David Hockney: Barry Humphries, 26th, 27th, 28th March 2015.
© David Hockney.
David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life – LACMA The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) presents ‘David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life’. On view April 15–July 29, 2018, this exhibition features recent portraits that revisit a genre that has been a major part of the artist’s long career.]]>
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Vibrant and full of life, these paintings, which Hockney considers a single body of work, were executed between 2013 and 2016 in the artist’s Hollywood Hills studio. The exhibition provides insight into the artist’s life, his connections to the art world, and the people who have crossed his path recently.
For each portrait Hockney asked the sitter for a commitment of three days, which the artist has described as “a 20-hour exposure.” The portraits are painted on canvases of the same size (48 × 36 inches), with each subject seated in the same chair against a similar backdrop. Among the portraits are those of John Baldessari, Stephanie Barron, Douglas Baxter, Celia Birtwell, Dagny Corcoran, Edith Devaney, Larry Gagosian, Frank Gehry, Peter Goulds, Ayn Grinstein, Barry Humphries, Rita Pynoos, Joan Agajanian Quinn, Sir Norman Rosenthal, Jacob Rothschild, and Benedikt Taschen, which are joined by portraits of Hockney’s studio and home staff, children of friends, and Hockney’s siblings John and Margaret.
About the Exhibition and Highlights
“David Hockney: 82 Portraits and 1 Still-life” is arranged chronologically by the date of each portrait. This 82 paintings in the series are considered to be a single body of work and were executed between 2013 and 2016 in the artist’s Los Angeles studio. Each portrait was painted over a period of two or three days, which is indicated in the title of each painting.
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