He calls it his “glass picture” (I guess it looks like shattered glass to him). what did he make of all this?! Well the Pearblossom Highway was one ofthe postcards he chose at the end of our museum visit. The image often is made up of photos taken from different perspective, reflecting Hockney’s interest in Cubism. He then realised that the final result told a story and started exploring the medium of photography more. Hockney referred to his photo collages as “Joiners” – something he stumbled upon: Disliking the “wide angle lense” photos that contemporaries used (as they distorted images), he would take a series of polaroid images and join them together to form a large picture. Pearblossom Highway is one of the best known examples of David Hockney’s photo collage. Pearblossom Highway – Red Ted’s favourite and choice of postcard on his way out. Garrowby Hill (1998) – One of my favourite, I LOVE the lilac winding road!Īrrival of Spring (2011) – Both Pip Squeak and I adore this HUGE painting made up of a number of panels. This David Hockney exploration for kids was first published in July 2012 and republished this month for those visiting the current Hockney Exhibition at Tate Britain. One such piece of art was “Pearblossom Highway”. He was less interested in the colourful paintings that appeal to his sister and me and was drawn to those paintings showing buildings, structure and roads. Red Ted crouched down every so often and started drawing in is notebook (I was rather smitten). All those amazingly beautiful and vibrant colours. ![]() The exhibition was all about “A Bigger Picture” – Hockney’s larger than life paintings. ![]() We chose Hockney, as my mother in law took us to see his exhibition at the Royal Academy in London a few months back. See here for previous Kids Get Arty projects! If you have kids crafts to link up – please come back next week! Kids Get Arty will replace the regular “craft slot” – every 2 months – the NEXT Kids Get Arty will be on 12th September 2012. Then have a go ourselves! For this Kids Get Arty session, we decided on David Hockney – hailed as one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century and an important contributor to the Pop Art movement (my, the things I am learning!). ![]() Well… where did the last two months go?! Already it is Kids Get Arty time – our chance to explore an artists: looking at what the artist made and how the artists worked.
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