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Kris Walking
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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83 x 52cm, Edition of 60, Digital Print

Medium: Digital Print

Edition size: 60

Year: 2010

Size: H 83cm x W 52cm

Signed: Yes

Format: Signed Print

Last Auction: November 2019

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
November 2019
Dorotheum, Vienna
Austria
£9,440
£11,106
£14,216
March 2019
Forum Auctions London
United Kingdom
December 2015
Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris
France
April 2015
Phillips New York
United States
October 2013
Phillips New York
United States
June 2011
Phillips New York
United States
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Julian Opie's Kris Walking, a signed Digital Print from 2010, is estimated to be worth between £11,000 and £16,000. This artwork has an auction history of six total sales since its entry to the market on 7th June 2011. The hammer price in the last five years has shown a positive growth rate, with an average annual growth rate of 8%. The edition size of this artwork is limited to 60.

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Meaning & Analysis

Throughout his career, Opie has produced many images of people walking in the form of static prints, paintings, sculpture, and moving images. Using photographs taken by the artist, each print is then manipulated and reduced to a matter of simplified shapes and signs to represent a figure. Producing anonymous ‘passers-by’ with which to populate his world, Opie’s figures are not devoid of personality thus maintaining a sense of individuality within multiplicity. The figure in Kris Walking is defined by his long hair and clothing and is thus reduced to a ‘type’ that prompts the viewer to think about how we relate and resemble one another.

Kris Walking is indicative of Opie’s interest in using computer technology as a key component to his work, producing a moving image through lenticular printing. Opie is interested in movement as means to differentiate between people and as a way to strike the balance between stylisation and realism in his works. The movement in this image appears far more realistic than expected, despite the fact that the figure’s form is highly stylised and so Opie presents movement itself as a form of realism.

  • Julian Opie, born in 1958, dances through the contemporary art scene with a distinctive digital allure. A trailblazer of the 1980s New British Sculpture movement, Opie's work is a highly stylised blend of Pop Art and minimalism which navigates the intersection of technology and visual expression. From his early experiments with computer-generated art to his iconic portraits and animated installations, Opie's work exudes a captivating simplicity. His signature style, marked by bold lines and reduced forms, is internationally recognisable and has made him a key player in British contemporary art.

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