Cubism Research

Cubism is an early 20^th century art movement which historically brought European painting and sculpture forward toward modern art. Cubism pictures are usually arranged in a collage which includes broken down objects

Stephen McNally is an English based fine art photographer who focuses on landscape and street photography. He works in the style of cubism as all of his pictures are collages. His inspiration for the art movement comes from David Hockney whilst L.S Lowry inspires his street scenes.  The picture to the left focuses on the streets of London but with the picture all cut up and rearranged. This could be used to connote the lack of balance in the big cities. I will recreate this image by using an image of the city and layering it on photoshop and cutting certain parts out to create a building made out of different pieces similar to a jigsaw.

David Hockney is an English painter and photographer. He is considered one of the influential British artists of he 20^th century. In the early 1980’s Hockney began to produce photo collages which he called ‘joiners’. This sparked the art movement of cubism. His aim through his joiners was to show the way the human vision works. He has done this in his above photo by taking a variety of shots from different angles off a lady and then placing them together to create a face. This is how the eyes work when you look at someone. Hockney works mostly in portraits which is different to Stephen McNally who focuses on landscapes. Because of this, my recreation will be in the style of Stephen McNally only.