Architecture & Design Film Series: David Hockney

Date: 2/15/23 6:00 PM
Website: adfilmseries.org
Location: Burlington, Brattleboro, and Virtual

David Hockney, now entering his 9th decade and recipient of Britain’s Order of Merit, shows absolutely no evidence of slowing down or losing his trademark boldness. This film features intimate interviews with Hockney and focuses on two remarkable exhibitions held at the Royal Academy of Art in London. The first, “A Bigger Picture,” spans a 50-year period and demonstrates Hockney’s long exploration with the depiction of land- scape. This series, often created en plein air at an easel, then refined through memory and imagination, results in thrilling forms, scale, and colors. The second exhibition is an intriguing exploration of the nature of portraiture, in which 82 different people all pose in the same elegant chair, perching, sprawling, accepting the scrutiny of Hockney’s pencil and paintbrush. The results are chromatically superheated, personal portraits that are vibrant and alive. Hockney just keeps working.

Contact: AD Film Series
Email: adfilmseries@ gmail.com