Gayford, the London-based chief art critic for Bloomberg News and author of The Yellow House (2006), has been engaged in conversation with the protean artist David Hockney for a decade. He now turns their movable feast of a discussion about the nature and significance of pictures into a fluent chronicle that blends biographical narrative with question-and-answer sections to cover everything from cave paintings to Photoshop. After living in Los Angeles for many years, Hockney returned to his native ground along the northeast coast of England, where he is reinvigorating the tradition of landscape painting. Not only is this inquisitive virtuoso of saturated color and dynamic compositions working on enormous luminous paintings; he is also making exquisite drawings on his iPhone and iPad. Looking long and hard, Gayford observes, are essential activities in Hockney's life and artand also two of his greatest pleasures. Hockney muses over humankind's deep, deep desire to depict and how art helps us see the world more intensely. Sumptuously illustrated, this radiant volume encapsulates what it truly means to be a visual artist.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2011, American Library Association.)
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