Snails Space With VariLites, "Painting as Performance" Print From David Hockney's "A Bigger Book" (2016)

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This reproduction print was carefully removed from TASCHEN’s 2016 SUMO edition of David Hockney's "A Bigger Book." The book is … Read more This reproduction print was carefully removed from TASCHEN’s 2016 SUMO edition of David Hockney's "A Bigger Book." The book is a limited production publication of 9,000 editions. The print is artfully mounted with an archival 4-ply top mat, ready for framing.

The original piece by David Hockney (created in 1995) is a combination of oil on canvas, acrylic on canvas-covered masonite, and wooden dowels.

The original piece was part of an installation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC. "Snails Space" captures and expands upon Hockney's original 84" x 240" canvas painting through the construction of a three-dimensional expansion onto the floor in front of it using real cubes, cones, and cylinders. The installation used automated lighting systems to alter the color and appearance of the piece, inviting the consumer to spend time taking in its intricacies. The use of these lighting systems referenced Hockney's extensive involvement in theatre through the 1970s and 1980s and the time he spent as a costume and stage designer at the Metropolitan Opera.

The matted piece has an overall size of 65.5" x 29".

*The glare shown at the top right of the image is not inherent to the original nature of the print. See less