DAVID HOCKNEY
He is a British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, designer and photographer. According to Wikipedia, Hockney is considered as one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century.He specialises in photo montages, which he referred as "joiners". Below are just some of his works:
Each of these works is made up of a series of photographs which are taken from different perspectives and arranged to form a composite image.
It was believed that Hockney's creation of "joiner" was not intended as it happened when he was in L.A. working on a painting of a living room. As a preparation, he took polaroid shots of the room then pasted them all together. Upon looking at them, he realised that it formed a story, as if the viewer was actually inside the room. This discovery made him left his passion for painting for a while, inorder to fully concentrate on his new photography form.
I understand why this artist has been introduced to me as his techniques will help me develop my mural further. I actually like the idea of having images taken into different perspectives in a way that it conveys movement to the viewer. I'll probably use his style to my work.
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