David Hockney: Current

David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the past century, and arguably the country’s greatest living painter. He has spent his life dedicated to drawing, oil painting, printmaking, set design and photocollage, and more recently has extended his practice into watercolour, charcoal, multi-camera video installation and digital drawing. David Hockney: Current is a landmark publication exploring the artist’s output over the past decade. This important volume includes essays by Simon Maidment, Martin Gayford, Li Bowen, Barbara Bolt and Edith Devaney, as well as a selection of David Hockney’s extraordinary works. The book reflects Hockney’s insatiable curiosity, a life’s work based on risk-taking and experimentation. It will appeal to those familiar with David Hockney and inspire those new to his practice.

Table of Contents

Foreword • 1. David Hockney: Current, Simon Maidment • 2. iPad and iPhone Drawings 3. David Hockney: In Conversation, Li Bowen • 4. Yosemite • 5. David Hockney:
Radical Traditionalist, Martin Gayford • 6. Arrival of Spring • 7. David Hockney: From Photography to Drawing & Back, Barbara Bolt • 8. Photographic Drawings and Multi- Point Perspective • 9. Where Do I End and They Begin?, Edith Devaney • 10. Portraits