The World According to David Hockney (The World According To series)
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'You have to live in the here and now. It's the now that's eternal David Hockney
Ranging across topics including drawing, photography, nature, creativity, the internet and much more, The World According to David Hockney offers a delightful and engaging overview of the artists inimitable spirit, personality and opinions.
From everyday observations The eye is always moving; if it isn't moving you are dead to artistic insights such as painted colour always will be better than printed colour, because it is the pigment itself, as well as musings on other image makers, including Caravaggio, Cezanne and Hokusai, Hockney has a knack for capturing profound truths in pithy statements.
Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings, and since then has embraced a range of media including photocollage, video and digital technologies. In a 2011 poll of more than 1,000 British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time.
Presented as a beautifully designed and attractive package, illustrated with works of art from throughout Hockney's career, this is the perfect gift for art lovers everywhere.
David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century He has produced work in almost every medium painting drawing stage design photography and printmaking and has stretched the boundaries of all of them His groundbreaking iSecret Knowledge Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Mastersi is published by Thames Hudson as are his books in partnership with Martin Gayford iA Bigger Messagei 2011 iA History of Picturesi 2016 and iSpring Cannot be Cancelledi 2021 Born in 1937 he continues to create and exhibit art and to inspire enormous affection and admiration worldwide Martin Gayford is a writer and art critic His books include iMan with a Blue Scarfi about the experience of being painted by Lucian Freud iModernists and Mavericksi iShaping the Worldi with Antony Gormley iLove Lucian The Letters of Lucian Freud 19391954i with David Dawson and iVenice City of Picturesi all published by Thames Hudson
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