Our lesson about Joiners is the first time I have come across David Hockney's work but I find it very interesting. Hockney's experimentation with photocollage began in 1982. He has commonly been linked to Cubism due to his images having qualities that a single photograph cannot have, this links him to Picasso, who Hockney takes heavy influence from.
"Television is becoming a collage - there are so many channels that you move through them making a collage yourself. In that sense, everyone sees something a bit different.
- David Hockney
Unlike many examples of Joiners I find, this one is unique (although it has been done before) in the way each single image used is a traditional rectangle shape, many others use square polaroid images. I really love the way the bottom of the image is very jagged compared to the other edges. I personally thing the most interesting thing about this is the fact it almost looks like a sketch in places, especially the cars. As I mentioned in my example of a montage, the building edges do not line up and the image as a whole is very abstract.
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