A Bigger Splash (1967)

David Hockney (1937)

1960s modernist architecture
Acrylic paint on canvas, very precise techniques with the brush to define each stroke. various types of brushes to define the details in the splash, each layer of the color mimicking the drops of water.
The colors also contain a grey tone which is why all the colors balance with each other. The artist worked with acrylic paint to be the best medium to portray sun-lit, clean-contoured suburban landscapes.
display more bright colors and the fast drying allows definition of the colours

‘When you photograph a splash, you’re freezing a moment and it becomes something else. I realise that a splash could never be seen this way in real life, it happens too quickly. And I was amused by this, so I painted it in a very, very slow way.’ (Quoted in Kinley, [p.5].)

Source: https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/hockney-a-bigger-splash-t03254

Fine Art Day 3 – Photography and Time-based Media

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