Pearblossom Highway, by David Hockney. This is a work is a photographic collage. Hockney took hundreds of photographs in order to compose this piece. It is very interesting due to its piecey texture, the rectangles of each individual photograph. This work initially drew my attention because of its interesting uses of scale. The photographs as a whole looks like a realistic setting, yet you notice that the sizes of objects within do not exactly portray actual perspective. Aside from the collaboration of images, the work utilizes an attention grabbing color scheme. The foreground consists mainly of shades of yellow orange and red, and dances nicely with the contrast of the blue sky. Due to Hockney’s color present here, the viewer’s eyes jump back and forth between foreground and background. The deep, and perhaps shocking red in the signs adds a pop and a focus point to the piece, which makes one question the meaning of the photograph. Is it merely the capture of a place, or is it a warning not to go further?
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