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In April, shortly before the
opening of the Annely Juda
exhibition, a series of Andy
Warhol’s images executed in
1985 with graphic software on a
Commodor Amiga were
reported having been found.
After being filed away on floppy
discs for 30 years, the images
include a soup can and a
modified celebrity portrait. Like
Hockney, Warhol used the
software to produce images that
could only be associated with
him. But already Warhol’s are
pieces to be excavated and
conserved. Constant, rapid
advances in technology mean
that the Warhols, with their low
pixel count, look more dated
than they really should, and it’s
a fate that the Hockneys could
suffer as well.
CODA
David Hockney’s current
exhibition ‘The Arrival of Spring’
occupies two floors of
Annely
Juda Fine Art
. Upstairs his
series of iPad drawings from
2011, on the floor below a digital
video installation of East
Yorkshire in the snow from 2010,
and a new collection of charcoal
drawings showing the coming of
spring to Woldgate and the
recently vandalised “totem” tree.
The effects of the sensitive,
textural black-and-white
charcoals are stunning, and
have been suitably praised in
the exhibition’s critical reception.
However, though sometimes
received with some caution, it is
even more important to see the
vivid iPad images now, and, as
chance would have it, a recent
event tells us why.
For now, the iPad drawings,
which are joyful in their use of
colour and creative in producing
depth, offer another
interpretation of the countryside
Hockney shows us in his video
and drawings. See them at
Annely Juda before they leave in
July – or it might really be too
late . . .
Available for hire for exhibitions. Facilities: Kitchen and bathroom, wi-fi, free loading and
unloading parking bay at back. 20 minute loading bay at front with public car park opposite.
£2500 p/w (10% commission conditions). 50% discount avbailable at certain times of the year.
Tel: +44(0) 7960 933566
Frances Allitt
The Arrival of Spring in Woldgate, East Yorkshire
