Australian Wood Duck
Australian Wood Duck
Signed Mixed Media
Julian Opie
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Medium: Mixed Media
Edition size: 20
Year: 2020
Size: H 37cm x W 53cmx D 4cm
Signed: Yes
Format: Signed Mixed Media
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Meaning & Analysis
Australian Wood Duck is a signed mixed media artwork made by British artist Julian Opie in 2020. Coming in an edition size of 20, the artwork shows an Australian Wood Duck rendered in yellow with a thick blue outline. The duck is set against a bright green backdrop. Opie’s visual style is simple and understated. The duck’s body lacks detail which draws attention to the animal’s form and the shape of its body.
Australian Wood Duck is one of five artworks in Opie’s Small Birds collection. Each artwork depicts a different bird, with the other prints showing a pigeon, gull, hen and magpie. The production of this collection accompanied Opie’s largest LED based public artwork to date which the artist made for the National Gallery Victoria Triennial. Australian Birds was a series of continuous computer animated birds that Opie situated on a grass strip between two lanes of traffic in central Melbourne, Australia.
As well as birds, Opie has taken artistic inspiration from a range of other animals such as sheep, fish and horses. The artist’s works are immediately recognisable due to the way in which Opie depicts simplified forms using thick lines filled with a solid, flat colour. Opie’s style is influenced by Minimalism and Pop Art and artists like Andy Warhol clearly had a significant impact on the development of Opie’s visual language.
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.
