FIONA AND RICHARD

© Julian Opie

FIONA AND RICHARD 1996

Julian Opie (1958 – )

Details

Dimension
20.5 X 3.5 CM EACH
Media
PAINTED STEEL AND WOOD, WITH BOX
Accession number
P7335

Summary

Opie has made a series of drawings of friends and acquaintances on the computer which have been output as paintings, sculptures, wallpaper, film and concrete casts.

”People are quite self conscious when I photograph them, which is embarrassing in the photo but helps to give life and presence to a painting. When I’m drawing I feel like everyone’s face is fabulous. I don’t know if this is also true of bodies. I try to make a universal symbol for each individual I draw.”

The people depicted here are the artists Fiona Rae and Richard Patterson.

Multiplication, The British Council 2001

Glossary

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.

  • Film

    A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.

  • Photograph

    A permanent image taken by means of the chemical action of light on light-sensitive surfaces.