

Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool
2022
Nick Smith's "Peter Getting Out Of Nick's Pool" (2022) transforms David Hockney's iconic California poolside scene into a luminous mosaic of fragmented color, rendered through giclee printing with a screenprinted varnish on Canson Rag Photographique 310 gsm paper. Smith's signature method dissolves the source image into a grid of individually weighted color blocks, each carrying its own Pantone-referenced hue, so that the composition rewards both close inspection and viewing from a distance. At 78 × 76 cm, the work holds a commanding yet intimate presence, and the varnish layer introduces a subtle play of light across the surface that shifts depending on the viewer's vantage point. Smith is widely regarded as one of the most inventive practitioners of pixel-based and color-field appropriation working in contemporary British art, and this edition sits at a compelling intersection of pop sensibility and rigorous formal process. By fragmenting Hockney's already sun-drenched palette into discrete, precisely calibrated tonal units, Smith simultaneously pays homage to and analytically deconstructs a work that has become shorthand for a particular era of hedonistic optimism. The choice of Hockney as source material carries rich art historical weight, inviting collectors to consider how meaning and cultural memory persist even when an image is reduced to its most elemental chromatic components. Available as a signed edition of 127 through Side X Side Gallery, this piece represents an accessible entry point into Smith's practice without sacrificing the visual complexity and conceptual depth that define his larger body of work. The high-quality paper substrate ensures archival longevity, making it a sound investment as much as an aesthetic one.
- Medium
- Giclee with Screenprinted Varnish on Canson Rag Photographique 310 gsm Paper
- Sheet
- Signed
- Yes
- Location
- Side X Side Gallery, Miami, FL
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- Gallery · Side X Side GalleryView on map
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