David Hockney. My Window

Dimensions: 29 cm x 37.7 cm Weight: 2.74 kg Pages: 248 This wallet-friendly edition is the follow-up to David Hockney's 2020 limited edition artist book. In 120 iPhone and iPad drawings, the artist records his perceptions of the world from the window of his home in Yorkshire. Each image depicts a fleeting moment; together they depict the passage of time through Hockney's eyes. When David Hockney discovered the iPhone as an artistic medium, it opened up entirely new possibilities for his art. He made his first digital drawings in the spring of 2009; He described the morning landscape with broad lines and dazzling colors on a screen that presented subtle tones as unmixed expressions of direct pure light. Then in 2010 Hockney began working with an iPad, and the larger screen expanded his artistic repertoire and allowed for an even more complex interplay between color, light and line. Each image in this book captures a fleeting moment seen from the window of Hockney's Yorkshire home: from vivid sunrises and mauve morning skies to peaceful nighttime impressions or the sudden arrival of spring. Fascinating details reveal drops on window panes, distant lights of the night, reflections in vases or the abundance of various window sill plants. We experience the passage of time through the eyes of David Hockney in 120 drawings made between 2009 and 2012, selected and edited by the artist himself. First released in a specially signed edition, this artist's book now returns in an unlimited edition, and its still generous XL format presents Hockney's impressions in brilliant resolution. So this is the perfect opportunity to take the Times reviewer's advice regarding this book: "If you've ever wanted a bouquet from David Hockney, here's your chance."