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Hockney's Portraits and People (Paperback)
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David Hockney's continuing belief in the importance of the portrait
and his virtuoso skill in creating a sense of close communication
between artist, sitter and viewer has resulted in some of the
best-loved works of the postwar era. From the 1950s on, Hockney's
most persistent subject matter, in paintings, drawings, collages
and photoworks, has been of people usually very close to him, as
well as of himself. These works are narratives of autobiographical
relationships: they reflect the intimate and often intense stories
of this artist's life. They also explore different formal ways of
representing the passage of time and at the same time the
unavoidable but marvellous stillness of portraits. The works
include fascinating sequences as he paints his mother or Henry
Geldzahler or Celia Birtwell on and off for decades; the special
qualities attached to depictions of lovers; and the range of
celebrities, writers and artists - Billy Wilder, Armistead Maupin,
W.H. Auden, Henry Moore, Christopher Isherwood - who have been part
of a very full life. The text by a distinguished European critic
and curator reinforces the point that this hugely popular
English-born artist, who made America his second home, has become a
figure of worldwide appeal.
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