Siren Radio Traffic
Siren Radio Traffic
Signed Print
Julian Opie
£2,100-£3,150
$4,050-$6,000 Value Indicator
$3,750-$5,500 Value Indicator
¥20,000-¥30,000 Value Indicator
€2,500-€3,750 Value Indicator
$21,000-$30,000 Value Indicator
¥430,000-¥640,000 Value Indicator
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Medium: Digital Print
Edition size: 40
Year: 2000
Size: H 74cm x W 110cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
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Auction Results
| Auction Date | Auction House | Artwork | Hammer Price | Return to Seller | Buyer Paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Phillips London - United Kingdom | Siren Radio Traffic - Signed Print | |||
| March 2018 | Sotheby's Online - United Kingdom | Siren Radio Traffic - Signed Print | |||
| May 2012 | Bonhams Knightsbridge - United Kingdom | Siren Radio Traffic - Signed Print | |||
| April 2012 | Christie's London - United Kingdom | Siren Radio Traffic - Signed Print |
Meaning & Analysis
Siren Radio Traffic is a print by Julian Opie from his Eight Landscapes series (2000). This print shows a digitally rendered image of a busy road in a city, seen from the perspective of a driver. Falling into the category of the artist’s well-known motorway images, this print is indicative of Opie’s obsession with depicting roads, travel and car culture that is compelling in its expression of anonymity and monotony.
Rendered in Opie’s trademark style of block colours and simplified shapes, Siren Radio Traffic seems to take on the visual language of road signs. In using this visual style that the viewer supposedly has an existing relationship with, Opie simultaneously depersonalises the work and encourages the viewer to engage with it. The resulting image is about the methods we use to look at the world, rather than being a concrete message on what it is we are looking at.
Through this depersonalised visual language, Opie also refers to the way in which motorways and car travel have become a space in the contemporary world where one can escape both mentally and physically. Just as one might lose themselves whilst following white markings on the tarmac, the viewer becomes lost in Opie’s Siren Radio Traffic that toes the line between familiarity and the unknown, with no context as to where the road leads.
