Crossing: Shirt

Julian Opie’s creative practice spans over painting, drawing, sculpture, and film; 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, among other cities. His pieces have fetched six-figure prices on the secondary market.