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David Hockney — Viewers looking at a ready-made with skull and mirrors 2018
David Hockney — Viewers looking at a ready-made with skull and mirrors 2018
David Hockney

Viewers looking at a ready-made with skull and mirrors 2018

2018

This sophisticated photographic drawing demonstrates Hockney's continued fascination with perspective, spatial construction, and the act of viewing itself. The work features a complex mise-en-abyme composition with viewers arranged around a vibrant, stacked sculptural form, which is simultaneously reflected in framed mirrors creating recursive layers of observation. For collectors, this 2018 piece represents Hockney's mature synthesis of his lifelong interests in optics, representation, and the relationship between viewer and artwork, executed in his innovative photographic collage technique. The work's meditation on spectatorship and its playful deconstruction of pictorial space exemplify why Hockney remains among the most sought-after living artists.

Medium
Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on diamond bond
Dimensions
Edition
24 of 25

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David Hockney, Viewers looking at a ready-made with skull and mirrors 2018, 2018

This sophisticated photographic drawing demonstrates Hockney's continued fascination with perspective, spatial construction, and the act of viewing itself. The work features a complex mise-en-abyme composition with viewers arranged around a vibrant, stacked sculptural form, which is simultaneously reflected in framed mirrors creating recursive layers of observation. For collectors, this 2018 piece represents Hockney's mature synthesis of his lifelong interests in optics, representation, and the relationship between viewer and artwork, executed in his innovative photographic collage technique. The work's meditation on spectatorship and its playful deconstruction of pictorial space exemplify why Hockney remains among the most sought-after living artists.

Medium
Photographic drawing printed on paper mounted on diamond bond
Dimensions
108.58500000000001 x 181.61 cm
Year
2018
Edition
of 25

Related themes

Spatial Construction, Living Artist, Photography, Blue Chip, Conceptual, Architectural, Mixed Media, Perspective Studies, British Artist, Mise-en-Scène, LGBTQ+ Artist, Large Format, Limited Edition, Works on Paper, Triptych, Colorful, Drawing, Large Scale, Figurative, Photographic Collage, Contemporary

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Collected by

Jonathan Murray, Alex Capecelatro, Richard Caswell, Sebastián In Situ, John McNally, Hamilton Selway Gallery, Andrew P. Cooper, Lisa Rembrandt, Art Institute of Chicago, Nick Phoenix , Derek Jones