Julian Opie

By Billie-Jo Ellis ? ? ? He was born in London in 1958, but was raised in Oxford. He is recognised for his distinctive contribution to contempory art over the delay 3 decades. He graduated from Goldsmiths School of blind in 1983. In 2008, the four-sided light-emitting diode sculpture Ann Dancing was installed in Indianapolis, USA, as the first artwork on the Indianapolis Cultural Trail. Anns dress will sway and her arms will move. This is the name effrontery to the work of a group of artists, sculptors and installation artists who began to exhibit together in London in the early 80s.Many of these were exhibited in the Lisson Gallery. A a couple of(prenominal) examples of artists in the NBS are Edward Allington Stephen Cox Grenville Davey Anthony Gormley Julian Opie Rachel Whiteread Bill timberrow and many more. Tim Wood identified 4 major themes in the New British sculpt movement ? A synthesis of pop and kitsch. ? A assemblage of the decaying UK urban environment and the waste of consumer society. ? An exploration of the way in which objects are appoint meanings. A play of colour, wit and humor. I heard about Julian Opie about 2 years ago in school and own the likes ofd his work ever since. I like the simplicity of it all, only he still captures the person in the picture, even his faceless LED work still captures a persona and this is why I like him. I got all my information from own personal knowledge, research on the internet (wikipedia. org and Julianopie. com) and books such as Tate Modern Artists.