Julian Opie (Signed by artist and poet Robert Montgomery)

The book of the 1993 Hayward Gallery exhibition

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Printing Details

First edition. Paperback. 23 × 27cm, 125pp.

Signed by Scottish conceptual artist Robert Montgomery in blue ink to the inside front cover. Robert Montgomery (b.1972) is a Scottish conceptual artist and poet renowned for bringing poetic text directly into public spaces through large-scale light installations, billboard interventions, and fire poems.

An exhibition catalogue published for his major solo exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London, which ran from 4 November 1993 to 6 February 1994 (before touring to the Kunstverein Hannover). This catalogue captures a crucial transitional moment in Opie’s career. By the early 1990s, he had moved away from his 1980s painted sheet-metal sculptures and was deeply immersed in Minimalist-inspired modular structures, painted wood/aluminum architectural forms, and simplified representations of modern infrastructure. Includes essays by Henry Meyric Hughes, James Roberts, and Lynne Cooke.

Condition

Good condition. The book remains in strong readable condition, but with moderate wear to all edges and few surface abrasions to the covers. Sun faded to the bottom edge of the rear cover.

ISBN

1853321192