Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and raised in Oxford. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College (1979-82) and achieved some early gallery success, which was an incentive for slightly younger... Read full biography
Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and raised in Oxford. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College (1979-82) and achieved some early gallery success, which was an incentive for slightly younger artists in the same college, such as Damien Hirst to do likewise. His highly stylized work, involves the... Read full biography
Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and raised in Oxford. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College (1979-82) and achieved some early gallery success, which was an incentive for slightly younger artists in the same college, such as Damien Hirst to do likewise. His highly stylized work, involves the reduction of photographs (or short films) into figurative reproductions (created using computer software). In his portraiture, the human face is characterized by black outlines with flat areas of... Read full biography
Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and raised in Oxford. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College (1979-82) and achieved some early gallery success, which was an incentive for slightly younger artists in the same college, such as Damien Hirst to do likewise. His highly stylized work, involves the reduction of photographs (or short films) into figurative reproductions (created using computer software). In his portraiture, the human face is characterized by black outlines with flat areas of color, and minimalized detail, to the extent that an eye can become a just the black circle of the pupil, and sometimes a head is represented by a circle with a space where the neck would be. In this way, Julian Opie tries to present the complexities of... Read full biography
Julian Opie was born in 1958 in London and raised in Oxford. He is a graduate of Goldsmiths College (1979-82) and achieved some early gallery success, which was an incentive for slightly younger artists in the same college, such as Damien Hirst to do likewise. His highly stylized work, involves the reduction of photographs (or short films) into figurative reproductions (created using computer software). In his portraiture, the human face is characterized by black outlines with flat areas of color, and minimalized detail, to the extent that an eye can become a just the black circle of the pupil, and sometimes a head is represented by a circle with a space where the neck would be. In this way, Julian Opie tries to present the complexities of the human form by reducing it to its mere basics. As a successful artist who exhibits internationally, Opie uses compu... Read full biography
Julian Opie - Artist Info
About Julian Opie: Books
Books & Publications (4)
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Julian Opie Collected Works
2014
Opie, Julian and Sandy Nairne
108 pages (color)
Julian Opie: Recent Works
2008
Clark, Timothy, Sandy Nairne et al
160 pages (color)
Julian Opie (Tate Modern Artists)
2005
Horlock, Mary
128 pages (color)
Space Vehicles: Allusion Objectified (McClain Gallery, Houston, Texas) (Exhibition catalog)