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Truck Birds Wind
Signed Print

Julian Opie

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76 x 112cm, Edition of 40, Digital Print

Medium: Digital Print
Edition size: 40
Year: 2000
Size: H 76cm x W 112cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Print
Last Auction: July 2021
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Auction Results

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Auction House
Location
Return to Seller
Hammer Price
Buyer Paid
July 2021
Rosebery's Fine Art Auctioneers
United Kingdom
£2,210
£2,600
£3,380
November 2008
Phillips New York
United States
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Julian Opie's Truck Birds Wind (signed) from 2000, a digital print, is estimated to be worth between £2,050 and £3,050. This artwork has shown consistent value growth, with an average annual growth rate of 4%. This piece has an auction history of three total sales since its entry to the market on 22nd November 2008. In the last five years, the hammer price has ranged from £2,600 on 7th July 2021. The average return to the seller for this artwork is £2,210. Truck Birds Wind is part of a limited edition of 40.

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Meaning & Analysis

Truck Birds Wind shows a forest landscape that takes up around half of the composition, with the top half of the image filled with an empty blue sky and a small, shining moon. Much of Opie’s work has been compared to the digitally rendered landscapes of video games in the way that they mimic a simultaneously familiar yet otherworldly sphere.

This print was rendered from a digital photograph taken by Opie that is then scanned and altered digitally to reduce the detail of the original image, saturate the colours and flatten its form. Opie creates representation at its bare minimum, a scene devoid of human presence to form a depersonalised image from which the viewer can project their own experiences on to. Opie has said of this viewing experience: “what I would really like to do is make a painting and then walk into it.”

  • 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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