Thames & Hudson announces David Hockney. A Bigger Picture
Thames & Hudson presents David Hockney: A Bigger Picture to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, open 21 January – 9 April 2012. Illustrated with paintings, iPad drawings and video stills, many of which have never been seen before, this landmark publication confirms David Hockney as one of the greatest artists of his generation.
David Hockney has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life but this major study of his work redefines him as an important painter of the English countryside, presenting his recent landscapes for the first time. In an attempt to renew contemporary art, Hockney has returned to painting in the open air, observing with honesty and intensity the scenery of his childhood in East Yorkshire.
Co-curator of the exhibition Marco Livingstone explores this bold departure in the context of Hockney’s sixty-year career, while other contributors address the artist’s place in the landscape tradition, his recent video works and their relationship to English landscape film-making, and his ongoing use of new technologies.
SBN 9780500093665
30.00 x 28.00 cm
Hardback
304pp
With 250 illustrations
First published 2012
£60.00
www.thamesandhudson.com
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