Hallway

Julian Opie uses a distinctive formal language that is instantly recognisable to produce pared down representations of figures, portraits and landscapes. Of his piece at Jasmine Lodge, Opie said, ‘Any crowd anywhere offers a rich and varied palette of characters. Colours and shapes, clothes and accessories, hairstyles vary. Yet each portrait can be understood as the same thing. Like notes on a piano this allows me to compose pictures with a range of chosen figures.