David Hockney, A Bigger Book. Art Edition C, No. A Bigger Book, TASCHEN’s SUMO-sized David Hockney monograph. Is as spectacular in format as it is in scope. In it, the artist takes stock of more than 60 years of work, from his teenage days at the Bradford School of Art, through his breakthrough in 1960s Swinging London, life by Los Angeles pools in the 1970s, up to his recent extensive series of portraits, iPad drawings, and Yorkshire landscapes. Never before has Hockneys oeuvre been published on such an astonishing and immersive scale. As each page unfurls in a blaze of blues, pinks, greens, and oranges, we are spellbound both by the artists vibrancy as a colorist and his extraordinary sense of the conditions of the world that surrounds us. Through Hockneys restless interrogation of perception and representation, we witness the mellow sheen of light on a muddy Yorkshire puddle, the ochre enormities of. A Bigger Grand Canyon. The rustic majesty of. Bigger Trees near Warter. With the exquisite sparkle of a turquoise pool beneath an iridescent California sky. These major paintings are joined by the artists. Drawings, photo-composites, multi-perspective collages, stage designs, multi-camera video works, and iPad drawings. Each a panoply of looking and showing in different styles and media. Hockney himself is present in every aspect of the publication. He collaborated closely through all production stages and conceived of this book as a purely visual survey of more than 450 works prefaced by a handwritten programmatic statement. As an artist who rarely looks back. The vast volume is as much his own personal review as it is a definitive record for art lovers all over the world. I dont tend to live in the past, he comments, Working on this book, I see quite how much I have done. To add to the sumptuous portfolio, the monograph also includes an. Illustrated chronology of 680 pages. Contextualizing Hockneys art with drawings, graphic work, portrait photos, and text based on the artists own writings as well as contemporary reviews. Offers the most lavish presentation of Hockneys monograph, with an. Exclusive ink-jet print of one of Hockneys famed iPad drawings. Printed under the artists supervision in his Los Angeles studio. The vivid work shows a potted plant on a table against an interior backdrop and forms part of Hockneys celebrated flower series on iPad and iPhone, testimony to his ongoing experimentation with artistic tools. Theres magic in an iPad, the artist comments, Its the same magic thats in a pencil or pen or brushes. 501750, each with the signed iPad drawing. (2010) and a Marc Newson bookstand. A Bigger Book, Art Edition C, No. Hans Werner Holzwarth, Marc Newson. Hardcover, 498 pages, 13 fold-outs, 50 x 70 cm, with iPad drawing Untitled, 468 , 2010, signed by the artist and numbered, 8-color ink-jet print on cotton-fiber archival paper, 33 x 44 cm on 43.2 x 56 cm paper; an adjustable bookstand by Marc Newson; and an illustrated 680-page chronology book. The item “DAVID HOCKNEY A BIGGER BOOK Art Ed C 501/750 (#726) SIGNED SEALED SOLD-OUT” is in sale since Wednesday, July 25, 2018. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “edbulli” and is located in ‘s-Hertogenbosch. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Edition Type: Limited Edition
- Print Type: 8-Color Ink-Jet Print
- Edition Size: 250
- Artist: David Hockney
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- Features: Signed
- Subject: Hockney Named Britain’s Most Influential Artist
- Signed: Signed and Numbered