The Office Windows Portfolio is a Homage a Josef Albers. Julian Opie is a painter, sculptor and video artist. The London-born artist became known in the mid-1980s with metal sculptures made of painted everyday objects. He draws his inspiration from the world of comics and consumerism, Japanese mangas and woodcuts as well as classical portraits and sculptures. Opie’s motifs range from nudes and portraits to figure paintings and landscapes. The works of the internationally successful artist are reminiscent of pictograms. Julian Opie explores the boundaries of stylization: To what extent can a person’s facial features be simplified while preserving their individuality? The artist has created his own universal visual language, which gives the motif an enormous variety of expression with minimal means.