Pop artist, painter of modern life, landscape painter, master of color, explorer of image and perception for six decades, David Hockney has been known as an artist whoalways finds new ways of exploring the world and its representational possibilities. He has consistently created unforgettable images: works with graphic lines and integrated text in theSwinging Sixties in London; the famousswimming pool seriesas a representation of the 1970s California lifestyle; closely observed portraits and brightly colored, oversized landscapes after his eventual return to his native Yorkshire. In addition todrawingsin which he transfers what he sees directly onto paper, there aremultiperspective Polaroid collagesthat open up the space into a myriad of detailed views, andiPad drawingsin which he captures light using a most modern medium testaments to Hockney s enduring delight in experimentation.Thisspecial editionhas been newly assembled from the two volumes of theDavid Hockney: A Bigger Bookmonograph to celebrate TASCHEN s 45th anniversary.Hockney s life and work is presented year by yearas a dialogue between his works and voices from the time period, alongside reviews and reflections by the artist in a chronological text, supplemented byportrait photographs and exhibition views. Together they open up new perspectives, page after page, revealing how Hockney undertakes his artistic research, how his painting develops, and where he finds inspiration for his multifaceted work.
