David Hockney: Bigger & Closer – 4
My fourth and final 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 – 4
My fourth and final 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.