David Hockney

http://www.virtual.unal.edu.co/cursos/artes/2011796/frames/concepto_espacio/ejemplos/HOCKNEY/hockney_my_mother.jpg (source of image)

This is one example of Hockney joiner composition. As you can see the technique doesn’t work from a technical standing. Nor does it form a perfect picture in the sense that all the “lines” join up, and all the edges of the pictures don’t flow together smoothly. However it gives a far bigger view than a standard shot could ever take. The artist’s feet are even capture in the bottom of the shot.

One interpretation of this shot could be that the old woman is visiting lost loved ones such as her husband as she is alone in the picture, dressed as if she wishes to stay a while, the sky grey, cold, and lonely, signified by her a forlorn expression; her eyes glazed in the memories of a time since past. Another interpretation is that she herself is close to death. Her expression could also be that of a gaunt, withering one that excepts with a grimace that her time is coming to an abrupt, anticlimactic end.