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Using abstracted shapes of flat colour with sharply defined edges, at the centre of a large canvas with an unprimed border, Hockney depicts the fleeting moment just after a diver has entered the water of a swimming pool from a diving board, throwing up white spray. Hockney delighted in taking weeks
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to carefully paint the heavily worked spray using small brushes, freezing this dramatic detail in time, an event which had only lasted a short moment. The square format and unpainted border creates an effect like a
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Hockey's series gradually simplifies and abstracts the composition, cropping the scene, and removing the people, pool furniture, scenery, and other distractions.
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