1990s Woman Taking Off Man's Shirt by Julian Opie

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Julian Opie, Woman taking off mans shirt

1998

3-colour screenprint in colours on paper

Edition of unknown size, Unsigned

39 … Read more Julian Opie, Woman taking off mans shirt

1998

3-colour screenprint in colours on paper

Edition of unknown size, Unsigned

39 2/5 × 23 3/5 in | 100 × 60 cm

Published by K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Julian Opie’s simple, graphic figurative portraits and landscapes generate a pared-back perspective on contemporary life. The artist’s distinctive, thickly outlined silhouettes take inspiration from classical portraiture, Japanese woodblock prints, Egyptian hieroglyphics, and traffic signs. Opie studied at Goldsmiths’ College and has exhibited in London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Berlin, Seoul, and many other cities. His work belongs in the collections of England’s Arts Council, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Stedelijk Museum, the National Portrait Gallery in London, the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo, and many others. His pieces have fetched six-figure prices on the secondary market. Opie’s practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, and film.Her work belongs in the collections of institutions including Arts Council England, the Centre Pompidou, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tate, and the Stedelijk Museum and has fetched millions of dollars on the secondary market. See less