david hockney: something new in painting (and photography) [and even printing]
5 april-12 may 2018
pace gallery | 508-510 west 25th street | new york, NY
british artist, david hockney RA, is known for playing with perspective. recently, reverse perspective. and recently, manipulating the picture plane by adding corners. hockney thinks that reverse perspective simulates our depth perception more closely than one point perspective. and, that a hexagon simulates our field of vision more closely than a rectangle.
‘the indentations paradoxically widen the sense of space and invite all sorts of fresh lines of sight.
still, though, as you can see, far from cutting corners, i was adding them.’
-david hockney
detail | david hockney | the studio, december 2017 | 2017 | photographic drawing printed on seven sheets of paper, mounted on seven sheets of dibond
the subject of some of the hexagonal paintings are ‘david hockney’s greatest hits’. the grand canyon. nichols canyon, which was once en route from his home to his studio in los angeles, CA. garrowby hill and the countryside surrounding his former home in yorkshire, united kingdom.
david hockney | grand canyon II | 2017 | acrylic on canvas
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
david hockney | nichols canyon II | 2017 | acrylic and black ink on canvas
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
david hockney | garrowby hill | 2017 | acrylic on canvas
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
masterpieces, such as the avenue at middelharnis (1689), a dutch golden age landscape painting by meindert hobbema, or the annunciation (1438-1445), an early renaissance fresco by fra angelico, provide the subjects for other paintings.
david hockney | tall dutch trees after hobbema (useful knowledge) | 2017 | acrylic on six canvases
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
hockney is also known for experimenting with optical technology. most recently, agisoft photoscan software that performs photogrammetric processing of digital images and generates three dimensional spatial data.
in addition to 17 paintings, the pace gallery exhibition features two, seven panel, floor to ceiling photomurals created with agisoft photoscan. for each photomural, the software combined over 3000 photographs, shot from multiple camera angles, and processed them into one three dimensional image. then, hockney and his assistant manipulated the image. and then, they digitally printed and mounted the photomural.
david hockney | the studio, december 2017 | 2017 | photographic drawing printed on seven sheets of paper, mounted on seven sheets of dibond
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
david hockney | inside it opens up as well | 2018 | photographic drawing printed on 7 sheets of paper, mounted on 7 sheets of dibond
artwork: (c) 2018 david hockney photo credits: lisa walsh | innerspace
‘i haven’t yet quite figured out what to call the whole process, or for that matter its result.
it’s a combination of photography and drawing and printing, each bringing out the best in the other.’
-david hockney
you could call the whole process a success. especially, considering that hockney originally only intended to take documentary photographs to use in the exhibition announcement before the paintings left his studio.
invitation to the opening reception | 5 april 2018
click here, here, and here to read my previous posts about david hockney.
click here to read the essay, written by lawrence weschler for the exhibition catalogue.
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