David Hockney

World of Art

by Marco Livingstone

Intelligent, conscientious, sensitive. –Burlington Magazine

The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney, who has perhaps enjoyed greater popularity than any other British artist this century. Here Marco Livingstone traces those connections from the beginning of the artist’s career in the early 1960s through the more recent works that have contributed to Hockney’s international reputation. These include photocollages and highly acclaimed stage designs for the opera as well as his embrace of technology, which show the continuing preoccupation with invention and artifice that has made the artist’s work at once popular and enduring.

The fourth edition of this best-selling World of Art title includes updated information on Hockney’s work in the past twenty years, such as his foray into the world of digital art including large-scale iPad drawings and video.

Genres: Art, Biography, Nonfiction

587 pages, Kindle Edition

First published September 1, 1981

Reviews

[Pat · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very inspired or inspiring but thorough. I guess what you would expect from a world of art book. I read the 1988 edition. This one is updated but I liked the picture.

[AndyDobbieArt · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fascinating insight into the ups and downs and ins and outs of Hockney's thought processes and their effect on his art. I look forward to reading it again and taking notes.

[Jesse Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful book, though I wish they had more of his iPad drawings.

[anna]

read this for a class. pretty informative, although some of the text was unnecessarily vague and difficult to read

[miso miso · Rating 3 out of 5]

introduced me to art. lame, but true. sat in the library and watched documentaries on him. primarily i liked him because i fancied him but then it turned out he was gay...