What are Hockney joiners?
In the early 1980s, English painter, printmaker, and photographer, David Hockney began to produce photo collages that he called "joiners." He did this by using Polaroid prints of a single subject and arranged a patchwork to make a composite image.
Creation of the "joiners" occurred accidentally. Hockey first noticed it in the late 60s when he saw that photographers were using cameras with wide angle lenses. However, he did not like how these photographs looked as he believed they looked somewhat distorted.
Joiners first came to be when Hockney was working on a painting in his living room in Los Angeles. There, he took Polaroid shots of the room and glued them together, not intending for them to be a composition of their own. It was there that he discovered that they created a narrative, as if the viewer was moving through the room.
In the early 1980s, English painter, printmaker, and photographer, David Hockney began to produce photo collages that he called "joiners." He did this by using Polaroid prints of a single subject and arranged a patchwork to make a composite image.
Creation of the "joiners" occurred accidentally. Hockey first noticed it in the late 60s when he saw that photographers were using cameras with wide angle lenses. However, he did not like how these photographs looked as he believed they looked somewhat distorted.
Joiners first came to be when Hockney was working on a painting in his living room in Los Angeles. There, he took Polaroid shots of the room and glued them together, not intending for them to be a composition of their own. It was there that he discovered that they created a narrative, as if the viewer was moving through the room.