David Hockney: the arrival of spring, Normandy, 2020 by Amazonundefined
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At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, a method of drawing he has been using for over a decade. Drawing outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says. This uplifting publication produ
Recenzja
Created while sheltering in place at his home in the French countryside last year as the first wave of lockdowns swept the globe, the serial landscapes--including water lilies àla Monet and fruit trees slowly bursting into bloom--speak to the liberating power of creativity. "We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress," Hockney said in an interview with the exhibition's curator, Edith Devaney, which opens the volume.The book also includes an augmented reality feature that allows smartphones to scan images and play a corresponding animation.-- "Harper's Bazaar"Immersing himself in a bucolic farm setting, David Hockney finds inspired relief from lockdown.--Dominic Green "Wall Street Journal"
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At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, a method of drawing he has been using for over a decade. Drawing outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says. This uplifting publication produ
O autorze
William Boyd
is the author of sixteen novels, among them
A Good Man in Africa
(1981),
An Ice Cream War
(1982),
Any Human Heart
(2002),
Restless
(2006) and
Trio
(2020)
Edith Devaney
is Contemporary Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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- Długość wersji drukowanej:160 str.
- Język:Angielski
- Wydawca:Royal Academy of Arts
- Data publikacji:15 sierpnia 2022
- Wymiary:17 x 25 cm
- ISBN-10:1912520648
- ISBN-13:978-1912520640
- Author:William Boyd
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