David Hockney. My Window
£82.40£95.00 (-13%)
When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital drawings in spring 2009, describing the morning landscape in broad lines and dazzling colors directly on a display that offered subtle hues as unmixed expressions of pure light. Then in 2010, Hockney started working with an iPad, and the larger screen expanded his artistic repertoire and enabled an even more complex interplay of color, light, and line.
Each image in this book captures a fleeting moment seen through a window in Hockney’s Yorkshire home: from vibrant sunrise and lilac morning sky to peaceful night-time impressions or the sudden arrival of spring. Fascinating details reveal drops on window panes, distant lights in the night, reflections on vases or an abundance of varied window-sill vegetation. In 120 drawings made between 2009 and 2012, selected and arranged by the artist himself, we experience the passage of time through the eyes of David Hockney.
This artist’s book, which first appeared in an exclusive signed edition, now returns as an unlimited run, whose still generous XL format presents Hockney’s impressions in brilliant resolution. So now is the perfect occasion to heed the advice of the Times critic regarding this book: “If you would like to be given a bouquet by David Hockney, here is your chance.”
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Additional information
| Publisher | TASCHEN, 1st edition (4 Oct. 2022) |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Hardcover | 248 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 3836593920 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3836593922 |
| Dimensions | 32.2 x 70 x 47.2 cm |
by Joachim + Suleyman
Impressive size, truly stunning paintings. You can see Hockney’s style evolving from crude flowers in vases to full landscapes.
The use of colour is as surprising and delightful as ever, however Hockney has managed to add texture to iPad paintings in the way he uses different brushes and layers different shades of the same colour.
The detail is mind-blowing, pointillist at time.
One for collectors.
by Amazon Customer
Large lovely book with vibrant illustrations
by james maloney
Hockney’s obsession, “people look but just don’t see”. Maybe, part of a ‘swan song’ from a giant.
You can produce pictures like this using an iPad? ‘Who knew’?.
Turn a page a day, spend time really looking, and enjoying what you’re looking at.
The world has only one David Hockney, as he creates views from his window appreciate his extraordinary talent. If you have sight, this is a book that you must “see”.
by Peter Rodgers
Happy to see this on sale
Pleased with the price and the fast Prime delivery
by Chalky
Brilliant book showing Hockney’s virtuosity on the iPad. Good BIG pictures in what is quite a large book format – very impressive artwork/still life in digital form.
If you like David’s work you will love this book!!
by Andrea Wells-China
I am so pleased with the David Hockney My Window book, I couldn’t be happier. The book is very large with huge colour prints of every one of Hockneys iPad window sketches…..it’s such an honour to sit and look through his work.
I hope they will publish a smaller pocket size version at a later date as well.