Hockney's people / Marco Livingstone + Kay Heymer ; with commentaries by Marco Livingstone.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Livingstone, Marco.

Contributor:

Hockney, David.

Heymer, Kay.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hockney, David--Criticism and interpretation.

Hockney, David.

Hockney, David--Friends and associates.

Portraits, British.

Friends and associates.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

240 pages : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm

Edition:

First North American edition.

Place of Publication:

Boston : Bulfinch Press, [2003]

Summary:

Ever since he made his first portraits and self-portraits at the age of sixteen, David Hockney has been fascinated by people -- "the human clay," as W. H. Auden put it -- and how they have been represented throughout the history of art. As much as any other artist in recent years, he has embraced, invigorated, and often subverted traditional portraiture, making it a central concern of his art. Through a careful selection of works both iconic and previously unpublished, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him, be they famous names such as Andy Warhol, Christopher lsherwood, and W. H. Auden or lifelong friends such as Henry Geldzahler and Celia Birtwell, among many others. It tells the story of the artist's relationships with family, friends, and lovers, illustrated by works ranging from the intimate and frequently moving studies of his parents and partners to his very recent large-scale double portraits in watercolor. Revealing and always touching, Hockney's People is both a unique record of the life and loves of one of the world's best-known artists and a valuable glimpse of the moment when life and art meet.

Contents:

Preface: Picturing people / Marco Livingstone

Introduction: Ways of looking / Kay Heymer

Mirror images / Kay Heymer

Family / Marco Livingstone

Lovers & friends 1: 1960-1977 / Marco Livingstone

Lovers & friends II: 1977-1998 / Kay Heymer

Through the lens and beyond / Marco Livinstone.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 233) and index.

ISBN:

0821228722

OCLC:

53466624