LCD animation presented as a continuous computer animation on a 3 minute and 39 second loop, with memory card supplied, programmed and fitted in LCD screen, contained in custom made silver metal frame, in original foam-lined cardboard box
United Kingdom, 2008
Julian Opie (b. 1958) – artist and member of the New British Sculpture Movement
Published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London
From an edition of 200
Signed by the artist in sharpie on the gallery label on verso
For reference, see Alan Cristea raisonné, 105
Dimensions: 11 x 14 x 2 in. (27.5. x 35.3 x 4.5 cm)
Very good, working condition
Estimate: $3,600-$4,500

The contemporary British artist Julian Opie is internationally considered one of the most significant living Neo-Pop artists. His digitally altered landscapes, created here as computer animated views on an LCD screen, are a surprising update on the traditional subject of landscape. Opie’s landscapes, emptied out of all detail, are mesmerizing as they subtly change over a period of time.

Julian Opie (British, b. 1958)

Julian Opie was born in London in 1958 and currently lives and works in the city. He graduated from Goldsmith’s School of Art, London in 1982. One of the most significant artists of his generation, his distinctive formal language is the result of digital alteration, presenting images as black outlines and simplified areas of color; it speaks of Minimal and Pop art, of billboard signs, classical portraiture and sculpture and Japanese woodblock prints. Solo exhibitions include National Portrait Gallery, London (2011), IVAM, Valencia, Spain (2010), Neues Museum, Nuremburg, Germany (2003), Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK (2001), and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London (1985). Major group exhibitions include the Shanghai Biennale (2006), 11th Biennial of Sydney (1998), Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany (1987) and XIIème Biennale de Paris (1985). His public projects include works for hospitals, such as Barts & the London Hospital (2003) and the Lindo Wing, St Mary’s Hospital, London (2012), Heathrow Terminal 1 (1998), and his design for the band Blur’s album (2000), for which he was awarded the Music Week CADS for Best Illustration in 2001. Opie’s work is held in many major museum collections including the Arts Council, England; British Museum, London; Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh; IVAM Museum of Modern Art, New York; MoMAT Tokyo; National Portrait Gallery, London; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Collection, London and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Condition

In overall excellent condition with minor wear to the box.

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