David Hockney
Much funner, more technically proficient and better than I'd expected - very enjoyable in fact. Several sets of works from the last five or so years; the iphone and ipad works are impressive (it's quite something the way they work so well at such large scale, like the Yosemite ones), as is the "82 portraits & 1 still life" series (lots of people connected to Hockney's life, including art world luminaries and others like Larry Gagosian, Benedikt Taschen, Jacob Rothschild, members of his family, various artists and collaborators, Tacita Dean's son, at least one and it might have been two of his dentists...), and the playing with cut and paste photos and paintings and photos of paintings (including the paintings and some of the objects they depict - like the blue benches - being installed as part of the exhibition).
In between
An interlude in the sun, beanbag, garden outside, my mind as close to empty as it's been for a long time.
Viktor & Rolf
Also a lot of fun - clothing on mannequins, miniature clothing on dolls, catwalk show videos, and one doll on a catwalk. Called Zoolander to mind once or twice, reminding me of the inherent silliness of haute couture (which I don't mean entirely damningly).
Much funner, more technically proficient and better than I'd expected - very enjoyable in fact. Several sets of works from the last five or so years; the iphone and ipad works are impressive (it's quite something the way they work so well at such large scale, like the Yosemite ones), as is the "82 portraits & 1 still life" series (lots of people connected to Hockney's life, including art world luminaries and others like Larry Gagosian, Benedikt Taschen, Jacob Rothschild, members of his family, various artists and collaborators, Tacita Dean's son, at least one and it might have been two of his dentists...), and the playing with cut and paste photos and paintings and photos of paintings (including the paintings and some of the objects they depict - like the blue benches - being installed as part of the exhibition).
In between
An interlude in the sun, beanbag, garden outside, my mind as close to empty as it's been for a long time.
Viktor & Rolf
Also a lot of fun - clothing on mannequins, miniature clothing on dolls, catwalk show videos, and one doll on a catwalk. Called Zoolander to mind once or twice, reminding me of the inherent silliness of haute couture (which I don't mean entirely damningly).
