That's the Way I See It - Softcover

Hockney, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0500280851 ISBN 13: 9780500280850

Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2005

Synopsis

A republication of a classic work by the popular modern artist follows his exploration of numerous artistic mediums, from painting and computer art to photography and printmaking, explaining his experimentation with ways of seeing as well as his philosophies about how art can alter one's perception of the world. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

David Hockney lives in Los Angeles.

From Publishers Weekly:

How the act of visual representation affects what we see--a theme of Hockney's paintings--is a major concern of this lively, unpretentious memoir edited by his friend Stango, who is an editor at the Thames and Hudson publishing house. Picking up where he left off in David Hockney by David Hockney (1976), the English-born artist, who moved to California in 1978, explains how he escaped "the trap of naturalism" under the combined influence of Picasso, two years in Paris (1973-75) and encounters with Islamic art in Egypt. He muses on love, imagination and aging, writes movingly of his loss of hearing and of his father's death, and discusses his opera set designs for Tristan and Isolde and The Magic Flute. Dozens of previously unpublished paintings and drawings are closely interwoven with the narrative. Among them are Hockney's most recent works--majestic views of the Pacific coast, room interiors, still lifes and his intriguing experiments with pictures made via personal computer, color laser printer or fax machine.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0500280851
• ISBN 13: 9780500280850
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 248
• Editor: Stangos Nikos