Off Topic And Now for Something Completely Different
- Thread starter Dr.Stanley O'Google, HCFC
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He said it was apparently ’worth’ £7m
Presumably that’s what he would have charged if it was a commercial commission, but he didn’t charge anything.
Yeah, I misread it. I think it looks quite jolly personally.
I don’t personally get it, but hey that’s art for you.
Might reserve judgement until I’ve seen if for real
Nothing to get angsty about though whether you like it or not
It's yet more fake news reported by the Dail Mail.
It's in fact a cartoon forgery by the wandering French painter J-L David, who threw it together when he was living in Hackney.
It's in fact a cartoon forgery by the wandering French painter J-L David, who threw it together when he was living in Hackney.
https://metro.co.uk/2021/05/12/new-piccadilly-circus-design-by-david-hockney-mocked-online-14568460/
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I think it's rather clever, dropping the "s" down achieves what it was supposed to do and draws your eye to it.
Hockney’s art for Piccadilly Circus, it’s titled Remember You Cannot Look At The Sun Or Death For Very Long, it’s supposed to signify hope coming out of the pandemic and is being displayed in several major cities around the world.
Posters are being sold everywhere it’s displayed, for £120, with all money raised being used to fund young local artists. Bloke deserves some credit.
Posters are being sold everywhere it’s displayed, for £120, with all money raised being used to fund young local artists. Bloke deserves some credit.
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Hockney has a local connection too. 
A 24-hour drugs binge and questions over the death of David Hockney's troubled young friend whose reputation 'was sacrificed to save the artist'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...DRN7Yb8aawENF-4lm08iP29Jvgs7rF0KXpFH5pWmt_ro4
A 24-hour drugs binge and questions over the death of David Hockney's troubled young friend whose reputation 'was sacrificed to save the artist'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...DRN7Yb8aawENF-4lm08iP29Jvgs7rF0KXpFH5pWmt_ro4
Hmm a link to the daily Mail, are you Castro in disguise?Hockney has a local connection too.
A 24-hour drugs binge and questions over the death of David Hockney's troubled young friend whose reputation 'was sacrificed to save the artist'
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...DRN7Yb8aawENF-4lm08iP29Jvgs7rF0KXpFH5pWmt_ro4
I just had a bit of a Google of David Hockneys paintings. Now I'm not saying he's not a great artist, he must be seeing what his work goes for, but he's not much cop at painting is he.
Anyone know what makes it so special?
Anyone know what makes it so special?
As in a lot of art
It’s the emperors new clothes