Dennis Hopper by Julian Schnabel - A Picture A Day

Portrait of Dennis Hopper, 1999

 In his second show at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York, Schnabel unveiled what would become his signature 'plate paintings', huge, colorful works painted on broken crockery mounted on wooden frames - an idea that had been inspired by seeing Gaudi's mosaic chairs and sculptures in the Park Guell in Barcelona.  He has said that his first attempt at gluing the plates on kept him up all night, listening to them hit the floor one plate at a time.

Dennis Hopper with his portrait.