Melbourne Statuettes: Cardigan
2018
Part of Opie's acclaimed Melbourne Statuettes series, this bronze figure exemplifies the artist's signature reduction of human form to essential linear elements, translating his characteristic digital aesthetic into three-dimensional sculptural form. The patinated bronze surface contrasts with the light stone base, creating a striking minimalist interpretation of contemporary portraiture.
- Medium
- Freestanding patinated black bronze figure on Crema Grey light stone base
- Dimensions
- Edition
- Edition of 25 of 25
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Hamilton Selway, West Hollywood, CA
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Hamilton SelwayView on map
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Collectors with works by Julian Opie
Artists in conversation
Giacomo Manzù
Italian · b. 1908
Manzù created bronze figurative sculptures with simplified, essentialized human forms that share Opie's interest in reducing the body to clean, elemental contours while maintaining expressive presence through material and surface patination.
Tom Wesselmann
American · b. 1931
Wesselmann translated Pop Art sensibilities into three dimensional sculptural forms, reducing figurative subjects to bold outlines and flat simplified shapes that directly parallel Opie's approach of converting graphic digital aesthetics into physical objects.
Kaws
American · b. 1974
Kaws consistently translates his signature graphic and digital visual language into freestanding bronze and painted sculpture, creating minimalist figurative works where iconic simplified characters exist as contemporary portrait objects that bridge Pop Art and sculptural tradition.
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