
This was especially noted in the masterpiece, Spring’s Arrival in Wold Gate an oversize work composed of 32 canvases showing a road amongst trees. The exhibit focused on natural development throughout the year. The exhibit included oil paintings, charcoal drawings, sketches, digital videos and iPad paintings mostly concerning landscapes depicting Yorkshire.

In 2007 the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao stated they had no desire to do a retrospective of Hockney’s works instead, focussing on his current work around his return to the UK, specifically his native Yorkshire, after a long stay in California. One of the works displayed, the 60 canvas A Bigger Grand Canyon (1998) The Bilbao show was one of the most popular ever held at the museum, drawing over 296,000 visitors it also received generally favorable reviews from both critics and visitors. The exhibition in Bilbao came after a successful run earlier in the year at the Royal Academy of Arts, a London institution that collaborated with the Guggenheim to present the show. Consisting of paintings, collages and electronically produced art, the show took as its subject matter the East Riding of Yorkshire landscape.

( August 2013) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭavid Hockney: A Bigger Picture ( Spanish: David Hockney: Una Visión Más Amplia Basque: David Hockney: Ikuspegi Zabalago Bat) was an exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao from 15 May to 30 September 2012 of recent work of the English painter David Hockney. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
