The World According to David Hockney Hardcover by David Hockney

Product Details

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson (2024-09-10)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 176 pages
• ISBN-13: 9780500027042
• Item Weight: 362.88 grams
• Dimensions: 6.95 x 5.0 x 0.86 cm

A collection of insights into art, life, nature, creativity, and more from legendary British artist David Hockney.

"I’ve always been a looker . . . that’s what artists do."

This anthology of quotations by the artist David Hockney follows in the successful format of The World According to series. Ranging across topics including drawing, photography, nature, creativity, the Internet, and much more, The World According to David Hockney offers a delightful and engaging overview of the artist’s inimitable spirit, personality, and opinions.

From everyday observations—"The eye is always moving; if it isn’t moving you are dead"—to artistic insights such as "painted color always will be better than printed color, because it is the pigment itself," as well as musings on other image makers, including Caravaggio, Paul Cézanne, and Walt Disney, David Hockney has a knack for capturing profound truths in pithy statements.

Born in Bradford, England, in 1937, Hockney attended art school in London before moving to Los Angeles in the 1960s. There, he painted his famous swimming pool paintings, and since then has embraced a range of media, including photocollage, video, and digital technologies. In a 2011 poll of more than one thousand British artists, Hockney was voted the most influential British artist of all time.

Presented as a beautifully designed and attractive package, illustrated with works of art from throughout Hockney’s career, this is the perfect gift for art lovers everywhere.

About the Author

David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the twentieth century. He has produced work in almost every medium—painting, drawing, stage design, photography, and printmaking—and has stretched the boundaries of all of them. His previous books include David Hockney's Dog Days and Hockney’s Pictures, as well as his books in partnership with Martin Gayford, including A History of Pictures: From the Cave to the Computer Screen and Spring Cannot Be Cancelled: David Hockney in Normandy. He continues to create and exhibit art, and to inspire enormous affection and admiration worldwide.

Martin Gayford is a writer and art critic. He is the author of acclaimed books on Van Gogh, Constable, and Michelangelo. His books include A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, How Painting Happens (and why it matters), The World According to David Hockney, Venice: City of Pictures, and Love Lucian: The Letters of Lucian Freud, 1939–1954, among others.