The painting, so beautifully presented in The Royal College of Arts Summer Exhibition in 2007, followed by The Tate showing and lastly in York, is made up of 50 separate canvases and always hung flat. 'Til now.
In Hull we have a wonderful art gallery. The building and the layout is gorgeous, the collection truly startling, and I must say up until now I'd always thought of Gallery 7 as a large space. Not large enough for the Hockney however and Bigger Trees Near Warter could not be hung in the space flat.
A special wall had to be built in a triptych, or three fold format, meaning that for the first time the multi canvas artwork would be presented in three panels, the middle panel would be the largest with the two side panels hinged inwards. We would be able to step into the painting. Exciting.
As the launch day approached we stood before the newly created, empty wall, and wondered.
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