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Watching Suzanne (front) 7 - Signed Mixed Media by Julian Opie 2006 - MyArtBroker

Watching Suzanne (front) 7
Signed Mixed Media

Julian Opie

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Medium: Mixed Media

Edition size: 25

Year: 2006

Size: H 83cm x W 57cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Mixed Media

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Meaning & Analysis

In cropping out the figure’s arms and lower half of her legs, Opie creates a highly abstracted image of the human form. Despite the flattened picture plane and use of thick, graphic lines, the image exudes a sense of realism in the way it captures the human body and thus provokes a bodily response from the viewer. Opie’s effectiveness in depicting the human form mixed with his strong sense of line, and bold use of simplified shapes is indicative of the way he strikes a balance between graphic design and high art.

Opie’s depiction of the human body explores the tension between general and specific reality, transforming individual subjects into universal signs so as to interrogate the genre of life drawing. Speaking of his desire to go beyond the traditional boundaries of art and art history Opie has said, “Our attitude towards art history, towards schools, styles and ‘isms’, was quite aggressive. We wanted to manipulate them, to use whatever style we wished.”