Julian Opie

Imagine You Are Driving a Yellow VW, 2004
aluminum and lacquer paint
53 x 167 x 60 inches (135 x 424 x 152cm)
one of two unique variants

Imagine You Are Driving… is a group of life-size automobile sculptures – two Hondas and two Volkswagens.  The works were fabricated in aluminum plate and finished with a unique paint and assembly process. Known for his cool minimalist paintings and sculpture that are at once sexy and seemingly simple, Opie’s practice draws on a wide range of visual material. These sculptures – three-dimensional renditions of formalist paintings – reflect Opie’s fascination with the real world as well as the temptation of imaginary space.

Exhibited
Julian Opie: Animals, Buildings, Cars, and People, 2004, City Hall Park, New York
Frieze, 2005, Regent's Park, London

About the Artist
Julian Opie (b. 1958, London) studied at Goldsmiths College of Art from 1979 to 1982, and had his first one person exhibition in 1983. Since then, Opie has had exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and additional galleries and public spaces throughout Europe and the United States.

Available Works
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