004, Mori Building, Omotesando Hill in Japan 2006; River Vltava in Prague 2007; Phoenix Art Museum USA 2007; Dublin City Gallery in Ireland 2008; Seoul Square in South Korea 2009; Regent’s Place in London 2011; Calgary, Canada; The Lindo Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, London; and more recently permanent installations at SMETS in Belgium, PKZ in Zurich, Arendt and Medernach in Luxembourg, Taipei, Taiwan and Tower 535, Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.
Opie’s works can be found in many public art collections, including Tate, British Museum, Victoria & Albert, Arts Council, British Council and National Portrait Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, ICA in Boston USA, Essl Collection in Vienna, IVAM in Spain, The Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Takamatsu City Museum of Art in Japan.
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Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
* Julian Opie: Complete Editions 1984-2011, Jonathan Watkins, Ed. Alan Cristea Gallery, 2011. * Julian Opie: Complete Editions 2012-2015, Jonathan Watkins, Ed. Alan Cristea Gallery, 2015. * Julian Opie: Complete Editions 2016-2018, Jonathan Watkins, Ed. Alan Cristea Gallery, 2018. All the "catalogues raisonnés"Bibliographic track & more
To read from or about the artist :
* Julian Opie, Kenneth Baker, Wulf Herzogenrath, Ed.. Kunstverein, Cologne, 1984.* Julian Opie, Lynne Cooke et autres, Ed. Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1ère edition, 1994.
* Julian Opie: Portraits 1998-2002, Daniel Kurjakovic, Ed. Hatje Cantz, 2003.
* Julian Opie, L. Grisebach et M. Kliege, Verlag Fur Moderne Kunst, 2004.
* Julian Opie, Mary Horlock, Tate Oublisher, 2005.
* Julian Opie - Collected Works, Sandy Nairne, Ed. The Holburne Museum, 2014.
* Julian Opie connecting notebook, Moma, Ed. Galison Mudpuppy, 2020.
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