David Hockney: Bigger & Closer – 2
A second capture from David Hockney’s ‘immersive’ exhibition in London. Always being at the forefront of art and new technology, this extraordinary artist arrived in London in 2023 to use large-scale projection and an enveloping sound system in a huge new space. Here, thanks to his innovation, ingenuity and commentary, he took the visitor on a personal journey through 60 years of his work, and he called the event David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away).
For any Hockney aficionado, and I count myself as one, this was revealing and absorbing – for the overall sensory experience, of course, but also because of his enlightening tailor-made commentary. “The world” he says, “is very, very beautiful, but most people don’t look very much. They scan the ground in front of them so they can walk; they don’t really look at things with any kind of intensity. I do.” This exhibition showed us the fabulous, colourful results of his observations.
David Hockney: Bigger & Closer – 2
A second capture from David Hockney’s ‘immersive’ exhibition in London. Always being at the forefront of art and new technology, this extraordinary artist arrived in London in 2023 to use large-scale projection and an enveloping sound system in a huge new space. Here, thanks to his innovation, ingenuity and commentary, he took the visitor on a personal journey through 60 years of his work, and he called the event David Hockney: Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away).
For any Hockney aficionado, and I count myself as one, this was revealing and absorbing – for the overall sensory experience, of course, but also because of his enlightening tailor-made commentary. “The world” he says, “is very, very beautiful, but most people don’t look very much. They scan the ground in front of them so they can walk; they don’t really look at things with any kind of intensity. I do.” This exhibition showed us the fabulous, colourful results of his observations.