Julian Opie

New works by Julian Opie (b. 1958) will be exhibited alongside prints and editions made over the last five years spanning the full breadth of the artist’s multifaceted practice.

Julian Opie opens with a large-scale installation of the series Everyone., begun in 2023 and continuing through to 2025, where friends, gallerists, colleagues, family members and visitors to the artist’s studio appear in almost 100 portraits. Opie approaches the vinyl portraits by reducing the sitter’s features to the bare minimum. Facial characteristics are defined by only a few bold black lines, but within this he retains the distinctions that make each person unique and recognisable.

As well as drawing inspiration from his personal collection of art and artefacts – which includes Ancient Greek and Roman statuary, Egyptian sarcophagi, Japanese woodblocks and Old Master paintings – Opie also finds his subjects in the vocabulary and architecture of everyday life; popular comics, road signs, postcards and clips on social media.

Free

Tuesday – Friday: 11am – 5.30pm
Saturday: 11am – 2pm