David Hockney: The Biography, 1975-2012
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (600 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385535902 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-31 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Hockney's boundless energy extends to his personal life too, and this volume illuminates the glamorous circles he moves in, as well as his sometimes turbulent relationships.Christopher Simon Sykes has been granted exclusive and unprecedented access to Hockney's paintings, notebooks, and diaries, and a great number of them are reproduced here. In this fascinating and entertaining second volume, Christopher Simon Sykes explores the life and work of Britain's most popular living artist.
"beloved & controversial artist whose career has spanned/epitomized the art movements of the last 5 decades" E. B. MULLIGAN The book itself is impressive with gorgeous endpapers, 51 photographic plates and 41 illustrations throughout the text. It will make a terrific holiday gift. Sykes is a photographer and writer who clearly loves Hockney's work, this is more a celebration of the artist and not a critical work. And I loved it. Sykes was granted extensive interviews with Hockney, his family and those who know him, that make this a most entertaining and insightful read. For readers like me who knew Hockney through is work and nothing else, we get the private. "Like the first volume" according to Robert B. Goodsell. This is the second part of the Sykes bio of Hockney. Like the first volume, this book is filled with interviews with Hockney's friends, lovers, family and art-world associates. Th author's informed opinions and insights greatly enrich this bio. I suggest any interested reader start with the first volume. Don't let the length (roughly 750 pages in two volumes) put you off. It is all entertaining and interesting, well-illustrated as well.. Russell V. said Reader Disappointed.. I was disappointed in the author's approach. It seems to me his assignment to complete a second volume was tiring-he just wants to get through the obligation as fast as he can. There seemed to be lesser interest in his subject than the first volume showed. Still, a valuable look at Hockney.
"The Hockney who emerges from Sykes’s biography is far from an average artist. Relentlessly curious, ambitious and irreverent, he never rests on any laurels nor stays in one place for very long."—Washington Post"Chapter by chapter, the book unfolds as a series of love affairs, in which the workaholic artist falls madly in love with a new art-making medium — fax machines, Polaroids and iPads, to name a few — puzzles over its problems and potential, masters it and moves on Sykes has an engaging style and an enviable ability to write clearly about art."—Associated Press"Drawing on interviews with Hockney, his siblings, and colleagues; Hockey's autobiography; and diaries of famous friends, such as Christopher Isherwood and Stephen Spender, Sykes matches his subject's ebullience in this admiring, well-r
He lives with his wife and daughter in North London. Sykes worked with Eric Clapton on his autobiography, Clapton, and his work has appeared in publications such as Vogue, Vanity Fair, Town & Country, and Architectural Digest. CHRISTOPHER SIMON SYKES is a photographer and writer. . He specializes in architectural and garden photography and writes on architecture and social history