Pop Art Opie, Julian This is Shahnoza/Shahnoza Pole Dancer. 2008. Colour silkscreen print on vinyl film, mounted on a stretcher frame. 256 x 120 cm. – A few small, barely visible scuffs. Overall in very good and clean condition. A magnificent, sharply defined print. Published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London. - This vinyl film mounted on a stretcher frame forms part of Julian Opie’s ‘This Is Shahnoza’ series, a body of work created from 2005 onwards, for which the professional dancer Shahnoza modelled in a series of choreographed poses. Opie, who analysed over 2,000 photographs as the basis for the work, translated the documentary material into his unmistakable visual language: black contour lines, flat colouration, a neutral background. The human figure is reduced to its essentials without losing any of its expressiveness. The choice of vinyl film as the medium is more than a technical decision; it alludes to commercial imagery, advertising graphics and the urban environment. With the figure of the pole dancer, the body of work also ventures into art-historically charged territory: Opie takes up the time-honoured motif of the female nude and, through his choice of subject, his reduced formal language and the serial nature of the works, reinterprets it in a contemporary manner. Colour silkscreen print on vinyl film, mounted on a stretcher frame. – A few small, barely visible scuffs. Overall in very good condition and clean. – Published by Alan Cristea Gallery, London. - This vinyl film on a stretcher frame forms part of Julian Opie’s “This Is Shahnoza” series, a body of work created from 2005 onwards in which the professional dancer Shahnoza posed in a series of choreographed poses. Opie, who analysed over 2,000 photographs as the basis for the work, translated the documentary material into his distinctive visual language: black contour lines, flat colouration, a neutral background. The human figure is reduced to its essentials without losing any of its expressiveness. The choice of vinyl film as the medium is more than a technical decision and alludes to commercial imagery, advertising graphics and the urban environment. With the figure of the pole dancer, the body of work also ventures into a field steeped in art history: Opie takes up the traditional motif of the female nude and, through his choice of subject, his reduced formal language and the serial nature of the works, deconstructs it in a contemporary manner. *This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This work is subject to the standard VAT regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is charged on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is charged on the final invoice amount within the European Union.