{"id":1103,"date":"2022-06-27T13:10:41","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T11:10:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hockney2022.ch\/in-the-studio\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T13:31:02","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T11:31:02","slug":"in-the-studio","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hockney2022.ch\/en\/hockney\/in-the-studio\/","title":{"rendered":"In the Studio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome to David Hockney\u2019s Studio!\n<\/h2>\n\n
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There is a long tradition of artists painting self-portraits in their studios, and David Hockney joins this tradition with a self-conscious statement.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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David Hockney, In the Studio, December 2017<\/em>, Inkjet prints on paper, mounted on aluminium, 278 \u00d7 760 cm, Tate: Presented by the artist 2018, \u00a9 David Hockney, assisted by Jonathan Wilkinson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hockney portrays himself here amidst some of his current works. His studio in the Hollywood Hills near Los Angeles is more like an exhibition room than a studio. There are neither paints nor brushes, and the easels are used for presenting paintings and not for working at.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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The paintings in the studio form an exhibition of Hockney\u2019s work in the year 2017. The main focus is on the use of reverse central perspective, which he emphasises by using hexagonal canvasses. Some of the motifs even crop up several times in different formats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The work In the Studio<\/em> refers to the artist\u2019s development since he turned his back on naturalism in the 1970s. In this work Hockney is not so much showing us his studio as presenting his artistic credo and his ability. He presents the studio as a place for questioning and for precise observation. His main aim is to depict the world as we experience it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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