Julian Opie (1958-) ‘London Couples’, Embroidered Figurines On Board, Framed, 2021
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Julian Opie (1958-) ‘London Couples’, Embroidered figurines on Board, framed, 2021
Four of Opies 2Dimensional embroidered couples framed as one from the series ‘London Couples’ 2021. Vibrant colour with tactile embroidery
Artist: Julian Opie
Title: London Couples
Year: 2021
Medium: 2 dimensional Embroidered Couples in Vibrant colours on Board
Image Dimensions: 40 x 28 cm
Framed: Yes overall size 48 x 36 cm, without glazing
Condition: Excellent
About the Art and the Artist:
One of Opies 2D image projects, London Couples is a vibrant coloured image of four couples walking in London
The 2 dimensional image in Opies unique reductive style evokes both a visual and spatial experience of the world.
London Couples reflect this, with its 2 dimensional depth and embroidered walking images contained within a frame.
The work of Julian Opie is known throughout the world. With public commissions from New York to Seoul, London to Calgary, and an uninterrupted flow of international museum exhibitions.
Opie’s distinctive formal language is instantly recognisable and reflects his artistic preoccupation with the idea of representation and the means by which images are perceived and understood. “Everything you see is a trick of the light,” Opie writes. “Light bouncing into your eye, light casting shadows, creating depth, shapes, colours. Turn off 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.” Always exploring different techniques both cutting edge and ancient.
Opie’s distinctive formal language is instantly recognisable and reflects his artistic preoccupation with the idea of representation and the means by which images are perceived and understood. “Everything you see is a trick of the light,” Opie writes. “Light bouncing into your eye, light casting shadows, creating depth, shapes, colours. Turn off 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.” Always exploring different techniques both cutting edge and ancient.
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