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Hockney's Pictures by David Hockney
Call Number: 759.06 HOC
ISBN: 9780500286715
Publication Date: 2017
Hockney's Pictures shows the evolution and diversity of Hockney's paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints, and photography, confirming and reinforcing his position as one of the world's most popular living artists.
Hockney on Art by David Hockney
Call Number: 709.04 HOC
ISBN: 9781408701577
Publication Date: 2008
David Hockney is as fascinating as he is articulate on ways of seeing, and in this impressive book he leads us on an artistic journey where anything is possible. Hockney and his work have long been the subjects of controversy; and he remains one of our most relentlessly dedicated, versatile and original painters.
David Hockney by Marco Livingstone
Call Number: 759.2 LIV
ISBN: 9780500202913
Publication Date: 1996
The relationship between art and life has been of overriding importance in the work of David Hockney. This study traces these connections from the beginning of the artist's career in the early 1960s through to the more recent works that have contributed to Hockney's international reputation. These include his photocollages and stage designs for the opera, as well as his embrace of technology - namely the fax drawings and colour laser prints - which show the continuing preoccupation with invention and artifice that has made the artist's work both popular and enduring.
Hockney's Portraits and People by Marco Livingstone; Kay Heymer
Call Number: 759.2 HOC
ISBN: 9780500292341
Publication Date: 2016-08-30
Ever since he made his first portraits and self-portraits, David Hockney has been fascinated by people--"the human clay," and how they have been represented throughout the history of art. Through a careful selection of works, this book explores the many ways in which Hockney has depicted the people around him. It tells the story of the artist's relationships with family, friends, and lovers, illustrated by works ranging from the intimate and frequently moving studies of his parents and partners to his more recent large-scale double portraits in watercolor. Hockney's Portraits and People is both a unique record of the life and loves of one of the world's best-known artists and a valuable glimpse of the moment when life and art meet.
David Hockney Current by Simon Maidment
Call Number: 759.2 HOC
ISBN: 9781925432244
Publication Date: 2016
David Hockney: Current accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia that will include his extraordinary large-scale iPad digital drawings and Cubist multi-viewpoint video works―bodies of work that have seen Hockney bring the same focus he is renowned for in his portraiture to the landscape. Eighty-one acrylic portraits are also presented along with recent experiments in perspective in the media of painting, photography, and digital compositing.

David Hockney - biography

Biography.com
A synopsis of his life and work
Wikipedia
A comprehensive account of Hockney's life and work.
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Good article that links to further information on his work.
The art story
Explores some key ideas of Hockney's work over time.

Ebook

Log in using the Marian College details ( See Resource Centre staff) and search "David Hockney" to access biographical information on this artist.

David Hockney Exhibitions

David Hockney : Current

Showing at the National Gallery of Victoria (11 November 2016 to 13 March 2017)

The NGV presents a major solo exhibition of one of the most influential living artist, David Hockney : Current.

It features over 1200 works from the past decade, including paintings, digital drawings, photography and video works.

Visit the NGV website and explore ABOUT, KEY WORKS and THEMES for comprehensive information on this artist and his works.

David Hockney at the Tate Britain

This exhibition is showing in London from 9th February to 29th May 2017 and gives an extensive selection of Hockney's most famous works celebrating his achievements in painting, drawing, print, photography and video works across six decades.

Explore the Tate website for biographical information as well as information on his styles and ways of working.

Exploring his artwork

David Hockney Pictures - Explore the authorised David Hockney website for artworks
The telegraph - Read this article and view this video on Hockney unveiling his ipad art in 2013.
ABC - Read this interview and watch the video where Hockney speaks on art and embracing technology.
Sydney Morning Herald - This interview and accompanying videos reveals Hockney's experiences with technology.
Sydney Morning Herald - Interview "David Hockney, still changing art at 79"

Channel 4 interview David Hockney - When I paint I feel I'm 30

NGV Melbourne David Hockney reflects on the exhibition: DAVID HOCKNEY : CURRENT

The Getty David Hockney: Painting and Photography

Hockney drawing on glass

DVD

This DVD (AV 759.2 DAV) is available at the Resource Centre for class use.

Award-winning director Bruno Wolheim gained unprecedented and intimate access to Hockney's working and personal life, capturing his return to the East Yorkshire of his childhood after 25 years in California. The documentary presents a personal portrait of this complex and engaging artist.