Title

Hockney Masterworks in Paint; Stella & Tyler Masterworks in Print

Venues

National Gallery Of Australia (15 November 1937 – 30 November 1937)

National Gallery Of Australia (1999 – 1999)

Date

(1937 – 1999)

Summary

Multi-artist exhibition. Located: Australia (ACT). Prints.

Web address

https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/hockney-masterwork…

Country of context

Australia

Abstract

In conjunction with Dale Chihuly's glass are major acquisitions of extraordinary power. A Bigger Grand Canyon by David Hockney is an awe-inspiring 60 canvas painting concerned with the depiction of big space. The related preliminary drawings and photo-collages are shown with the painting. The 'mural' print The Fountain by Frank Stella brings printmaking to a dramatic and technically advanced stage. This work, spanning over 2.3 metres in height and 7 metres in length, marks the culmination of the collaboration between the artist and master printer Ken Tyler. The original collage and the three massive woodblocks with a total of 105 metal inserts used in the production of this work will be shown in the exhibition.

[National Gallery of Australia media, 1999].

Last Updated

09 Aug 2024