
Lenticular acrylic panel in a brushed aluminium frame, specified by the artist.
Hand-signed and numbered on the reverse.
'Neal from Children Walking' by Julian Opie is an installation measuring 73.9 × 45.7 × 2.5 cm. The work depicts a single child-like figure mid-stride, rendered in Opie's signature flat graphic style: a black outline containing a yellow top, blue shorts, and dark shoes against a pale grey ground, with a layered shadow cast behind the form that amplifies its shallow three-dimensional depth. Opie, associated with the New British Sculpture movement, built his visual language from classical portraiture, Japanese woodblock prints, and billboard graphics — sources that converge here in a figure stripped of individual features yet unmistakably animate. 'Neal' belongs to the 'Children Walking' series, in which Opie applies his reductive sign-like approach to the specific subject of children in motion, using simplified silhouettes and flat colour to transform an everyday act into something close to a pictogram.
Neal from Children Walking, 2026
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Lenticular acrylic panel in a brushed aluminium frame, specified by the artist.
Hand-signed and numbered on the reverse.
'Neal from Children Walking' by Julian Opie is an installation measuring 73.9 × 45.7 × 2.5 cm. The work depicts a single child-like figure mid-stride, rendered in Opie's signature flat graphic style: a black outline containing a yellow top, blue shorts, and dark shoes against a pale grey ground, with a layered shadow cast behind the form that amplifies its shallow three-dimensional depth. Opie, associated with the New British Sculpture movement, built his visual language from classical portraiture, Japanese woodblock prints, and billboard graphics — sources that converge here in a figure stripped of individual features yet unmistakably animate. 'Neal' belongs to the 'Children Walking' series, in which Opie applies his reductive sign-like approach to the specific subject of children in motion, using simplified silhouettes and flat colour to transform an everyday act into something close to a pictogram.
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What is animation?
Animation is the process of displaying a sequence of static images in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement. Each image, or frame, is slightly altered from the previous one, particularly in the moving parts, so when shown together, they form a continuous motion. Traditionally, illustrators drew each frame by hand to produce this effect.

Julian Opie
Neal from Children Walking, 2026
73.91 x 45.72 x 2.54 cm




























































































































