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For me the answer changes every week. But this week it’s Portrait of An Artist (Pool with Two Figures) 1972 by David Hockney. It’s massive 7 feet by 10 feet~. It’s not apart of a series, it’s big enough to be the whole series. I find it really interesting that he created the composition by composing film photos together. The color of this painting is so vibrant I would love to see the tiles up close.
Would love to hear what painting comes in mind for you!
Ps: if you like to look more into this painting and see the process here is the links I used

https://www.thedavidhockneyfoundation.org/chronology/1972

https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6171867

https://www.singulart.com/blog/en/2024/01/31/david-hockneys-a-portrait-of-an-artist-pool-with-two-figures/

I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed looking into this:

Eusebio Sempere grew up in a small town in Spain, moved to Paris in the 1940s and walked straight into the most electric art scene in the world and was inspired by kinetic art.

Fast foward to his piece Luminoso Movil; It looks like a different piece depending on where you stand. Galleries in 1959 genuinely did not know what category to put it in.

What gets me is that Sempere made this as a reaction against the loose expressive abstraction everyone else was doing at the time. While other artists were throwing paint and trusting their gut he went completely the other direction. Somehow ended up making something that feels more alive than most of the gestural work from that era (personal opinion).

I would love to hear your thoughts about this piece!

Source: https://www.singulart.com/blog/en/2024/12/21/relieve-luminoso-movil-by-eusebio-sempere-bc/
https://www.eusebio-sempere.com/creative-process/beginning-1950-1958/the-lights-manifesto/
https://www.museoreinasofia.es/en/collections/artwork/relieve-luminoso-movil-mobile-luminous-relief