1984
Offset lithograph on wove paper
84.5 x 62 cm
Unknown edition size
Never framed
Very good condition
 
An original poster, created to promote the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympic Games. Hockney was one of twenty artists invited to create unique designs to promote the event. Hockney’s was made up of 12 individual Polaroid photos of a figure skater during a spin. In the early 1980s, Hockney started making what he called “joiners”, photo collages that capture a single moment from multiple perspectives. In this work, you see the skater's arms reaching in one frame and legs slicing through another. Hockney wanted to depict what skating feels like: your whole body twisting through space.
 
David Hockney (born 1937) is one of the most influential 20th century British artists. He has explored a diverse range of techniques over the years including painting, printmaking, drawing, set design, videography, photography and digital art. He was an innovative printmaker with technology early in his career which has gained recent traction again drawing on his iPhone and iPad. Hockney explores everything from still life and domestic scenes to portraits and landscapes, whilst also addressing themes in his own life such as sexuality. Hockney’s style is iconic and recognisable with its warm feeling and lively, colourful palette. In 2018, Hockney’s Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures) became the most expensive artwork by a living artist to be sold at auction when it sold in New York for $90 million. Hockney’s work is held in countless international collections and museums.
 
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