Hockney
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:49 pm
I've just come home from the 'Bigger Picture' David Hockney exhibition at the Royal Academy.
I am not creative myself (and went up there largely to help a friend who was desperate to go... I drove up and back, and made all the arrangements) but I would say that it is a fantastic exhibition. I learned so much beforehand from TV programmes (e.g. Andrew Marr, The Culture Show, earlier this week) and though I did not 'like' all that I saw, I could see where he was coming from on most occasions and admired the way in which, in later work, he has developed the 'eye, heart, hand' philosophy from his interest in Chinese paintings. I spent a fair old bit in the shop afterwards..............
Anyone else seen the exhibition and have anything to comment?
I would add that the Royal Academy was fantastically supportive for disabled visitors - I made all the arrangements beforehand but on the day they could not have been more helpful. (We even got in for free....). The only trouble was that it was heaving with people, not all of whom tolerated disabled people in buggys (though most of them did). There were several people using chariots, as I was, and in tight corners it was a bit hairy!
I am not creative myself (and went up there largely to help a friend who was desperate to go... I drove up and back, and made all the arrangements) but I would say that it is a fantastic exhibition. I learned so much beforehand from TV programmes (e.g. Andrew Marr, The Culture Show, earlier this week) and though I did not 'like' all that I saw, I could see where he was coming from on most occasions and admired the way in which, in later work, he has developed the 'eye, heart, hand' philosophy from his interest in Chinese paintings. I spent a fair old bit in the shop afterwards..............
Anyone else seen the exhibition and have anything to comment?
I would add that the Royal Academy was fantastically supportive for disabled visitors - I made all the arrangements beforehand but on the day they could not have been more helpful. (We even got in for free....). The only trouble was that it was heaving with people, not all of whom tolerated disabled people in buggys (though most of them did). There were several people using chariots, as I was, and in tight corners it was a bit hairy!