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A major exhibition of new work by Julian Opie (b.1958), which distills and decodes the visual experience of our everyday life, opens at Cristea Roberts Gallery from 21 September – 23 October 2021. New prints, sculptures, lenticular panels, and 3D models, made over the past year and a half, depict in the artist’s refined style, built-up environments and the movement of people within them.

Opie’s ideas and reference points are drawn from the ancient past to the present. A view from a taxi window, a detail on a decorative railing, figures on a temple frieze or Greek vase, all serve as options …