A 140-page, hardbound,
full-color catalogue, with a foreword by Peter Goulds and
an essay by Lawrence Weschler, has been published by L.A.
Louver together with David Hockney, on the occasion of
this exhibition.
In 2002, following the publication
of his book Secret Knowledge, in which he explored the
use of optical projections in Western art from the time
of Byzantium to Cézanne, David Hockney moved away
from the camera and back towards the hand. In so doing,
Hockney chose to paint in watercolour, a medium that
he had rarely used previously. The watercolours in Hand
Eye Heart are the result of Hockney’s extended
visits to East Yorkshire during late 2003 and 2004. This
landscape first engaged the artist’s imagination
as a teenager when he worked the fields, stooking corn.
Hockney’s embrace of watercolour affords him the ability to capture
the subtleties of the ever-changing weather patterns and diffused light
of the northern landscape. Venturing out on long drives with paintbrushes
and small pots of paint in hand, Hockney made small watercolour studies
in a notebook. Later in the studio, he worked up the studies to large
paintings, using single or double sheets of thick paper that support
the swaths of watercolour paint and layering of colour.
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Selected articles
Fred Schruers. "Far from white-hot L.A., David Hockney embraces
the cool vistas of his youth." Los Angeles Times, Sunday, January
30, 2005, p. E1.
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Pagel, David. "Rustic rides
with David Hockney." Los Angeles Times, March
11, 2005, E34.
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