DAVID Hockney's largest-ever painting is being exhibited for the first time in the UK at an art gallery in the district.
The 90.75-metre picture, which has been described as a ‘joyful and beautiful' image, will sit on a specially-built wall in the huge, rarely-opened timber-beamed attic space of Salts Mill in the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Saltaire.
Hockney’s 'A Year in Normandie' joins together some of the 220 iPad works the Bradford-born artist created throughout 2020 using a specially-adapted version of his favoured app, printed onto paper, and shown in a continuous run, in the style of the famous Bayeux tapestry.
However, the picture has also been described as ‘creating an immersive sense of being in nature as walking the 90 metres, turning and returning to particular details, you can almost hear the brook or catch the breeze in the trees.’
Zoe Silver, who works at Salts Mill said: "We're really looking forward to showing this exhibition to the public on Wednesday. It's a really beautiful and joyful picture which we think that people will really love."
The T&A enjoyed a sneak preview today of the exhibition, which opens to the public on Wednesday, May 4th. Open Weds-Sun, 11 am – 4 pm, until September 18th. Admission free. Click here to find out more.
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