Visited this exhibition recently...well worth it! There's been a great of publicity in the media re this one...the how and why of creating ' A Bigger Picture'. The exhibition went far beyond expectations.... almost overwhelming in the way you become immersed in the richness / vibrancy of colour and composition. I was not aware till then of Hockney's very definite views on photography given his well documented use of this medium in his work e.g. - that it does not give depth to a picture ( not so sure about that myself ); can only provide a single view and does not capture time.Decided to look further and found an interesting article re his view on photography etc. See :
http://bit.ly/wI50np
Enjoyed looking at what the exhibition offered re his earlier work useing photography in an unusual and imaginative way....e.g. getting around the 'single eye' of the camera i.e.the Grand Canyon photo collages. It was fascinating too, to see some of the film taken by the bank of nine cameras that he used to capture the 'Bigger Picture' through the seasons..the effect was rather like a rule of thirds grid across which the scene moved.
To my mind his oil paintings conveyed the feel of the countryside more than his watercolours - the use of texture, vigorous brushwork and colour - but the results of his Ipad paintings were really intriguing ...not really to my taste as I felt that they came over a little flat and lacking in depth but nevertheless an amazing approach allowing the quick capture of detail.
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