JULIAN OPIE, GALLOPING HORSE 2, GALLOPING HORSE SERIES, SIGNED MIXED MEDIA PRINT, EDITION OF 35, 2013
Galloping Horse 2 is a mixed media print from Julian Opie’s Galloping Horse series from 2013. The print shows a semi three-dimensional image of a horse depicted with thick black outlines and set against a plain green backdrop.
For this print, Opie takes the same subject and title used for his Galloping Horse sculpture from 2012 that shows an LED continuous moving image of a horse in black and white. Galloping Horse 2 replicates a still image from this sculpture, showing the horse mid-motion. This series points to Opie’s interest in creating movement through a series of static images and places his works within the history of art. By using the subject of the horse specifically, Opie creates a set of images reminiscent of the 19th century motion photographer Eadweard Muybridge who created the first moving images by using a sequence of still photographs of a horse.
The sculptural iteration of the subject was installed in the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in 2014 and Director of the Programme, Clare Lilley, said of the work: ‘Julian Opie is one of the most significant artists of his generation and Galloping Horse is a beautiful work that extends the material of contemporary sculpture, making full use of new technology.’
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ABOUT JULIAN OPIE
Known for his digital artworks and minimal style, British artist Julian Opie is constantly challenging traditional approaches to portraiture. Inspired by Pop Art as well as the visual language of modern life, Opie, who lives and works in London, has become one of the most successful and well known artists of the New British Sculpture movement. Opie’s process – which he applies to landscapes, still lifes and cityscapes as well as people – involves taking photographs or short films and reducing them to pure surface and line in order to question how images are perceived and understood by the viewer. Learn more about Julian Opie.
