To start off with I shall write down what I know about Julian Opie.
- His name is Julian Opie.
- The dude did some album artwork for Blur.
Boosh.
Now to get some actual information, and to provide you with an image of my self in the style of Julian Opie.
Of course, as with anything else, the easiest way to get a vague idea of who Opie is is to read the wikipedia article, or visit his website (which has a rather nice interface).
After checking these out I can add a few more things to the list.
- He was born in 1958, this makes him fairly old, by my maths at least 32.
- His name is Julian Opie.
- The dude did some album artwork for Blur.
- He is incredibly prolific, his artwork has been exhibited in many countries, from America to New Zealand.
- His style is "derived in part from Patrick Caulfield and Michael Craig-Martin, involves the reduction of photographs (or short films) into figurative reproductions (created using computer software). In his portraiture, the human face is characterised by black outlines with flat areas of colour, and minimalised detail, to the extent that an eye can become just the black circle of the pupil, and sometimes a head is represented by a circle with a space where the neck would be. Opie uses computers in art for other works. His Imagine you are... series, demonstrated how activities such as driving, walking and climbing could be represented by simple reductions. In addition, Opie uses sculpture and light installations to present items of everyday life.
"I am simply using that which is available to describe that which is experienced.""
My own image;
Lovely eh?
