{"product_id":"david-hockney-9783836582490","title":"David Hockney","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of colour, explorer of image and perception – for six decades, \u003cem\u003eDavid Hockney\u003c\/em\u003e has been known as an artist who always finds new ways of exploring the world and its representational possibilities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe has consistently created unforgettable images: works with graphic lines and integrated text in the Swinging Sixties in London; the famous swimming pool series as a representation of the 1970s California lifestyle; closely observed portraits and brightly coloured, oversized landscapes after his eventual return to his native Yorkshire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition to drawings in which he transfers what he sees directly onto paper, there are multiperspective Polaroid collages that open up the space into a myriad of detailed views, and iPad drawings in which he captures light using a most modern medium – testaments to Hockney's enduring delight in experimentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis special edition has been newly assembled from the two volumes of the \u003cem\u003eDavid Hockney: A Bigger Book\u003c\/em\u003e monograph to celebrate TASCHEN's 45th anniversary. Hockney's life and work is presented year by year as a dialogue between his works and voices from the time period, alongside reviews and reflections by the artist in a chronological text, supplemented by portrait photographs and exhibition views.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTogether they open up new perspectives, page after page, revealing how Hockney undertakes his artistic research, how his painting develops, and where he finds inspiration for his multifaceted work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47596103794924,"sku":"9783836582490","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9783836582490-david-hockney.jpg?v=1777916711","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/david-hockney-9783836582490","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}