“My Chinese Opera” by
Christopher Orr
Christopher Orr is an English artist and printmaker who was
born on the 8th April 1943. He has exhibited over 400 prints in lithography,
etching and silkscreen. He was born in Islington in London and after studying
at Ravensbourne and Hornsey School of Art he graduated from the Royal College
of Art in 1967 with an MA in Printmaking. Orr still lives and works in London
to this very day. One of my favourite prints by Christopher Orr is “My Chinese
Opera” made in 2006. It is 94 cm by 67 cm so I would say quite a large sized
piece. Obviously his influence for this piece was a Chinese festival of some
kind. He possibly could have seen this in person but there is no information
which tells us were he got his inspiration from. In my personal opinion, I love
this print. I like colourful pieces of art and this is full of colour. Although
I’ve never actually seen a Chinese opera before, I’ve always liked the costumes
they wear and the big dragon dances they do for the crowds. Another reason why
I like “My Chinese Opera” is because the way the subject matter is set on the
print. The fact of having three layers is quite absurd yet works very well. The
composition of all the dancers and dragons is spread across the whole piece and
from afar they don’t seem to have much detail yet, when you look closely you
see how detailed they really are.
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