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Saturday, 23 February 2019

With nail and Hockney




Mounted on a gable end at the corner of Peckover Street and Chapel Street, in the historic Little Germany area of Bradford, there's a large portrait of the Bradford-born artist David Hockney. It is created in the style of his 'joiner' photographs but the interesting thing is that it is created entirely out of painted nails, mounted in marine plywood. Its sculptor is Marcus Levine and apparently it took him 15 months to complete. The last panel was added about a year ago. (See HERE for press article.) It's rather effective and quite astonishing to see the level of detail the artist has achieved.



5 comments:

  1. Hi Jenny - that is quite extraordinary .. thanks so much for showing us - absolutely staggering and so clever. Great to see - cheers Hilary

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  2. That's amazing...I love murals, but to have it made that way boggles my mind.

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  3. Very creative! And yes, I can see that it would have taken a very long time to do.

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  4. That takes talent! Wonderful!

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