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[[File:Gateshead Millennium Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1244794.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Opie's ''Reclining Nude'' at [[Gateshead Millennium Bridge]]]] |
[[File:Gateshead Millennium Bridge - geograph.org.uk - 1244794.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Opie's ''Reclining Nude'' at [[Gateshead Millennium Bridge]]]] |
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Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended [[The Dragon School]] and then [[Magdalen College School, Oxford|Magdalen College School]], Oxford, from 1972 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 January 2020|title=MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)|url=https://www.mcsoxford.org/mcs-unveils-exclusive-new-art-installation-by-julian-opie-ow-1977/|website=Magdalen College School}}</ref> He graduated in 1982 from [[Goldsmiths, University of London]], where he was taught by [[conceptual art]]ist and painter [[Michael Craig-Martin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfund.org/news/2011/09/15/celebrating-contemporary-julian-opies-portraits-of-blur|title=Celebrating Contemporary: Julian Opie's portraits of Blur|website=Art Fund}}</ref> |
Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended [[The Dragon School]] and then [[Magdalen College School, Oxford|Magdalen College School]], Oxford, from 1972 to 1977.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 January 2020|title=MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)|url=https://www.mcsoxford.org/mcs-unveils-exclusive-new-art-installation-by-julian-opie-ow-1977/|website=Magdalen College School}}</ref> He graduated in 1982 from [[Goldsmiths, University of London]], where he was taught by [[conceptual art]]ist and painter [[Michael Craig-Martin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artfund.org/news/2011/09/15/celebrating-contemporary-julian-opies-portraits-of-blur|title=Celebrating Contemporary: Julian Opie's portraits of Blur|website=Art Fund}}</ref> He was a Sargant Fellow at [[British School at Rome|The British School at Rome]] in 1994. |
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==Work== |
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Julian Opie’s artwork is similar to pop |
Julian Opie’s artwork is similar to pop art. Portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing, are hallmarks of the artist's style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canadianart.ca/features/2012/04/26/julian-opie-a-new-calgary-stroll/|title=Julian Opie: A New Calgary Stroll|author=Nancy Tousley|work=[[Canadian Art (magazine)|Canadian Art]]|date=April 26, 2012|access-date=February 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501082312/http://canadianart.ca/features/2012/04/26/julian-opie-a-new-calgary-stroll/|archive-date=1 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> His themes have been described as "engagement with art history, use of new technology, obsession with the human body" and "work with one idea across different media".<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2011/jun/12/julian-opie-editions "Julian Opie: 'I'm not sure what art is'"] by Stuart Jeffries, ''[[The Guardian]]'', 12 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013</ref> Similarly, the national art critic of ''[[The Australian]]'', [[Christopher Allen (critic)|Christopher Allen]], laments Opie's "limited repertoire of tricks" and described his work as "slight and ultimately commercial, if not actually kitsch".<ref name="Allen">{{cite news|last=Allen|first=Christoper|author-link=Christopher Allen (critic)|newspaper=[[The Australian]]|date=26 January 2019|url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/disconnection-draws-a-blank/news-story/dfb0cfaebfe57114fc3c4ed5bd925f82|title=Disconnection draws a blank}}</ref> When asked to describe his approach, Opie said "I often feel that trying to make something realistic is the one criterion I can feel fairly sure of. Another one I sometimes use is, would I like to have it in my room? And I occasionally use the idea, if God allowed you to show Him one [portrait] to judge you by, would this really be it?"<ref>''The Eye: Julian Opie'', documentary, 2001.</ref> |
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In 2007, the four-sided LED sculpture ''[[Ann Dancing]]'' was installed in [[Indianapolis]], United States, as the first artwork on the [[Indianapolis Cultural Trail]].<ref name=Ayers>{{citation | title= Julian Opie | author=Robert Ayers | publisher=Blouinartinfo | date= 17 May 2007 | url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/features/article/19454-julian-opie | access-date=22 April 2008 }}</ref> Opie has also created a monument to singer [[Bryan Adams]].<ref name=Ayers /> |
In 2007, the four-sided LED sculpture ''[[Ann Dancing]]'' was installed in [[Indianapolis]], United States, as the first artwork on the [[Indianapolis Cultural Trail]].<ref name=Ayers>{{citation | title= Julian Opie | author=Robert Ayers | publisher=Blouinartinfo | date= 17 May 2007 | url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/features/article/19454-julian-opie | access-date=22 April 2008 }}</ref> Opie has also created a monument to singer [[Bryan Adams]].<ref name=Ayers /> |
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===Public projects=== |
===Public projects=== |
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[[File:서울 스퀘어 (구 대우건설 빌딩) - panoramio.jpg|thumb|''Crowd'', 2009, Seoul Square]] |
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{{citation needed-span|date=March 2021|text=Opie 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 Hills]] in Japan (2006), River Vltava in Prague (2007), [[Phoenix Art Museum]] USA (2007), [[Hugh Lane Gallery|Dublin City Gallery]] in Ireland (2008), [[Seoul Square]] in South Korea (2009), [[Regent's Place]] in London (2011), Calgary, Canada (2012), The Lindo Wing, [[St Mary's Hospital, London]] (2012) and more recently permanent installations at SMETS in Belgium, {{ill|PKZ|de|PKZ (Schweiz)|fr}} in Zürich and [[Carnaby Street]], London, UK.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artichoke.uk.com/events/lumiere_london/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927062131/http://www.artichoke.uk.com/events/lumiere_london/|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2015|title=Lumiere London 2016|last=Tyhurst|first=JoJo|website=artichoke.uk.com|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2021|reason=No mention of Opie there.}} |
{{citation needed-span|date=March 2021|text=Opie 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 Hills]] in Japan (2006), River Vltava in Prague (2007), [[Phoenix Art Museum]] USA (2007), [[Hugh Lane Gallery|Dublin City Gallery]] in Ireland (2008), [[Seoul Square]] in South Korea (2009), [[Regent's Place]] in London (2011), Calgary, Canada (2012), The Lindo Wing, [[St Mary's Hospital, London]] (2012) and more recently permanent installations at SMETS in Belgium, {{ill|PKZ|de|PKZ (Schweiz)|fr}} in Zürich and [[Carnaby Street]], London, UK.}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artichoke.uk.com/events/lumiere_london/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927062131/http://www.artichoke.uk.com/events/lumiere_london/|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2015|title=Lumiere London 2016|last=Tyhurst|first=JoJo|website=artichoke.uk.com|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=March 2021|reason=No mention of Opie there.}} |
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===Commissions=== |
===Commissions=== |
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One of Opie's most notable commissions was the design of an album cover for British pop band [[Blur (band)|Blur]] in 2000, for which he received a Music Week CADS award. In 2006, he created an LED projection for [[U2]]'s Vertigo world tour, and in 2008 Opie created a set design for [[Wayne McGregor]]'s ballet ''Infra'' for the [[Royal Opera House]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/infra-by-wayne-mcgregor|title=''Infra'' – Productions|publisher=[[Royal Opera House]]|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> In 2010, he was commissioned by the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]], to create a portrait of the inventor and engineer [[James Dyson|Sir James Dyson]], titled ''James, Inventor''.<ref name="npg">{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2011/sir-james-dyson-by-julian-opie-new-commission.php|title=Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie: New Commission|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]}}</ref> In 2019, for his former school Magdalen College School, Oxford, he created a digital screen showing two children in school uniform running.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 January 2020|title=MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)|url=https://www.mcsoxford.org/mcs-unveils-exclusive-new-art-installation-by-julian-opie-ow-1977/|website=Magdalen College School}}</ref> |
One of Opie's most notable commissions was the design of an album cover for British pop band [[Blur (band)|Blur]] in 2000, for which he received a Music Week CADS award. In 2006, he created an LED projection for [[U2]]'s Vertigo world tour, and in 2008 Opie created a set design for [[Wayne McGregor]]'s ballet ''Infra'' for the [[Royal Opera House]] in London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.roh.org.uk/productions/infra-by-wayne-mcgregor|title=''Infra'' – Productions|publisher=[[Royal Opera House]]|access-date=20 April 2016}}</ref> In 2010, he was commissioned by the [[National Portrait Gallery, London]], to create a portrait of the inventor and engineer [[James Dyson|Sir James Dyson]], titled ''James, Inventor''.<ref name="npg">{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/whatson/display/2011/sir-james-dyson-by-julian-opie-new-commission.php|title=Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie: New Commission|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London]]}}</ref> In 2019, for his former school Magdalen College School, Oxford, he created a digital screen showing two children in school uniform running.<ref>{{Cite web|date=9 January 2020|title=MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)|url=https://www.mcsoxford.org/mcs-unveils-exclusive-new-art-installation-by-julian-opie-ow-1977/|website=Magdalen College School}}</ref> |
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==Exhibitions== |
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Opie has exhibited nationally and internationally at major institutions and galleries. Solo exhibitions have included the [[National Gallery of Victoria]] (2018/19),<ref name="Allen"/> the Sakshi Gallery in Mumbai (2012), the Lisson Gallery in Milan (2011); Institut Valencià d' Art Modern in Valencia (2010), [[Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna|Museum of Applied Arts]] in Vienna (2008), [[New York City Hall|City Hall Park]] (Public Art Fund) in New York (2004), and the [[Lenbachhaus|Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus]], Munich (1999). His work was included in group shows at City Public Art Space in London (2012); Kunstmuseum in Wolfsburg, Germany (2011–2012), the [[Barbican Centre|Barbican]] in London (2011), and the Shanghai Expo in China (2010).<ref name="lissongallery1">[http://www.lissongallery.com/#/exhibitions/2012-07-11_julian-opie/ Julian Opie, July 11 – Aug 25, 2012]. lissongallery.com</ref> |
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==Public collections== |
==Public collections== |
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Julian Opie (/ˈoʊpi/; born 1958) is a visual artist of the New British Sculpture movement.
Life and education
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Opie was born in London in 1958 and raised in the city of Oxford. He attended The Dragon School and then Magdalen College School, Oxford, from 1972 to 1977.[3] He graduated in 1982 from Goldsmiths, University of London, where he was taught by conceptual artist and painter Michael Craig-Martin.[4] He was a Sargant Fellow at The British School at Rome in 1994.
Work
[edit]Julian Opie’s artwork is similar to pop art. Portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing, are hallmarks of the artist's style.[5] His themes have been described as "engagement with art history, use of new technology, obsession with the human body" and "work with one idea across different media".[6] Similarly, the national art critic of The Australian, Christopher Allen, laments Opie's "limited repertoire of tricks" and described his work as "slight and ultimately commercial, if not actually kitsch".[7] When asked to describe his approach, Opie said "I often feel that trying to make something realistic is the one criterion I can feel fairly sure of. Another one I sometimes use is, would I like to have it in my room? And I occasionally use the idea, if God allowed you to show Him one [portrait] to judge you by, would this really be it?"[8]
In 2007, the four-sided LED sculpture Ann Dancing was installed in Indianapolis, United States, as the first artwork on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail.[9] Opie has also created a monument to singer Bryan Adams.[9]
Public projects
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Opie 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 Hills 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 (2012), The Lindo Wing, St Mary's Hospital, London (2012) and more recently permanent installations at SMETS in Belgium, PKZ in Zürich and Carnaby Street, London, UK.[citation needed][10][failed verification]
Commissions
[edit]One of Opie's most notable commissions was the design of an album cover for British pop band Blur in 2000, for which he received a Music Week CADS award. In 2006, he created an LED projection for U2's Vertigo world tour, and in 2008 Opie created a set design for Wayne McGregor's ballet Infra for the Royal Opera House in London.[11] In 2010, he was commissioned by the National Portrait Gallery, London, to create a portrait of the inventor and engineer Sir James Dyson, titled James, Inventor.[12] In 2019, for his former school Magdalen College School, Oxford, he created a digital screen showing two children in school uniform running.[13]
Public collections
[edit]Six of Opie's portraits are in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London: four portraits of the band members of Blur executed in colour print on paper, one of inventor and engineer Sir James Dyson rendered by inkjet on canvas, and a self-portrait, Julian with t-shirt, executed on an LCD screen with computer software.[12] More than two dozen of Opie's portraits, landscapes, and other works are in the collection of the Tate[14] and six works are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York.[15] Other collections include Victoria and Albert Museum, Arts Council and the British Council in London; ICA Boston; Essl Collection in Vienna; IVAM in Spain; the Israel Museum in Jerusalem and Takamatsu City Museum of Art in Japan.
References
[edit]- ^ Illuminations (15 January 2003). Art Now: Interviews with Modern Artists. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 64ff. ISBN 978-0-8264-6370-8. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ Julian Opie, National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 15 February 2013
- ^ "MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)". Magdalen College School. 9 January 2020.
- ^ "Celebrating Contemporary: Julian Opie's portraits of Blur". Art Fund.
- ^ Nancy Tousley (26 April 2012). "Julian Opie: A New Calgary Stroll". Canadian Art. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2013.
- ^ "Julian Opie: 'I'm not sure what art is'" by Stuart Jeffries, The Guardian, 12 June 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2013
- ^ Allen, Christoper (26 January 2019). "Disconnection draws a blank". The Australian.
- ^ The Eye: Julian Opie, documentary, 2001.
- ^ a b Robert Ayers (17 May 2007), Julian Opie, Blouinartinfo, retrieved 22 April 2008
- ^ Tyhurst, JoJo. "Lumiere London 2016". artichoke.uk.com. Archived from the original on 27 September 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ "Infra – Productions". Royal Opera House. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- ^ a b "Sir James Dyson by Julian Opie: New Commission". National Portrait Gallery, London.
- ^ "MCS unveils exclusive new art installation by Julian Opie (OW 1977)". Magdalen College School. 9 January 2020.
- ^ Julian Opie, Tate
- ^ "Julian Opie – MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art.
Further reading
[edit]- Cooke, Lynne (1994). Julian Opie. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 9780500277669.
- Horlock, Mary (2004). Julian Opie. Tate publishing. ISBN 9781854374707.
External links
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