Blazer: Boston Statuette
2020
This patinated bronze sculpture exemplifies Opie's characteristic reduction of human form to essential geometric elements, translating his signature digital aesthetic into three-dimensional sculptural language. The work continues the artist's exploration of contemporary portraiture through minimalist abstraction, presenting a figure stripped of individualistic detail yet retaining immediate human recognition.
- Medium
- Patinated black bronze on Crema Grey 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
Tom Wesselmann
American · b. 1931
Wesselmann reduced the human figure to bold flat outlines and simplified geometric forms, translating figuration into a graphic language that shares Opies signature removal of individualistic detail while retaining immediate human recognition.
Stephan Balkenhol
German · b. 1957
Balkenhol carves and casts simplified human figures in sculpture that strips away emotional expression and individualistic features, creating a similarly distilled figurative presence rendered in contemporary minimalist terms.
Kaws
American · b. 1974
KAWS translates a graphic digital aesthetic directly into three dimensional bronze and painted sculpture, producing recognizable yet abstracted human and hybrid figures that share Opies fusion of pop sensibility with minimalist sculptural form.
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