The cyan version of Taylor’s most celebrated series — where the gold edition has warmth and luxury, the cyan has the quality of the pool water itself: cool, clean, exactly the right colour for a swimming pool you’d want to jump into. The ink is screen printed, and then each letter in the title is painted individually in gouache by hand, every copy different from the last.
Benjamin Thomas Taylor‘s Hockney swimming pool series now runs across multiple colourways and formats, each one a different emotional register of the same essential invitation. Hockney’s pools are among the most recognisable images in British art — Taylor’s decision to turn them into a proposition addressed directly to the viewer shifts them from landscape to conversation. Hand-finished on 300gsm Somerset Satin paper, each piece unique within the edition, hand signed, numbered and dated. £645.
