David Hockney

by James Cahill

David Hockney is the most famous living British artist. And he is arguably one of the more famous American artists as well. Emerging from the north of England in the 1960s, he made quite a splash in Swinging London as a portaitist, and went on to make a even bigger splash in Los Angeles when he moved there in the 1970s. His figurative paintings of the 1970s and 1980s captured the zeitgeist of West Coast living, while he also explored new avenues by constructing mosaics out of polaroids. By the beginning of the millennium, he returned to his Yorkshire roots, embarking on a new period of painting. This came to an end with the death by misadventure in his home of a young studio assistant in 2013. He went 'home' to LA and has in the intervening years begun a new period of contemplative portraiture.

160 pages, Hardcover

Published October 26, 2021

Reviews

[Zehra Kara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Okumasi cok kolay ve tam bir biyografi. Bu serinin su ana kadar uc kitabini okudum. En sevdigim Hockney ve Gentileschi oldu. Biraz sanatla ilginiz varsa pek yeni bir sey soylemiyor. Bu bekletiyle degil de, sevdiginiz sanatcilarin hayatlarini tekrar bir kerede okumak keyifli.

[Ew Lake · Rating 3 out of 5]

More sex "Lives of the Artists," but I did gain a few additional insights into Hockney. It's weird to have a book about a painter without any reproductions. You get excited about the individual works as they are discussed, but then have to go to an outside source to see the painting.

[Humzah Malik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, goes well with A Bigger Splash (1973).