{"id":12245,"date":"2025-02-24T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T16:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/?p=12245"},"modified":"2025-02-22T07:52:43","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T12:52:43","slug":"julian-opie-at-lisson-gallery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newyorkarttours.com\/blog\/2025\/02\/24\/julian-opie-at-lisson-gallery\/","title":{"rendered":"Julian Opie at Lisson Gallery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How present can you be while on your phone?\u00a0 British artist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.julianopie.com\">Julian Opie<\/a> offers his take on the question with a presentation of four nearly 10-foot-tall striding figures at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lissongallery.com\/exhibitions\/julian-opie-ebcf35ae-20ac-41d5-a360-c1d7a66470d7\">Lisson Gallery<\/a> in Chelsea, two of whom gaze down at digital devices.\u00a0 Blatantly present due to their size, but mentally removed, the figures are emblematic of our distracted times while also monumentalizing digital connectedness.\u00a0 Initially created for an exhibition in Busan, Korea, the figures could come from anywhere yet retain distinct characteristics in a mix-up of specificity and universality.\u00a0 (On view in Chelsea through April 19th.)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 3877px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/6c6876dc7ff53694967151f73\/images\/7f3af770-8361-eed3-b9a3-069ce97310fd.jpg\" width=\"3877\" height=\"3770\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julian Opie, Red phone, Auto paint on aluminium, 119 1\/8 x 54 3\/8 x 19 1\/4 in, 2023.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How present can you be while on your phone?\u00a0 British artist Julian Opie offers his take on the question with a presentation of four nearly 10-foot-tall striding figures at Lisson Gallery in Chelsea, two of whom gaze down at digital devices.\u00a0 Blatantly present due to their size, but mentally removed, the figures are emblematic of &hellip; 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