A Bigger Grand Canyon
| A Bigger Grand Canyon | |
|---|---|
 A Bigger Grand Canyon, 1998, National Gallery of Australia | |
| Artist | David Hockney |
| Dimensions | 207 cm × 744.2 cm (81 in × 293.0 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Australia, Canberra |
A Bigger Grand Canyon is a 1998 painting by David Hockney consisting of 60 canvases (in a 12x5 arrangement) that produce one large (7.4m-wide) picture. It hangs in the National Gallery of Australia, which bought it[when?] for $4.6 million.[citation needed] The Cubist-type painting portrays the Grand Canyon from many viewpoints and times of day.[1]
The exhibition includes several study sketches and two other photo collages of the canyon that Hockney created in 1982.[2]
Hank Burchard wrote in The Washington Post that "Hockney's canyon has edginess that seems to stimulate visitors to walk up and down and back and forth in front of the painting rather than stand in contemplation" and called the colors "almost painfully — and almost comically — intense."[2]
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References
- ^ "Hockney,David| A Bigger Grand Canyon". artsearch.nga.gov.au. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
- ^ a b Burchard, Frank (26 June 1998). "Hockney's Grand Canyon: A Visionary View". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 May 2024.
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