{"id":170,"date":"2021-12-10T18:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/christopherrodgers\/?p=170"},"modified":"2021-12-10T18:00:21","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T18:00:21","slug":"david-hockney-1937-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eportfolios.capilanou.ca\/christopherrodgers\/2021\/12\/10\/david-hockney-1937-present\/","title":{"rendered":"David Hockney (1937 – Present)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

David Hockney is considered one of the most influential living artists. He contributed heavily to the pop art movement in the 1960s and is still active today. He works in many mediums, including but not limited to painting, photography, set design, and even iPhone drawings, which he does in the \u201cnotes\u201d application on his iPhone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Garden” \u2014 love Hockney’s use of colour here. Beautiful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hockney was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England, and four other siblings. He studied art from an early age and graduated college only after protesting the graduation requirements stating that the only thing that should define his acquiring the diploma was his art soon after becoming an important figure in the British pop art movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“PEARBLOSSOM HWY., 11-18TH APRIL 1986 (SECOND VERSION)”\rPHOTOGRAPHIC COLLAGE\r71 1\/2 X 107″\r\u00a9 DAVID HOCKNEY\rCOLLECTION: J. PAUL GETTY MUSEUM, LOS ANGELES\rPHOTO CREDIT: RICHARD SCHMIDT<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Hockney has used his painting and portraiture to dialogue his experiences as a gay man. One of his most famous paintings, \u201cDomestic Scene, Los Angeles,\u201d depicts a man in the shower having his back washed by another man, bringing to light the seemingly humdrum activities of a gay couple. Despite the \u201ceveryday-ness\u201d of this work, it adds to the conversation about homosexuality and how human and truly normal it is to be a gay man. Today, we may take this for granted, but it was pretty groundbreaking in 1963 when it was first shown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Portrait of An Artist” \u2014 perhaps my favourite piece by Hockney. Thought provoking and<\/em> gorgeous.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Though much could be said about Hockney as we have detailed records of his entire life, a most exciting highlight is his life with synesthesia. A condition defined in this case by the brain intermixing of sensory inputs. In other words, Hockney sees synthetic colours due to listening to musical stimuli. A most exciting condition for a painter, wouldn\u2019t you agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cDomestic Scene, Los Angeles\u201d \u2014 an important commentary on his experience as a gay man. So human.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Model With Unfinished Self-Portrait” \u2014 Again, very thought provoking. Love this!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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