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Running Women - Signed Print by Julian Opie 2016 - MyArtBroker

Running Women
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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Medium: Screenprint

Edition size: 50

Year: 2016

Size: H 153cm x W 156cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

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Julian Opie's Running Women (signed) from 2016 is a screenprint, estimated to be worth between £15,000 and £23,000. This artwork has been sold once at auction since its entry to the market in January 2019. There have been no sales in the last 12 months. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 50.

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Auction Results

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January 2019Phillips London United Kingdom

Meaning & Analysis

Opie created this series from a selection of photographs and film, shot by two of his assistants in public, where many people were running past the camera. This allowed Opie to produce a dynamic image with a variety of people, each uniquely distinguishable due to the artist’s attention to detail with clothing and each person’s gate. Throughout his career, Opie has been fascinated by the human body, producing many full-length images of people in mid-movement such as his Walking In The Rain series from 2015.

Opie situates this print in the 21st century due to his astute attention to detail in clothing and technology. At the same time, Running Women is representative of the way in which Opie combines the vernacular of the everyday with the canonical style of art history. Of this print Opie has said, “I was thinking of the striding athletes circling ancient Greek vases, and of stone-carved Roman friezes of battling warriors.”

  • Julian Opie, born in 1958, dances through the contemporary art scene with a distinctive digital allure. A trailblazer of the 1980s New British Sculpture movement, Opie's work is a highly stylised blend of Pop Art and minimalism which navigates the intersection of technology and visual expression. From his early experiments with computer-generated art to his iconic portraits and animated installations, Opie's work exudes a captivating simplicity. His signature style, marked by bold lines and reduced forms, is internationally recognisable and has made him a key player in British contemporary art.