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David Hockney : a retrospective / organized by Maurice Tuchman and Stephanie Barron

By:

Hockney, David

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Los Angeles, CA : Los Angeles County Museum of Art ; London, England : Thames and Hudson , c1988Description: 288 p. : illus. ; 29 cmISBN:

0810911671

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DDC classification:

709.2 HOC

LOC classification:

N6797.H57 A4 1988b

Summary: The major theme of Hockney's art, according to one essay in this catalogue of a traveling exhibit, is a "yawning sense of absence," an unfulfilled desire for connectedness. The transplanted Yorkshireman's pictures capture Southern California's pools, palms and play with deadpan seriousness. This album lets the reader decide whether Hockney's paintings, collages and prints are more than the febrile imaginings of a slick eclectic. His grid-like composite photographs attempt to convey "lived time" in jaunty set designs and costumes for The Rake's Progress, The Magic Flute and Tristan und Isolde, he rummages through the vast terrain of art history. All the media in which Hockney has worked are amply represented here, yet overall his output has come to look monotonous and lightweight.

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Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	709.2 HOC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011236

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Catalog of an exhibition held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, February 4-April 24, 1988, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 18-August 14, 1988, and the Tate Gallery, October 26, 1988-January 3, 1989.

Bibliography and index included.

The major theme of Hockney's art, according to one essay in this catalogue of a traveling exhibit, is a "yawning sense of absence," an unfulfilled desire for connectedness. The transplanted Yorkshireman's pictures capture Southern California's pools, palms and play with deadpan seriousness. This album lets the reader decide whether Hockney's paintings, collages and prints are more than the febrile imaginings of a slick eclectic. His grid-like composite photographs attempt to convey "lived time" in jaunty set designs and costumes for The Rake's Progress, The Magic Flute and Tristan und Isolde, he rummages through the vast terrain of art history. All the media in which Hockney has worked are amply represented here, yet overall his output has come to look monotonous and lightweight.

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