{"product_id":"david-hockney-a-chronology-40th-ed","title":"David Hockney","description":"Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception-for six decades, David Hockney has been known as an artist who \u003cb\u003ealways finds new ways of exploring the world and its representational possibilities\u003c\/b\u003e. He has consistently created unforgettable images: works with graphic lines and integrated text in the \u003cb\u003eSwinging Sixties in London\u003c\/b\u003e; the famous \u003cb\u003eswimming pool series\u003c\/b\u003e as a representation of the 1970s California lifestyle; closely observed portraits and brightly colored, oversized landscapes after his eventual return to his native Yorkshire. In addition to \u003cb\u003edrawings\u003c\/b\u003e in which he transfers what he sees directly onto paper, there are \u003cb\u003emultiperspective Polaroid collages\u003c\/b\u003e that open up the space into a myriad of detailed views, and \u003cb\u003eiPad drawings\u003c\/b\u003e in which he captures light using a most modern medium-testaments to Hockney's enduring delight in experimentation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This \u003cb\u003especial edition\u003c\/b\u003e has been newly assembled from the two volumes of the David Hockney: A Bigger Book monograph to celebrate TASCHEN's 45th anniversary. \u003cb\u003eHockney's life and work is presented year by year \u003c\/b\u003eas a dialogue between his works and voices from the time period, alongside reviews and reflections by the artist in a chronological text, supplemented by \u003cb\u003eportrait photographs and exhibition views\u003c\/b\u003e. Together they open up new perspectives, page after page, revealing how Hockney undertakes his artistic research, how his painting develops, and where he finds inspiration for his multifaceted work.","brand":"TASCHEN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523588034596,"sku":"9783836582490","price":54.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0725\/9734\/0196\/files\/9783836582490.jpg?v=1780603584","url":"https:\/\/thamesandhudson.com.au\/products\/david-hockney-a-chronology-40th-ed","provider":"Thames \u0026 Hudson Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}