The National Science And Media Museum is to host an exhibition of work by artist David Hockney after it reopened earlier this month. David Hockney: Pieced Together will run from Wednesday at the Bradford museum which closed as part of a £6 million transformation project in June 2023.
The exhibition will feature a video installation capturing Woldgate Woods in the East Riding of Yorkshire through the four seasons, with multiple screens showing different perspectives of the country lane, along with the artist’s early “joiner” photocollages, two of which are part of the museum’s collection.
One of the works on display shows the museum in its early days as the National Museum Of Photography, Film And Television in 1985, and has not been on display for 25 years. Speaking about the works, which came from his scepticism of photography’s ability to deliver a true representation of perspective, Hockney, 87, said: “The joiners were much closer to the way we actually look at things, closer to the truth of the experience.”.
Jo Quinton-Tulloch, director of the museum, said: “Reopening the museum with this remarkable exhibition feels incredibly fitting. “Bradford born, world-renowned artist David Hockney has continually pushed the boundaries of art, including in his pioneering approach to photography and film.
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