DAVID HOCKNEY | CANAL AND ROAD, KYOTO, FEB. 19, 1983

Often celebrated as one of the most beloved and prolific artists of our time, David Hockney is renowned for his relentless curiosity and inventiveness, exploring new techniques, technologies, and ways of constructing images up to the cusp of his ninth decade. Though predominately a painter, photography has played an integral role in Hockney’s practice since the 1960s. Realizing that the decisive moment captured in most photographs presents a static view that is contrary to how we actually see the world, he began using a Polaroid SX-70 camera to create multiple views of subjects in instantaneous prints that he then assembled into collages, like the present work. Similar “joiners” as he calls them can be found in the collections of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; The Art Institute of Chicago; and the Milwaukee Art Museum.