A couple weeks ago I went to the David Hockney exhibition at the Met. I was super excited about it because I have show some of his work in some of my classes as an inspiration to the students. His use of color is fascinating.
I loved seeing his early work- it was so different!
Loved the different materials he used. Lots of texture which is changing soon.
While at the Royal College of Art, Hockney went to a party where one of his fellow students danced the cha-cha for him.
Already in the next paintings you can see his use of colors becoming more bold but also that he is tarting to paint more flat.
Love the different swimming pool paintings. His most famous painting "The Splash" was impossible to look at – there were sooo many people in front of it, it was insane.
Love this painting of Mount Fuji.
a photo collage – you could think it is a painting from afar, but nope-. He played with those photo collages for 4 years to do something else and exciting and this is his final one.
And then look at these colors and how bright and fun the next paintings are!
I love the details here and how he added texture here. The perspective is so cool!
I love how he painted this on different panels. The colors are so intense and it felt magnificent just as the view he depicted.
And then his recent work -paintings of his terrace view.
I love those so so much!!!
with the final one below which has this really cool shape !
This was a great exhibition. It was fascinating to see his work change so much throughout his live but I was mostly inspired by Hockney's use of color. If you have a chance to see Hockney's work in person – go and see it. You feel the color !
Hi Nat – how fab! I am still inspired by his work from my class with you last spring. I'd love to see it in person.
awe- so glad you liked that! I hope you will have a chance to see his work in person- the colors are just incredible and my photos do not do them justice of course!
I am usually a person who loves color and his is nice, but the first one is my favorite one (I think that it speaks to my past depressions).
The people are flat, especially the woman in the pink bathrobe.
Quite the change in style…thanks for sharing.