Artist Laura Nevill has said that David Hockney’s much-talked-about Piccadilly Circus creation was a “missed opportunity” to showcase emerging local talent. An online campaign has urged Sadiq Khan to showcase the work of “struggling” local artists on the London Underground after an iPad creation by David Hockney caught the attention of the internet.
Nevill replaced Hockney’s art, which features a bright yellow circle with Piccadilly Circus written across the centre, with a mock-up of her own work as a tube station poster.
The illustration shows a moon and sun and bears the words “I did nothing today and that’s OK”. “I think we should get Sadiq Khan to use the #LetsDoLondon campaign to highlight actual London artists who have incredible talents and important messages to showcase,” she said on Twitter. The illustration shows a moon and sun and bears the words “I did nothing today and that’s OK”. “I think we should get Sadiq Khan to use the #LetsDoLondon campaign to highlight actual London artists who have incredible talents and important messages to showcase,” she said on Twitter.
