A Bigger Splash is a large pop art painting by British artist David Hockney.Measuring 242.5 centimetres (95.5 in) by 243.9 centimetres (96.0 in), it depicts a swimming pool beside a modern house, disturbed by a large splash of water created by an unseen figure who has apparently just jumped in from a diving board.It was painted in California between April and June 1967, when Hockney was.
David Hockney: A Bigger Picture spans a 50 year period to demonstrate Hockney’s long exploration and fascination with the depiction of landscape. The exhibition includes a display of his iPad drawings and a series of new films produced using 18 cameras, which are displayed on multiple screens and provide a spellbinding visual journey through the eyes of David Hockney.
Originally released in 1974, Jack Hazan’s A Bigger Splash is a documentary of staged truths, a curious blend of deeply intimate footage and flagrantly staged tableaux that creates a dissonant portrait of Pop Art luminary David Hockney. “Portrait,” though, may be the wrong word; as a study of an artist’s method, the film offers little insight into Hockney’s process.
A Bigger Message Martin Gayford.. Photo Essay: Hockney - Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature. Hockney - Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature' presents unique insights into the influences and similarities behind the work of David Hockney and Van Gogh, for the first time, art lovers can study their pieces side by side. Take a look at a selection of art from.
David Hockney. A Bigger Book - image 1 A Bigger Book is presented on a Marc Newson bookstand. The David Hockney SUMO on a Marc Newson bookstand, with the four Art Edition iPad drawing prints. A Bigger Splash, 1967 Self-Portrait with Blue Guitar, 1977 Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures), 1972.
TEXTUAL CUES, VISUAL FICTIONS: REPRESENTATIONS OF HOMOSEXUALITIES IN THE WORKS OF DAVID HOCKNEY. by. EMILY PORTER-SALMON. A thesis submitted to the. University of Birmingham. for the degree of. DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY. Department of History of Art. School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music. College of Arts and Law. The.
David Hockney (b. 1937) has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life. This major study of his work, published to accompany the exhibition showing at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, redefines him as an important painter of the English countryside, presenting his recent landscapes for the first time.
A Portrait of an Artist’s creation, told in the 1974 film A Bigger Splash, is the story of a labor of love. Hockney painted and repainted and repainted, giving up once then starting over again, working with a very van Gogh-like intensity. Otherwise the influence may not be obvious from his most famous, and most expensive, canvas.