Last week, with the college, I attended a trip to the Tate Modern museum in South Bank. In the museum was an exhibition for David Hockney, most famously known for his 'joiner' photography. However in this particular exhibition was filled with brightly coloured images, from his portraits and images of Los Angeles swimming pools, through to his drawings and photography of Yorkshire landscapes.
Overall, I found this exhibition very interesting because I had only heard of Hockney as the artist who did 'joiners' after I studied him for GCSE art, so seeing this other work of his was surprising but enjoyable all the same. My favourite part of his work is the bright, bold colours he uses when creating an image. The colours make his work stand out a lot more than they would if he used darker, duller colours. I also like his work because it is quite abstract and messy, although he is painting real things, they are not a all realistic, almost cartoon-like. On the other hand, I could also suggest that his images are not 'good enough' to be shown in a museum and it could be argued that they are only in the Tate Modern because Hockney had already made a name for himself.
Another interesting thing about the museum was the way his artwork was shown, as well as just putting his images on a wall, he used other unique ideas to showcase his work. In one of the rooms of his exhibition it was just full of iPads, and in other rooms you had to stand at a certain angle to see the images properly. I found this really interesting because it in an unconventional way to show of your artwork but it is creative which it was would make it very memorable.
After seeing Hockney's exhibition in the Tate Modern, it has inspired me to be more creative with my final project exhibition presentation. Overall, I did enjoy Hockney's exhibition because it was very colourful and nicely presented, and the way he presented his work will inspire the way I present my work.
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