Julian Opie
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Dance Synced, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance, Synced: Dance 1 , 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance, Synced: Dance 2, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance, Synced: Dance 3, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance, Synced: Dance 4, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance, Synced: Dance 5, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Standing Couples - Lydia and Garrett, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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Dance- Red, 2023Julian OpieView more details
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Dance- Green, 2023Julian OpieView more details
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Dance- Purple, 2023Julian OpieView more details
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Standing People (Yellow, Black, White, Blue), 2019/2020Julian OpieView more details
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Sidewalk 1, 2022Julian OpieView more details
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Street 5 (From: Street)Julian OpieView more details
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Street 2 (From: Street)Julian OpieView more details
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Street 1 (From: Street)Julian OpieView more details
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Leggings, from Boston Statuettes, 2020Julian OpieView more details
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Standing Couples - Carmen and Fabien, 2024Julian OpieView more details
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". When asked to describe his approach, Opie said "I often feel that trying to make something realistic is the one criteria 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?".
Opie's graphic portrait style and his use of computer aided design has enabled him move between the fields of contemporary art and commercial design: in 2000, he was commissioned to design an album cover for British pop band Blur, and in 2006, he created an LED projection for U2's Vertigo world tour.