“Why is everything now geared to longevity?” [David Hockney] asks. “If everything’s directed at longevity, you’re denying life.” He approves of a remark that the photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson made at the age of 93: “It’s not longevity, it’s intensity that counts.”

Hockney reflected, “It’s a different attitude to time. That’s what I have. We all get a lifetime. They’re different, but we all get one.” 

In a recent interview with Martin Gayford, David Hockney opens up in ways we’ve never seen before, discussing current work and his rediscovered strive to continue creating amidst personal difficulties and health challenges. 

Approaching a productive phase of making, Hockney has returned to portraiture having already produced several dozen acrylic paintings since his recent return to Los Angeles. He’s loosely referred to the series as La Comédie humaine, after reading a biography on Balzac. “Look at Balzac, dead at 51, but he produced 100 years of writing,” says Hockney. “I’ll just go on until I’m bored, and I think it will be a long time. I might do 100." 

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We look forward to presenting a solo exhibition of Hockney’s iPAD prints The Arrival of Spring this summer! Stay tuned for more details…