Walking Past Two Chairs, 1985, from David Hockney’s Moving Focus series, presents a vibrant interior scene built through fragmented perspective, layered pattern and expressive linework. The composition is filled with sections of green, white and warm brown arranged in angular quadrants, creating a dynamic wood-effect background that shifts across the image. In the foreground to the left, a small red table supports a blue vase filled with pink flowers, introducing a strong contrast of colour against the patterned setting. To the right, two chairs dominate the composition, each depicted from slightly different viewpoints that heighten the sense of movement and spatial distortion central to the Moving Focus series.
The rear chair is rendered in a drawing-like style, with the red cushion pinched at the front to exaggerate the scale and depth of the backrest. The chair in the foreground appears partially cropped by the composition, with its form extending beyond the printed image onto the hand-painted wooden frame, blurring the boundary between artwork and object. Combining lithography, screenprint and painted elements, Hockney creates a layered visual experience that reflects his continued experimentation with perception, interior space and shifting viewpoints during the mid-1980s.
