David Hockney: A Bigger Picture

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David Hockney (b. 1937) has always been closely associated with Pop Art and California, where he has lived for much of his life. This major study of his work, published to accompany the exhibition showing at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 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. 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. 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.

Martin Gayford is art critic for The Spectator and the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Michelangelo. He is the author of Man with a Blue Scarf, Rendez-vous with Art and A Bigger Message. He has collaborated with David Hockney on A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney and A History of Pictures, and has co-written a volume of travels and conversations with Philippe de Montebello: Rendez-vous with Art. Margaret Drabble is an author and novelist. Tim Barringer is Paul Mellon Professor of the History of Art at Yale University. Edith Devaney is a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and co-curator of 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture'. Margaret Drabble is an author and novelist. Martin Gayford is a writer and chief art critic for Bloomberg News. He is the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable and Lucian Freud, as well as A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, also published by Thames & Hudson. Marco Livingstone is an art historian and an independent curator. He is co-curator of 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture' and the author of numerous publications on the artis. Xavier F. Salomon is Curator of Southern Baroque in the Department of European Paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Edith Devaney is a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and co-curator of 'David Hockney: A Bigger Picture'.