JULIAN OPIE, LUC AND LUDIVINE GET MARRIED (PAIR 14), LUC AND LUDIVINE GET MARRIED SERIES, SIGNED MIXED MEDIA PRINT, EDITION OF 10, 2007
Luc And Ludivine Get Married (pair 14) is a work from Julian Opie’s Luc And Ludivine Get Married series from 2007 that shows two elliptical frames with blown domed glazing each showing a portrait. One frame features an image of a man in profile, facing to the right, and the other with a woman facing away from the viewer, showing only the back of her head.
Luc And Ludivine Get Married (pair 14) is reminiscent of Victorian silhouette portraiture in its presentation in elliptical frames and use of simplified black shapes against a white backdrop. Indeed, Opie has been interested in engaging with the traditions of art history throughout his entire career, notably in his works A Pile of Old Masters (1983) and Eat Dirt, Art History (1983). With this print, Opie presents a twenty-first century version of a classic art historical genre through his use of computer technology, simplified form, visual language inspired by graphic design.
The works in Opie’s Luc And Ludivine Get Married series show each figure in one of four poses, rendering them in different combinations of the poses thus making each composition unique across the series. This series is indicative of Opie’s desire to work with one idea across a number of different compositions, producing many versions of the same subject.
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ABOUT JULIAN OPIE
British artist Julian Opie challenges traditional approaches to portraiture through his digitally designed and seemingly contradictory, depersonalised works. Working also with landscapes and cityscapes, Opie’s highly stylised work involves the reduction of photographs or short films into figurative reproductions created using computer software. The hallmarks of his artistic style are portraits and animated walking figures, rendered with minimal detail in black line drawing. Learn more about Julian Opie.
