facade: the face of a building, especially the principal front that looks onto a street or open space; an outward appearance that is maintained to conceal a different reality.
Swimming pools have been a subject of fascination for many artists, from Matisse’s own pool (La Piscine), constructed from paper cut outs; Elmgreen and Dragset’s 9m high Van Gogh’s Ear (2016), which once stood on end outside the Rockefeller Centre in New York City; and of course, the California-inspired works of David Hockney, just to name three. I do not like swimming but I too am attracted to the architecture, light, colours and changing forms of water in swimming pools and their often colourful accessories.
