![]() Vibrant, large-scale paintings inspired by Yorkshire landscape created especially for the exhibition are exhibited alongside drawings that display his supreme skill. He calls the time when the blossom comes out 'action week'." The exhibition will also present a number of Hockney's works painted from the Fifties onwards.These include the photo-collages of the Eighties and Grand Canyon paintings of the late Nineties which put the Yorkshire works in context and highlight the striking relationship between past works and his current thinking and practice.Illustrated with paintings, charcoal drawings, iPad drawings and video stills, many of which have never been seen before, this landmark publication confirms David Hockney RA as one of the greatest artists of his generation. The books sumptuous portfolio is supplemented by an illustrated chronology of more than 600 pages, contextualizing Hockneys art with drawings, graphic work. The Bigger Picture is the first major exhibition in the UK to show case David Hockney’s landscape work. Edith Devaney, curator, says Hockney has become "so close to the changing seasons and light, so attuned, that he'll get up at 4am to catch the light. ![]() These works convey the drama and splendour of nature and the pathos of our relationship with it, an age-old subject treated by Hockney with a modern eye, often informed by his interest in photography and digital media. In the last decade Hockney has returned to painting in the open air, observing with honesty and intensity the scenery remembered from school holidays spent in East Yorkshire. David Hockney during a photocall for the launch of his new exhibition, David Hockney : A Bigger Picture, which runs from January 21st to April 9th at. Exhibition catalogue"David Hockney, A Bigger Picture" shown at the Royal Academy, London (21 january- 9 april 2012). David Hockney : A Bigger Picture by Hockney, David Book Condition: Very Good Book Description: London: Royal Academy of Arts 2012.
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