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David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020 - Hardcover

David Hockney; William Boyd; Edith Devaney

 
9781912520640: David Hockney: The Arrival of Spring, Normandy, 2020
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1912520648 ISBN 13: 9781912520640
Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts, 2021

Synopsis

  • During the 2020 Covid-19 lockdown, David Hockney was in Normandy, and recorded the arrival of spring in exuberant iPad paintings
  • Over a hundred new iPad paintings on display at the Royal Academy of Arts in 2021
  • Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts, 23 May – 26 August 2021


At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, amedium he has been using for over a decade. Working outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney – 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says.

This uplifting publication – produced to accompany a major exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts – includes 116 of his new iPad paintings and shows to full effect Hockney's singular skill in capturing the exuberance of nature.

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About the Author

William Boyd is the author of sixteen novels, among them A Good Man in Africa (1981), An Ice Cream War (1982), Any Human Heart (2002), Restless (2006) and Trio (2020).

Edith Devaney is Contemporary Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.

From the Back Cover

At the beginning of 2020, just as global Covid-19 restrictions were coming into force, the artist David Hockney was at his house, studio and garden in Normandy. From there, he witnessed the arrival of spring, and recorded the blossoming of the surrounding landscape on his iPad, a method of drawing he has been using for over a decade. Drawing outdoors was an antidote to the anxiety of the moment for Hockney – 'We need art, and I do think it can relieve stress,' he says.

This uplifting publication – produ

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Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Publication date
2021
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1912520648
ISBN 13 
9781912520640
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
168